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Len Barker's Perfect Game

DateMay 15, 1981
ScoreBlue Jays 0, Indians 3
TypePerfect game

Len Barker threw a perfect game for the Cleveland Indians against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 15, 1981. No batter reached base: twenty-seven faced, twenty-seven retired. The final score was 3–0.

The game was played at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland. Len Barker struck out 11. The announced attendance was 7,290. The game took 2h 09m. It was a night game, at 49 degrees.

It is the seventh of 21 perfect games the archive records between 1904 and 2023. It was the only one of Len Barker's career. It was one of three no-hitters thrown across the major leagues in 1981. Luis Leal took the loss for the Toronto Blue Jays. Rich Garcia umpired behind the plate.

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Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CLE198105150
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CLE198105150
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