Awesome night card, pt. 241: no-hit victims

After yesterday's post, I have this modest bit of no-hitter research sitting here on a post-it note when it should be properly presented out in the open so anyone can look at it and twist it into whatever they like.

So, without further ado, a list of how many times each major league team has been no-hit in the last 40 years, separated by division:

American League East

Orioles - 6
Rays - 5
Blue Jays - 4
Red Sox - 2
Yankees - 1

American League Central

White Sox - 4
Indians - 3
Tigers - 3
Twins - 2
Royals - 1

American League West

Angels - 6
Astros - 3
A's - 3
Mariners - 3
Rangers - 3

National League East

Braves - 5
Expos - 4
Marlins - 3
Mets - 3
Phillies - 2

National League Central

Cardinals - 3
Brewers - 2
Pirates - 2
Cubs - 1
Reds - 1

National League West

Giants - 8
Dodgers - 7
Padres - 6
Rockies - 3
Diamondbacks - 2

A few brief observations:

-- Every major league franchise has been no-hit in the last 40 years (if we lump the Nationals in with the Expos, that is. The Nationals, since they've been know as the Nationals, haven't been no-hit). The Cubs ensured that I could say that when they were no-hit by Cole Hamels earlier this year. It was the first time the Cubs had been no-hit in 50 years.

-- The no-hitter is the best "you never know" (to quote Joaquin Andujar) moment in baseball. The time that has passed between some teams being no-hit is crazy. The Reds hadn't been no-hit for 39 years until Roy Halladay blanked them in the playoffs in 2010. The previous time they'd been no-hit was when Rick Wise pitched one against them in 1971. The previous team to be no-hit prior to Wise's no-hitter against the Reds? The Reds -- twenty days earlier.

-- The Rays have the most devastating cluster of no-hitters thrown against them in the last 40 years. They have been no-hit victims in 2009, twice in 2010, and in 2012. Not to mention the indignity of being no-hit by Edwin Jackson.

-- Now that the Cubs are out of the way, the team that has gone the longest without being no-hit is the A's, who were last no-hit in 1991 by a foursome of Orioles pitchers. The last single pitcher to no-hit the A's? Nolan Ryan with his sixth no-hitter in 1990. The other team that has gone a long time without being no-hit is the Red Sox. The last time they were no-hit was in 1993 by Seattle's Chris Bosio.

So that's a little glimpse of what I think is interesting.

I promise I won't talk about no-hitters in the next post.

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Night Card Binder candidate: Dwight Gooden, 1997 Upper Deck, #120
Does it make the binder?:  No. As interesting a card as it is, it can't beat this.