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Kenny Rogers's Perfect Game

DateJul 28, 1994
ScoreAngels 0, Rangers 4
TypePerfect game

Kenny Rogers threw a perfect game for the Texas Rangers against the California Angels on July 28, 1994. No batter reached base: twenty-seven faced, twenty-seven retired. The final score was 4–0.

The game was played at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington. Kenny Rogers struck out 8. The announced attendance was 46,581. The game took 2h 08m. It was a night game, at 81 degrees.

It is the eleventh of 21 perfect games the archive records between 1904 and 2023. It was the only one of Kenny Rogers's career. It was one of three no-hitters thrown across the major leagues in 1994. Andrew Lorraine took the loss for the California Angels. The California Angels used two pitchers of their own. Ed Bean umpired behind the plate.

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Sources

  1. Retrosheet, TEX199407280
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:TEX199407280
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