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The 'MLB perfect games' quiz
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The 'MLB perfect games' quiz

Happy 63rd birthday to three-time MLB All-Star, two-time World Series champion and 1998 American League Championship Series MVP, David Wells!

Wells pitched 21 Major League seasons for nine different teams, with the longest stretch of his career coming with the Toronto Blue Jays where he began his MLB career. He Wells spent his first six seasons with Toronto before bouncing from Detroit, Cincinnati and Baltimore before landing with the late-90’s New York Yankees. 

There he won his two World Series titles and threw his perfect game on May 17th, 1998, just three days after his 35th birthday. That year he was also named ALCS MVP for the Yankees in their 4-2 win over Cleveland, combining for 15 2/3 innings with 18 strikeouts and two walks with five earned runs.

Which brings us to today’s quiz. Wells retired after the 2007 season, racking up 239 wins, 2,201 strikeouts with a 4.13 ERA and one of baseball’s 24 perfect games. With that being said, how many of the pitchers to throw a perfect game can you name in five minutes.

Good luck!

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SCORE:
0/24
TIME:
5:00
2023 / NYY / #0
Domingo German
2012 / SEA / #34
Felix Hernandez
2012 / SF / #18
Matt Cain
2012 / CHW / #41
Philip Humber
2010 / PHI / #34
Roy Halladay
2010 / OAK / #51
Dallas Braden
2009 / CHW / #56
Mark Buehrle
2004 / ARZ / #51
Randy Johnson
1999 / NYY / #36
David Cone
1998 / NYY / #33
David Wells
1994 / TEX / #37
Kenny Rogers
1991 / MON / #32
Dennis Martinez
1988 / CIN / #32
Tom Browning
1984 / CAL / #39
Mike Witt
1981 / CLE / #39
Len Barker
1968 / OAK / #27
Catfish Hunter
1965 / LAD / #32
Sandy Koufax
1964 / PHI / #14
Jim Bunning
1956 / NYY / #18
Don Larsen
1922 / CHW / #N/A
Charlie Robertson
1908 / CLE / #N/A
Addie Joss
1904 / BOS / #N/A
Cy Young
1880 / PRO / #N/A
Monte Ward
1880 / WOR / #N/A
Lee Richmond

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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