League Park I
aka Cincinnati Base Ball Grounds ; Western Avenue Grounds 1884 - 1893
Cincinnati, OH
Historic Aerials
What Was There
| Team | Years | Games |
|---|---|---|
| (1884 - 1889)
|
412
|
|
| (1890 - 1893)
|
286
|
No-Hitters
10/15/1892: Bumpus Jones
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HBP | BR | BF | AB | IBB | GDP | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
Starter Age: 22.288
Rank among 323: 35
Opposing Starter: Mark Baldwin
Catcher: Farmer Vaughn
Plate Umpire: Jack McQuaid
Attendance: 604
Time of Game: 1:18
Did You Know?
- Jones' no-hitter came in his first career start, making him only the second of four to accomplish the feat, but he's the only one whose no-hitter came in his first ever MLB appearance (Ted Breitenstein vs. Louisville Colonels on October 4, 1891 at Sportsman's Park I in St. Louis; Bobo Holloman vs. A's on May 6, 1953 at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis; Tyler Gilbert vs. Padres on August 14, 2021 at Chase Field in Phoenix).
- The Pirates' run came in the third when Patsy Donovan walked, stole second and came home on a Bumpus Jones error.
- This no-hitter came on the season's final day and is the latest in a calendar year a major league no-hitter has been thrown.
- Jones was the last pitcher to toss a regular season no-hitter from the 55' 5" distance before it was moved to its current 60'6" distance.
- Legend has it that Jones was a black man who passed as white. If that's true, he preceded Sam Jones as the first African-American to throw a no-hitter by 63 years.
- Jones is one of two pitchers whose no-hitter was his only win of the season (Dick Fowler vs. Browns on September 9, 1945 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia).
- He's one of only two pitchers to throw a no-hitter in his only start of the season (Ted Breitenstein vs. Colonels on October 4, 1891 at Sportsman's Park I in St. Louis).
- Among no-hit pitchers, Jones' two career wins are the fewest and he's the only non-active pitcher not to record a shutout in his career (Walker Buehler has yet to throw a shutout through 2020).
