23 official perfect games have been in major league history.
how many perfect games have there been in major league history?
23 official perfect games
over the 150 years of major league baseball history, and over 218,400 games played, there have been 23 official perfect games by the current definition. no pitcher has ever thrown more than one. the perfect game thrown by don larsen in game 5 of the 1956 world series is the only postseason perfect game in major league history and one of only two postseason no-hitters. the first two major league perfect games, and the only two of the premodern era, were thrown in 1880, five days apart. the most recent perfect game was thrown on august 15, 2012, by félix hernández of the seattle mariners. there were three perfect games in 2012; the only other year of the modern era in which as many as two were thrown was 2010. by contrast, there have been spans of 23 and 33 consecutive seasons in which not a single perfect game was thrown. though two perfect-game bids have gone into extra innings, no extra-inning game has ever been completed to perfection.
list of major league baseball perfect games
bullet::::- threw the 23rd perfect game in major league history, defeating the tampa bay rays 1–0 on august 15. this was the first perfect game in the mariners' history, and the franchise's fourth no-hitter. it also marked the first time in major league history three perfect games were thrown in one season. safeco field became the first ballpark in major league history to host two perfect games in the same season. as of 2019, this is the most recent perfect game in the major leagues.





















































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bullet::::- jered weaver (laa):
2012 major league baseball season