Aaron Sanchez: No-hitter related stats

**Edited to include Sanchez's outing on April 10, 2018**

Aaron Sanchez has never thrown a no-hitter.

Below is a list of his outings where he carried a no-hitter at least 5 innings:

1. 7 innings
 - Date: April 10, 2018
 - Opponent: Orioles
 - Broken up by Tim Beckham
 - Hit: Double through the legs of Donaldson at third (debatable that it should have been an error)
 - Sanchez's final line: 8 innings, 3 hits, 1 ER, 4 K's, 98 pitches, Winning pitcher, Jays won 2-1 on a go-ahead homer from Granderson with two out in the top of the 9th.
 - Video link of Beckham's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-orioles/2018/04/10/529573?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=529573
 - Video link of Sanchez's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-orioles/2018/04/10/529573?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=529573
- Adding a video link of Granderson's go-ahead homer, just for fun: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-orioles/2018/04/10/529573?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=529573
- Also, Osuna became the youngest player ever to earn 100 saves: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-orioles/2018/04/10/529573?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=529573

2. 6 2/3 innings
 - Date: October 2, 2016
 - Opponent: Red Sox
 - Broken up by Hanley Ramirez
 - Hit: Home run over the monster.
 - Sanchez's final line: 7 innings, 2 hits, 1 ER, 6 K's, 97 pitches, Winning pitcher, Jays won 2-1 in a must win game to clinch a playoff appearance.
 - Video link of Hanley's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-red-sox/2016/10/02/449297?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449297
 - Video link of Sanchez's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-red-sox/2016/10/02/449297?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449297
- Adding a video link of the final out to clinch the playoff spot just to show how clutch Sanchez's performance was: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-red-sox/2016/10/02/449297?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449297
- Also, Big Papi's last regular season game: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-red-sox/2016/10/02/449297?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449297


Longest no hit outing by team

- Blue Jays: 7 innings; see his outing listed above.


Longest no hit outing in the playoffs

- 2 innings on October 9, 2016 against the Rangers in the ALDS.
- 2 innings on October 18, 2016 against the Indians in the ALCS.



First major league start

His first major league start was on April 11, 2015 where he pitched 0 innings before giving up a home run to Alejandro De Aza to right field.

Josh Donaldson: Hit-streak related stats

Below is a list of every Josh Donaldson hit streak of at least 10 games:

1. 12 games (08/21/2016 to 09/03/2016)
2. 11 games (09/03/2013 to 09/15/2013)
2. 11 games (06/08/2016 to 06/18/2016)
4. 10 games (04/06/2014 to 04/16/2014)
4. 10 games (08/04/2014 to 08/13/2014)
4. 10 games (05/25/2015 to 06/05/2015)
4. 10 games (04/03/2016 to 04/14/2016)

Below are details about his longest hit streak of 12 games:

- He went 17 for 45: .378
- He was batting .289 when the hit streak began and was batting .297 by the end.
- He was batting 2nd for all 12 games.
- He had 1 3-hit games (all 3 were homers), 3 2-hit games and 8 1-hit games.
- Here's a video of his 3-homer game which includes the cool hockey-loving Blue Jay fan tradition of the fans throwing their hats on the field for the hat trick: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-vs-blue-jays/2016/08/28/448810?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=448810
- His first hit came in the following plate appearances:
     -1st plate appearance: 1 time
     - 2nd plate appearance: 6 times
     - 3rd plate appearance: 1 time
     - 4th plate appearance: 3 times
     - 5th plate appearance 1 time.
- His first hit came in the following innings:
     - 1st inning: 1 time
     - 2nd inning: 1 time
     - 3rd inning: 3 times
     - 4th inning: 2 times
     - 5th inning: 1 time
     - 6th inning: 1 time
     - 7th inning: 1 time
     - 8th inning: 1 time
     - 9th inning: 1 time.
- His first hit for each game was 7 singles, 1 double and 4 homers.
- His total hits during the streak were 10 singles, 1 double and 6 homers.
- He had 12 total RBI's.
- Closest call to breaking the streak came on 09/03/2016:
     - He was to be the 8th batter in the 9th inning and picked up a single to extend his streak to 12 games.
- His streak ended against the Rays:
     - He went 0-3 with two walks.
     - He was 0-2 with a walk against Chris Archer
     - He walked against Brad Boxberger in the 7th
     - He grounded out to 3rd against Ryan Garton in the 9th.

Marcus Stroman: No-hitter related stats

Marcus Stroman has never thrown a no-hitter.

Below is a list of his outings where he carried a no-hitter at least 5 innings (not counting his best ever performance in the World Baseball Classic):

1. 6 innings
 - Date: July 24, 2014
 - Opponent: Red Sox
 - Broken up by Shane Victorino
 - Hit: Single on a soft fly ball to center field.
 - Stroman's final line: 7 innings, 1 hit, 0 ER, 7 K's, 97 pitches, Winning pitcher, Jays won 8-0.
 - Video link of Victorino's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/red-sox-vs-blue-jays/2014/07/24/382060?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=382060
 - Video link of Stoman's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/red-sox-vs-blue-jays/2014/07/24/382060?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=382060

2. 5 innings (also perfect through 5 before walking Brett Eibner)
 - Date: July 6, 2016
 - Opponent: Royals
 - Broken up by Alcides Escobar.
 - Hit: Triple to center field.
 - Stroman's final line: 8 innings, 3 hits, 2 ER, 6 K's, 85 pitches, Winning pitcher, Jays won 4-2.
 - Video link of Escobar's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/royals-vs-blue-jays/2016/07/06/448137?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=448137
 - Video link of Stroman's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/royals-vs-blue-jays/2016/07/06/448137?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=448137



Longest no hit outing by team

- Blue Jays: 6 innings; see his longest outing listed above.


Longest no hit outing in the playoffs

- 3 innings on October 4, 2016 against the Orioles in the AL Wild Card game.


World Baseball Classic

- 6 innings
 - Date: March 22, 2017 (Championship game)
 - Opponent: Puerto Rico
 - Broken up by Angel Pagan.
 - Hit: Double down the left field line.
 - Stroman's final line: 6 innings, 1 hit, 0 ER, 3 K's, 73 pitches, Winning pitcher, USA won 8-0.
 - Video link of Stroman's outing which includes Pagan's hit: http://m.mlb.com/news/article/220492396/usas-marcus-stroman-shuts-down-puerto-rico/?topicid=209143850

First major league start

His first major league start was on May 31, 2014 where he pitched 1.1 innings before giving up a line drive double to Right by Alex Gordon.

Kevin Pillar: Hit-streak related stats

Below is a list of every Kevin Pillar hit streak of at least 10 games:

1. 11 games (06/16/2015 to 06/27/2015)
1. 11 games (09/22/2015 to 04/03/2016)
1. 11 games (04/12/2017 to 04/23/2017)

Normally I would just share the details about his longest hit streak, but since he has three streaks tied for first I have decided to share the details for all three streaks:

Streak 06/16/2015 to 06/27/2015

- He went 17 for 39: .436
- He was batting .246 when the hit streak began and was batting .272 by the end.
- He was batting 8th for 10 games and batted in the 9th spot as a defensive replacement for 1 game.
- He had 1 3-hit games, 4 2-hit games and 6 1-hit games.
- His first hit came in the following plate appearances:
     -1st plate appearance: 6 times
     - 2nd plate appearance: 3 times
     - 3rd plate appearance: 1 time
     - 4th plate appearance: 1 time
- His first hit came in the following innings:
     - 2nd inning: 5 times
     - 3rd inning: 1 time
     - 6th inning: 2 times
     - 8th inning: 3 times
- His first hit for each game was 8 singles, 2 doubles and 1 Home Run.
- His total hits during the streak were 13 singles, 2 doubles and 2 Home Runs.
- He had 6 total RBI's.
- Closest call to breaking the streak came on 06/16/2015 (his first game in the streak):
     - He only had one at bat in the game as a defensive replacement in the 8th inning.
     - He also had two other games where he got his first hit in the 8th inning (those games were game 7 and game 11 of his hit streak)
- His streak ended against the Rangers:
     - He went 0-3.
     - He was 0-2 against Chi Chi Gonzalez
     - He was 0-1 against Spencer Patton

Streak 09/22/2015 to 04/03/2016

- He went 23 for 44: .523
- He was batting .260 when the hit streak began and finished the season batting .278. He got his batting average up to .400 to start the 2016 season.
- He was batting 1st for 1 game, 7th for 4 games and 8th for 6 games.
- He had 4 3-hit games, 4 2-hit games and 3 1-hit games.
- His first hit came in the following plate appearances:
     -1st plate appearance: 4 times
     - 2nd plate appearance: 3 times
     - 3rd plate appearance: 4 times
- His first hit came in the following innings:
     - 2nd inning: 4 times
     - 3rd inning: 2 times
     - 4th inning: 1 time
     - 5th inning: 1 time
     - 6th inning: 3 times
- His first hit for each game was 6 singles, 4 doubles and 1 Home Run.
- His total hits during the streak were 14 singles, 7 doubles and 2 Home Runs.
- He had 9 total RBI's.
- Closest call to breaking the streak:
     - He didn't have too many close calls. 3 times he got a hit in the 6th inning on his 3rd plate appearance.
- His streak ended against the Rays:
     - He went 0-4.
     - He was 0-3 against Drew Smyley
     - He was 0-1 against Danny Farquhar
     - He was on deck for the Jays final out of the game.

Streak 04/12/2017 to 04/23/2017

- He went 17 for 47: .362
- He was batting .231 when the hit streak began and was batting .315 by the end.
- He was batting 1st for 9 games, 7th for 1 game and 8th for 1 game.
- He had 2 3-hit games, 2 2-hit games and 7 1-hit games.
- His first hit came in the following plate appearances:
     -1st plate appearance: 5 times
     - 3rd plate appearance: 1 time
     - 4th plate appearance: 4 times
     - 7th plate appearance: 1 time
- His first hit came in the following innings:
     - 1st inning: 4 times
     - 3rd inning: 1 time
     - 7th inning: 1 time
     - 8th inning: 4 times
     - 13th inning: 1 time
- His first hit for each game was 6 singles, 3 doubles and 2 Home Runs.
- His total hits during the streak were 9 singles, 5 doubles and 3 Home Runs.
- He had 5 total RBI's.
- Closest call to breaking the streak came on 04/21/2017 (his ninth game in the streak):
     - He got a two-out single in his 7th plate appearance in the 13th inning.
- His streak ended against the Angels:
     - He went 0-3 with a walk.
     - He was 0-2 with a walk against Jesse Chavez
     - He was 0-1 against Yusmeiro Petit

J.A. Happ: No-hitter related stats

J.A. Happ has never thrown a no-hitter.

Below is a list of his outings where he carried a no-hitter at least 5 innings:

None


Longest no hit outing by team

- Astros: 4 2/3 innings (05/29/2011)
- Blue Jays (second stint with the club): 4 1/3 innings (09/10/2016)
- Blue Jays (first stint with the club): 4 innings (08/17/2012)
- Phillies: 2 2/3 innings (08/05/2009)
- Pirates: 2 1/3 innings (08/19/2015)
- Mariners: 1 1/3 innings (twice: 04/22/2015 & 07/25/2015)

Longest no hit outing in the playoffs

- 2/3 innings (twice) on 10/07/2016 against the Rangers in the ALDS and on 10/15/2017 against the Indians in the ALCS.

First major league start

His first major league start was for the Phillies on June 30, 2007 where he pitched 0 innings before giving up a Jose Reyes single to center.

Devon Travis: Hit-streak related stats

Below is a list of every Devon Travis hit streak of at least 10 games:

1. 17 games (09/03/2016 to 09/20/2016)
2. 13 games (05/14/2017 to 05/29/2017)

Below are details about his longest hit streak of 17 games:

- He went 29 for 74: .392
- He was batting .289 when the hit streak began and was batting .309 by the end.
- He was batting leadoff for 14 games and was batting 9th for 3 games.
- He had 3 3-hit games, 6 2-hit games and 8 1-hit games.
- His first hit came in the following plate appearances:
     -1st plate appearance: 8 times
     - 2nd plate appearance: 3 times
     - 3rd plate appearance: 2 times
     - 4th plate appearance: 2 times
     - 5th plate appearance 2 times.
- His first hit came in the following innings:
     - 1st inning: 6 times
     - 3rd inning: 3 times
     - 4th inning: 1 time
     - 5th inning: 2 times
     - 6th inning: 1 time
     - 7th inning: 2 times
     - 8th inning: 1 time
     - 9th inning: 1 time.
- His first hit for each game was 14 singles and 3 doubles.
- His total hits during the streak were 23 singles and 6 doubles.
- He had 9 total RBI's.
- Closest call to breaking the streak came on 09/15/2016:
     - He was to be the 4th batter in the 9th inning.
     - He singled on a sharp ground ball to left on a 1-2 pitch to extend his hit-streak to 12 games.
     - Video of his 9th inning single here: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-angels/2016/09/15/449060?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449060
- His streak ended against the Mariners:
     - He went 0-4 with a walk.
     - He was 0-3 against Felix Hernandez
     - He walked against Steve Cishek in the 8th
     - He struck out against Evan Scribner in the 10th
     - He was set to lead off in the 13th inning but the Mariners walked it off in the 12th on a Cano Sac Fly
     - Travis hit the ball hard several times with a sharp groundout to 3rd in the 3rd and a sharp groundout to SS in the 6th. He also got robbed of a hit on a grounder to SS in the 1st.
     - Video of his 1st inning groundout here: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-mariners/2016/09/21/449144?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449144

Marco Estrada: No-hitter related stats

**Edited to include Estrada's outing on August 4, 2018**

Marco Estrada has never thrown a no-hitter.

Below is a list of his outings where he carried a no-hitter at least 5 innings:

1. 7 1/3 innings (also perfect game)
 - Date: June 24, 2015
 - Opponent: Rays
 - Broken up by Logan Forsythe
 - Hit: Soft dribbler to third where he barely beat out the throw for an infield single
 - Estrada's final line: 8 2/3 innings, 2 hits, 0 ER, 10 K's, 129 pitches, No Decision, Jays won 1-0 in 12 innings.
 - Video link of Forsythe's hit: https://www.mlb.com/video/forsythe-spoils-perfecto-in-8th/c-194243783?tid=6479266
 - Video link of Estrada's outing: https://www.mlb.com/video/estradas-bid-for-perfection/c-194345283?tid=6479266
 - Video link of a catch by Josh Donaldson in the 8th to preserve the perfect game for the time being: https://www.mlb.com/video/must-c-donaldsons-huge-catch/c-194563383?tid=6479266

1. 7 1/3 innings
 - Date: June 5, 2016
 - Opponent: Red Sox
 - Broken up by Chris Young
 - Hit: Home run over the green monster
 - Estrada's final line: 8 innings, 2 hits, 2 ER, 5 K's, 110 pitches, Winning pitcher, Jays won 5-4.
 - Video link of Young's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-red-sox/2016/06/05/447722?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=447722
 - Video link of Estrada's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-red-sox/2016/06/05/447722?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=447722

3. 7 innings
 - Date: June 19, 2015
 - Opponent: Orioles
 - Broken up by Jimmy Paredes
 - Hit: Bloop single to left over the third baseman's head
 - Estrada's final line: 7 innings, 1 hit, 1 ER, 6 K's, 118 pitches, Winning pitcher, Jays won 5-4.
 - Video link of Paredes' hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/orioles-vs-blue-jays/2015/06/19/414659?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=414659
 - Video link of Estrada's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/orioles-vs-blue-jays/2015/06/19/414659?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=414659

4. 6 1/3 innings
 - Date: August 4, 2018
 - Opponent: Mariners
 - Broken up by Mitch Haniger
 - Hit: Groundball down the left field line
 - Estrada's final line: 7 innings, 1 hit, 1 ER, 4 K's, 97 pitches, Winning pitcher, Jays won 5-1.
- Video link of Haniger's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-mariners/2018/08/04/531078?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=531078
- Video link of Estrada's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-mariners/2018/08/04/531078?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=531078

5. 6 innings
 - Date: September 19, 2016
 - Opponent: Mariners
 - Broken up by Robinson Cano
 - Hit: Sharp groundball to Center
 - Estrada's final line: 7 innings, 1 hit, 0 ER, 8 K's, 93 pitches, Winning pitcher, Jays won 3-2.
 - Video link of Cano's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-mariners/2016/09/19/449114?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449114
 - Video link of Estrada's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-mariners/2016/09/19/449114?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449114

6. 5 2/3 innings
 - Date: September 11, 2013
 - Opponent: Cardinals
 - Broken up by Matt Carpenter
 - Hit: Single on a sharp groundball deflected off Estrada's ankle which bounced to the third baseman who came fairly close to throwing him out at first.
 - Estrada's final line: 6 2/3 innings, 2 hits, 1 ER, 6 K's, 101 pitches, No Decision, Cardinals won 5-1.
 - Video of Carpenter's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/brewers-vs-cardinals/2013/09/11/348921?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=348921
 - Video of Estrada's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/brewers-vs-cardinals/2013/09/11/348921?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=348921

7. 5 innings
 - Date: May 8, 2016
 - Opponent: Dodgers
 - Broken up by Trayce Thompson
 - Hit: Double on a fly ball to Right Center off the bottom of the wall
 - Estrada's final line: 7 innings, 3 hits, 1 ER, 8 K's, 103 pitches, No Decision, Dodgers won 4-2.
 - Video link of Thompson's hit: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/dodgers-vs-blue-jays/2016/05/08/447329?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=447329
 - Video link of Estrada's outing: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/dodgers-vs-blue-jays/2016/05/08/447329?#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=447329


Longest no hit outing by team

- Blue Jays: 7 1/3 innings (twice); see his two longest outings listed above.
- Brewers: 5 2/3 innings; see his outing listed at #5 above.
- Nationals: 0 innings (only had one start)

Longest no hit outing in the playoffs

- 3 innings on October 21, 2015 against the Royals in the ALCS.

First major league start

His first major league start was for the Nationals on September 12, 2009 where he pitched 0 innings before giving up a groundball single to Right by Chris Coghlan.