There’s a reason this article is headed by the photo of Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson, Porter Hodge and Miguel Amaya, the pitching/catching group that threw a combined no-hitter against the Pirates on Sept.
4, 2024.
It’s because that’s the most recent no-hitter thrown in the major leagues. That’s right, not a single no-no was thrown in the 2025 season, the first time that had happened for a full season since 2005. Other years without a no-hitter in the expansion era (since 1969): 1982, 1985, 1989 and 2000.
Four no-hit bids this year were broken up in the ninth inning. Two of those are worth noting here.
Gavin Williams of the Guardians had a no-hit bid going against the Mets Aug. 8 in New York and was allowed to start the ninth despite having thrown 111 pitches through eight innings. He struck out Francisco Lindor to start the ninth, but then Juan Soto homered to break up the no-no. Even then, Williams was allowed to pitch to two more hitters before being removed. The 126 pitches he threw were the most for any MLB pitcher since Alex Cobb threw 131 for the Giants nearly two years earlier.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was one out away from a no-hitter against the Orioles Sept. 6 in Baltimore when he allowed a two-out homer in the ninth to Jackson Holliday. Still, the Dodgers were one out away from a 3-1 win. But Blake Treinen and Tanner Scott allowed, in order: Double, HBP, wild pitch, walk, walk, single, game over in a stunning 4-3 Orioles win.
The Cubs were one-hit once this year, by the Reds Sept. 18 in Cincinnati. Seiya Suzuki broke up a no-hit bid by Hunter Greene with this two-out double in the seventh [VIDEO].
And so I thought now would be a good time to update this article I wrote last offseason about all teams’ streaks of not being no-hit. The Cubs, as you know, hold the MLB record for such things, going 7,920 games without being no-hit in between Sandy Koufax’ perfect game in 1965 and Cole Hamels no-hitting his future team for the Phillies in 2015.
The Cubs began another streak of not being no-hit the next day, and it continues, now at 1,585 games. As was the case last year, the Cubs rank 12th among all teams for the longest active streak of not being no-hit. The leader continues to be the Angels, who were last no-hit Sept. 11, 1999, by Eric Milton of the Twins. The Angels will enter 2025 with 3,969 consecutive games of not being no-hit, just over 50 percent as many games as the Cubs’ record streak. Assuming the 162-game schedule remains in effect — and that’s not guaranteed — the Angels wouldn’t break the Cubs’ streak until sometime around early 2050. So the Cubs’ mark appears safe, for now, at least.
Here’s hoping someone no-hits the Angels next year, so that the Cubs’ streak can remain the record for decades to come. If that happens, the next team up is the Royals, who are nearly nine years behind the Angels (fun fact: that no-hitter against Kansas City was thrown by Jon Lester). Here’s the entire list for all 30 MLB teams, as of the end of the 2025 season:
