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Senators, Burns again was one out from a no-hitter when it was broken up. This made him the first pitcher in baseball history to suffer this fate twice, a feat not repeated until
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807:Curse of the Black Sox
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310:Philadelphia Phillies
267:Major League Baseball
226:Philadelphia Phillies
660:Shoeless Joe Jackson
347:with one out to go.
291:Pacific Coast League
251:William Thomas Burns
491:"The Major Players"
298:Washington Senators
257:", was an American
184:Washington Senators
127:Last MLB appearance
576:Baseball Reference
520:davidpietrusza.com
318:earned run average
287:Los Angeles Angels
153:Earned run average
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675:Buck Weaver
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696:Abe Attell
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341:Dave Stieb
163:Strikeouts
68:1880-01-27
35:Bill Burns
842:Biography
580:Fangraphs
329:no-hitter
117:MLB debut
854:Baseball
524:Archived
475:June 20,
469:Archived
259:baseball
828:Portals
815:(novel)
556:June 6,
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