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David Cone's Perfect Game

DateJul 18, 1999
ScoreExpos 0, Yankees 6
TypePerfect game

David Cone threw a perfect game for the New York Yankees against the Montreal Expos on July 18, 1999. No batter reached base: twenty-seven faced, twenty-seven retired. The final score was 6–0.

The game was played at Yankee Stadium I in New York. David Cone struck out 10. The announced attendance was 41,930. The game took 2h 16m. It was a day game, at 92 degrees.

It is the thirteenth of 21 perfect games the archive records between 1904 and 2023. It was the only one of David Cone's career. It was one of three no-hitters thrown across the major leagues in 1999. Javier Vázquez took the loss for the Montreal Expos. The Montreal Expos used two pitchers of their own. Ted Barrett umpired behind the plate.

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Sources

  1. Retrosheet, NYA199907180
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:NYA199907180
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