<P> The St. Louis Cardinals are a Major League Baseball franchise based in St. Louis Missouri . They play in the National League Central division . Also known in their early years as the "St. Louis Brown Stockings" (1882), "St. Louis Browns" (1883--98), and "St. Louis Perfectos" (1899), pitchers for the Cardinals have thrown 10 no - hitters in franchise history . A no - hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball only "when a pitcher (or pitchers) retires each batter on the opposing team during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings". No - hitters of less than nine complete innings were previously recognized by the league as official; however, several rule alterations in 1991 changed the rule to its current form . A no - hitter is rare enough that one team in Major League Baseball has never had a pitcher accomplish the feat . A perfect game, a special subcategory of no - hitter, has yet to be thrown in Cardinals history . As defined by Major League Baseball, "in a perfect game, no batter reaches any base during the course of the game ." </P> <P> Ted Breitenstein threw the first no - hitter in Cardinals franchise history on his first major league start on October 4, 1891 when the team was known as the "St. Louis Browns"; the most recent no - hitter was thrown by Bud Smith on September 3, 2001 . </P> <P> Two left - handed pitchers have thrown no - hitters in franchise history, while seven were by right - handers . Four no - hitters were thrown at home and six on the road, whilst all ten have been pitched against different opponents . The Cardinals have thrown one no - hitter in April, one in June, one in July, two in August, four in September, and one in October . The longest interval between no - hitters was between the games pitched by Breitenstein and Jesse Haines, encompassing 32 years, 9 months, and 13 days from October 4, 1891 till August 17, 1924 . Conversely, the shortest interval between no - hitters was between the games pitched by Jiménez and Smith, encompassing merely 2 years, 2 months, and 9 days from June 25, 1999 till September 3, 2001 . </P>

Last cardinals pitcher to throw a no hitter