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title: "I was the first African-American player to pitch a no-hitter in the Major Leagues. Some say I did it the hard way in the last inning. Do you know my name?"  
description: "I was the first African-American player to pitch a no-hitter in the Major Leagues. Some say I did it the hard way in the last inning. Do you know my name?"  
author: "Andy Simon"  
published: 2018-02-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34852/i-was-the-first-african-american-player-to-pitch-a-no-hitter-in-the-major-leagues-some-say-i-did-it-the-hard-way-in-the-last-inning-do-you-know-my-name  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["baseball"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# I was the first African-American player to pitch a no-hitter in the Major Leagues. Some say I did it the hard way in the last inning. Do you know my name?

I was the first African-[American player](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34858/which-major-league-team-included-on-it-s-roster-the-first-african-american-player-to-appear-in-a-world-series) to pitch a no-hitter in the [Major Leagues](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85822/popular-sports-in-usa-a-deep-dive-into-major-leagues). Some [say](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/324/know-hinduism-then-say-i-am-a-hindu) I did it the hard way in the last inning. Do you know my [name](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/88165/is-india-losing-its-spiritual-identity-in-the-name-of-modernization)?


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