Jim Bunning's Perfect Game

Jim Bunning threw a perfect game for the Philadelphia Phillies against the New York Mets on June 21, 1964. No batter reached base: twenty-seven faced, twenty-seven retired. The final score was 6–0.

The game was played at Shea Stadium in New York. Jim Bunning struck out 10. The game took 2h 19m. It was a day game under sunny skies, at 91 degrees.

It is the fourth of 21 perfect games the archive records between 1904 and 2023. Jim Bunning threw two no-hitters in all. It was one of three no-hitters thrown across the major leagues in 1964. Tracy Stallard took the loss for the New York Mets. The New York Mets used three pitchers of their own. Ed Sudol umpired behind the plate.