1966 AL: Perfect Game!

July 15, 1966

Chicago's Bruce Howard pitched a perfect game against the woeful Cleveland Indians today, winning the contest by a score of 4-0. Howard struck out 7, picking up his 4th win and lowering his ERA to 2.25.

Event Codes:  N
BOXSCORE: 1966 Cleveland Indians At 1966 Chicago White Sox          7/15/1966
 
  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Hinton CF         3  0  0  0 .182     W.Causey 2B         4  1  1  0 .243  
  C.Salmon SS         3  0  0  0 .240     D.Buford 3B         3  1  0  0 .255  
  L.Wagner LF         3  0  0  0 .274     T.Agee CF           4  1  2  0 .242  
  F.Whitfield 1B      3  0  0  0 .266     J.Romano C          3  1  1  0 .260  
  R.Colavito RF       3  0  0  0 .221     F.Robinson RF       4  0  2  4 .223  
  M.Alvis 3B          3  0  0  0 .251     J.Adair SS          3  0  0  0 .335  
  P.Gonzalez 2B       2  0  0  0 .311     T.McCraw 1B         3  0  1  0 .257  
B-D.Howser PH         1  0  0  0 .219     K.Berry LF          3  0  0  0 .240  
  J.Azcue C           3  0  0  0 .237     B.Howard P          3  0  0  0 .000  
  S.Siebert P         1  0  0  0 .179                                          
A-J.Landis PH         1  0  0  0 .237                                          
  D.Radatz P          0  0  0  0 .000                                          
C-L.Brown PH          1  0  0  0 .179                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      27  0  0  0                 Totals      30  4  7  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Siebert In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Gonzalez In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Radatz In 9th Inning
 
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  3
White Sox....... 2 0 2  0 0 0  0 0    -  4  7  0
 
Indians (29-56)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Siebert LOSS(5-11)      5       7   4   2   1   2   0   3.62
D.Radatz                  3       0   0   0   0   2   0   5.02
Totals                    8       7   4   2   1   4   0
 
White Sox (46-41)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Howard WIN(4-2)         9       0   0   0   0   7   0   2.25
Totals                    9       0   0   0   0   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 16,145 DATE- Friday, July 15th 1966 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill Valentine, Marty Springstead, Red Flaherty, Ed Runge
T- 1:52
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 0  White Sox: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1  White Sox: 0
ERRORS- C.Hinton, J.Azcue, S.Siebert
DOUBLES- F.Robinson-2(12th)
STOLEN BASES- T.Agee(29th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Buford
WALKS- J.Romano
STRIKE OUTS- C.Hinton, R.Colavito-2, M.Alvis, P.Gonzalez, J.Azcue-2, J.Romano,
             J.Adair-3
GIDP- B.Howard
2-out RBI- F.Robinson-4
RLISP 2-out- J.Adair-2, J.Romano, F.Robinson
 
Perfection was achieved in Chicago as Bruce Howard(4-2) mesmerized the crowd
while retiring every awful Cleveland Indians batter, resulting in a 4 to
nothing victory.
 
Howard had an evening to remember.  Heck, it's one we'll all remember! What a
game at Comiskey Park! The tension built to a fever pitch.  After the 8th
inning everybody in the ballpark was anticipating what would happen in the
9th.  Neither team managed to score after the 3rd inning.  
 
The loss was charged to Sonny Siebert(5-11).  Howard was in a jubilant mood
after the game.  'If I'd known I was going to throw a no hitter I would have
gotten a haircut!' he said, much to the delight of the clubhouse gathering.