Saturday night’s no-hitter by the Oakland Athletics’ Sean Manaea was the first no-hitter that featured umpire Harry Wendelsted behind the plate. Hunter’s dad, the late Harry Wendelstedt was behind the plate for five National League no-hitters.
Hunter (or more formally Harry Hunter Wendelstedt III) has been a major league umpire since 1998, starting in the NL (1998–1999) until MLB standardized umpiring across the leagues in 2000.
Hunter’s father, Harry (or more formally Harry Hunter Wendelstedt Jr.), was an NL umpire from 1966 to 1998, and he was behind the plate for five NL no-nos:
| 165 of 297 | George Culver |
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| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Monday, July 29, 1968 (Second game of doubleheader) Cincinnati Reds 6, Philadelphia Phillies 1 Connie Mack Stadium (Philadelphia) |
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| 166 of 297 | Gaylord Perry |
| San Francisco Giants (NL) | |
| Tuesday, September 17, 1968 San Francisco Giants 1, St. Louis Cardinals 0 Candlestick Park (San Francisco) |
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| 180 of 297 | Bob Gibson |
| St. Louis Cardinals (NL) | |
| Saturday, August 14, 1971 St. Louis Cardinals 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh) |
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| 210 of 297 | Bob Forsch |
| St. Louis Cardinals (NL) | |
| Monday, September 26, 1983 St. Louis Cardinals 3, Montreal Expos 0 Busch Stadium (St. Louis) (His second of two no-hitters) |
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| 231 of 297 | Kent Mercker (6 inn.) Mark Wohlers (2 inn.) Alejandro Pena (1 inn.) |
| Atlanta Braves (NL) | |
| Wednesday, September 11, 1991 Atlanta Braves 1, San Diego Padres 0 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta) |
On Saturday night, Manaea no-hit the Boston Red Sox for the 97th no-hitter in MLB history. Manaea struck out 10 and walked two en route to a 3-0 no-hit victory at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum.
