The most unexpected MLB pitchers who threw a no-hitter or perfect game

The no-hitter and perfect game in Major League Baseball knows no bounds.. It doesn’t matter how efficient or attractive said performances look, both are still a special moment in the game.

Here’s our list, in chronological order, of the 25 most unlikely no-hitters and perfect games in MLB history.

A Chicago native, Jeff Mezydlo has professionally written about sports, entertainment and pop culture for parts of four decades. He was an integral member of award-winning sports sections at The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster, Ind.) and Champaign (Ill.) News-Gazette, where he covered the NFL, PGA, LPGA, NCAA basketball, football and golf, Olympics and high school athletics. Jeff most recently spent 12 years in the editorial department at STATSPerform, where he also oversaw coverage of the English Premier League. A graduate of Northern Illinois University, Jeff’s work has also appeared on such sites at Yahoo!, ESPN, Fox Sports, Sports Illustrated and NBA.com. However, if Jeff could do it again, he’d attend Degrassi Junior High, Ampipe High School and Grand Lakes University