 On July 1 , 1951 , Feller recorded his third career no @-@ hitter against the Detroit Tigers . " I was depending on my slider and I didn 't begin to think of a no @-@ hitter until about the seventh inning . I tried to keep it in the back of my mind , bearing down and concentrating on one hitter at a time " , Feller said . Feller was the third pitcher , after Larry Corcoran and Cy Young , to record three career no @-@ hitters . He became the first pitcher of the 1951 season to reach 20 wins after he pitched a shutout against the Washington Senators on August 21 . Along with Early Wynn and Mike Garcia , Feller reached the 20 @-@ win mark during the season ; they were the first trio of pitchers on the same staff to earn 20 wins since 1931 . Feller was named the Sporting News Pitcher of the Year . 
