Major league baseball made another notch in history just recently.

Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game; a feat that has been accomplished only 18 times in the 134 years of major league baseball.

In my opinion, in all of American sports; this is the hardest thing to accomplish for a baseball team.

A perfect game by definition is a 9+ inning game with no players from the opposing team reaching any base. There can be no walks, no hits, and no errors.

This hub is to honor those 18 pitchers throughout history who have completed this difficult task.

I will start with the first and end with the one that happened just recently.

Hats off to all of these players!

On June 12^th, 1880, Lee Richmond of the Worcester Ruby Legs pitched a perfect game against the Cleveland Blues.

Lee was a left-hand pitcher who had 5 strikeouts in this game.

The final score was Worcester 1 and Cleveland 0.

On June 17^th, 1880, John Ward of the Providence Grays pitched a perfect game against the Buffalo Bisons.

John was a right-handed pitcher who had 5 strikeouts.

The final score was Providence 5 and Buffalo 0.

On May 5^th,1904, Cy Young of the Boston Americans pitched a perfect game against the Philadelphia A's

Cy was a right-handed pitcher who had 3 strikeouts.

The final score was Boston 3 and Philadelphia 0.

On October 2^nd, 1908, Addie Joss of the Cleveland Naps pitched a perfect game against the Chicago White Sox.

Addie was a right-handed pitcher who had 3 strikeouts.

The final score was Cleveland 1 and Chicago 0.

On April 30^th, 1922, Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox pitched a perfect game against the Detroit Tigers.

Charlie was a right-handed pitcher who had 6 strikeouts.

The final score was Chicago 2 and Detroit 0.

On October 8^th, 1956, Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Don was a right-handed pitcher who had 7 strikeouts.

The final score was New York 2 and Brooklyn 0.

On June 24^th, 1964, Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a perfect game against the New York Mets.

Jim was a right-handed pitcher who had 10 strikeouts.

The final score was Philadelphia 6 and New York 0.

On September 9^th, 1965, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs.

Sandy was a left-handed pitcher and had 14 strikeouts.

The final score was Los Angeles 1 and Chicago 0.

on May 8^th, 1968, Catfish Hunter of the Oakland A's pitched a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins.

Catfish was a right-handed pitcher who had 11 strikeouts.

The final score was Oakland 4 and Minnesota 0.

On May 15^th, 1981, Len Barker of the Cleveland Indians pitched a perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Len was a right-handed pitcher who had 11 strikeouts.

The final score was Cleveland 3 and Toronto 0.

On September 30^th, 1984, Mike Witt of the California Angels pitched a perfect game against the Texas Rangers.

Mike was a right-handed pitcher who had 10 strikeouts.

The final score was California 1 and Texas 0.

On September 16^th, 1988, Tom Browning of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a perfect game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Tom was a left-handed pitcher who had 7 strikeouts.

The final score was Cincinnati 1 and Los Angeles 0.

On July 28^th, 1991, Dennis Martinez of the Montreal Expos pitched a perfect game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Dennis was a right-handed pitcher who had 5 strikeouts.

The final score was Montreal 2 and Los Angeles 0.

On July 28^th, 1994, Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers pitched a perfect game against the California Angels.

Kenny was a left-handed pitcher who had 8 strikeouts.

The final score was Texas 4 and California 0.

On May 17^th, 1998, David Wells of the New York Yankees pitched a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins.

David was a left-handed pitcher who had 11 strikeouts.

The final score was New York 4 and Minnesota 0.

On July 18^th, 1999, David Cone of the New York Yankees pitched a perfect game against the Montreal Expos.

David was a right-handed pitcher who had 10 strikeouts.

The final score was New York 6 and Montreal 0.

On May 18^th, 2004, Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks pitched a perfect game against the Atlanta Braves.

Randy is a left-handed pitcher who had 13 strikeouts.

The final score was Arizona 2 and Atlanta 0.

This is the final one until someone else can do it.

On July 23^rd, 2009, Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox pitched a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Mark is a left-handed pitcher and he had 6 strikeouts.

The final score was Chicago 5 and Tampa Bay 0.

Give all these men a big round of applause.

This is one of the hardest accomplishments in all sports, in my opinion.

I will now go eat some apple pie and watch some American baseball.