Perfect : The Inside Story of Baseball's Sixteen Perfect Games

by James Buckley Jr.

Other authors: Jim Bunning (Foreword)

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Only 16 pitchers in the past 122 years have completed the most rare feat in all of sports--the perfect game. Each perfect game is examined individually with firsthand accounts from the pitcher, his teammates, opponents, coaches, managers, and sportswriters who were there that day. In addition to the 16 record setters, Buckley has researched all the other pitchers who were one pitch from history.… (more)

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jrgoetziii: Because he's depicted on the cover, because I'm a die-hard Dodger fan, and because the story of the perfect game is imperfect without an understanding of the man who dominated the cleanest game in baseball history (a total of one hit, by Lou Johnson, one walk, by Lou Johnson, and one error, by Chris Krug, who threw the ball into left field trying to nail Johnson stealing and allowed Johnson to score the only run).… (more)

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Only 16 pitchers in the past 122 years have completed the most rare feat in all of sports--the perfect game. Each perfect game is examined individually with firsthand accounts from the pitcher, his teammates, opponents, coaches, managers, and sportswriters who were there that day. In addition to the 16 record setters, Buckley has researched all the other pitchers who were one pitch from history.

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