Philip Humber's Perfect Game
Philip Humber threw a perfect game for the Chicago White Sox against the Seattle Mariners on April 21, 2012. No batter reached base: twenty-seven faced, twenty-seven retired. The final score was 4–0.
The game was played at Safeco Field in Seattle. Philip Humber struck out 9. The announced attendance was 22,472. The game took 2h 17m. It was a day game under sunny skies, at 64 degrees.
It is the eighteenth of 21 perfect games the archive records between 1904 and 2023. It was the only one of Philip Humber's career. It was one of seven no-hitters thrown across the major leagues in 2012. Blake Beavan took the loss for the Seattle Mariners. The Seattle Mariners used three pitchers of their own. Brian Runge umpired behind the plate.
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Sources
- Retrosheet, SEA201204210
- Retrosheet event files — event:SEA201204210
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