We are just under a month away from the sixth anniversary of Homer Bailey no-hitting the Pittsburgh Pirates in PNC Park, the first of Homer’s pair of no-no’s in his Cincinnati Reds career. I suppose it’s pertinent to keep talking about those two spectacular evenings, since at this point, they’re some of the only real reasons why he’s still getting sent out to the mound every handful of days as a starting pitcher for the Reds.
Here’s a quick look at some of the statistics that can best describe what Homer has been for the Reds relative to the rest of the pitchers in Major League Baseball:
- 123 MLB pitchers have thrown at least 100 IP this year, and of them, Homer Bailey’s 6.