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Tom Browning's Perfect Game

DateSep 16, 1988
ScoreDodgers 0, Reds 1
TypePerfect game

Tom Browning threw a perfect game for the Cincinnati Reds against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 16, 1988. No batter reached base: twenty-seven faced, twenty-seven retired. The final score was 1–0.

The game was played at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati. Tom Browning struck out 7. The announced attendance was 16,591. The game took 1h 51m. It was a night game, at 70 degrees.

It is the ninth of 21 perfect games the archive records between 1904 and 2023. It was the only one of Tom Browning's career. It was the only no-hitter thrown in the major leagues that season. Tim Belcher took the loss for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jim Quick umpired behind the plate.

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Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CIN198809160
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CIN198809160
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