10 pitchers lost a perfect game on the 27th batter.

• July 4, 1908, Hooks Wiltse, N.Y. Giants (v. Phillies): Hit batsman, on 2–2 count. Ump Cy Rigler later said previous pitch should have been strike 3.
• Aug. 5, 1932, Tommy Bridges, Tigers (v. Senators): Single.
• June 27, 1958, Billy Pierce, White Sox (v. Senators): Double, just fair.
• May 26, 1959, Harvey Haddix, Pirates (v. Braves): Perfect through 12. Error in 13th, followed by intentional walk, then game-winning hit.
• Sept. 2, 1972, Milt Pappas, Cubs (v. Padres): Walk on borderline 3–2 pitch; he got a no-hitter.
• April 15, 1983, Milt Wilcox, Tigers (v. ChiSox): Single.
• May 2, 1988, Ron Robinson, Reds (v. Expos): Single.
• Aug. 4, 1989, Dave Stieb, Blue Jays (v. NYY): Double.
• April 20, 1990, Brian Holman, Mariners (v. A's): Homer.
• Sept. 2, 2001, Mike Mussina, Yankees (v. Red Sox): Two-strike single.
• June 2, 2010, Armando Galarraga, Tigers (v. Indians): Infield single. Umpire Jim Joyce admitted to bad call. 

Phil Humber threw only 96 pitches (67 for strikes) and struck out nine. It was his first complete game and 12th win in his 30th big-league start. He was the Mets' first-round draft pick (third player overall) out of Rice University in 2004. The next year he had Tommy John surgery. In '08, he was one of the prospects traded to the Twins for Johan Santana. The Twins released him after the '09 season. He signed with the Royals, who lost him on waivers to the A's, which in turn lost him on waivers to the White Sox.

Umpire Brian Runge called Humber's perfecto. Runge's grandfather Ed umpired Boston's Dave Morehead's no-hitter in 1965. They are the second family combo to umpire no-hitters; Mike DiMuro called Roy Halladay's perfecto for the Phillies in 2010. His father Lou umpired Orioles righty Jim Palmer's no-hitter in 1969.

STATS
Score/opponent: Chicago White Sox, 4 at Seattle Mariners, 0
Venue: Safeco Field, day game
Attendance: 22,472
Time: 2:17
Catcher: A.J. Pierzynski
Umpire: Brian Runge

This game is the second perfect game of the 2010 season. Halladay is the second Phillie to throw a PG, joining Jim Bunning. Halladay completed his perfect game with 11 strikeouts. This PG was 20 days after Dallas Braden's perfect game, the shortest span between PGs and the only time there have been two in one season in the modern era. Halladay is the 7th pitcher (Richmond, Joss, Koufax, Witt, Browning, Martinez) to win a PG on an unearned run. Halladay was one out away from a no-hitter in his second career start with Toronto in 1998. He became the only perfect game pitcher to throw another no-hitter in the same season when he no-hit the Reds in Game 1 of the NLCS.

STATS
Score/opponent: Philadelphia Phillies, 1 at Florida Marlins, 0
Venue: Sun Life Stadium, night game
Attendance: 25,086
Time: 2:13
Catcher: Carlos Ruiz
Umpire: Mike DiMuro

Before this, Braden was best known for his altercation with A-Rod over the latter’s breach of baseball etiquette. This was the first complete game in Braden's career. He struck out six in this Mother’s Day perfect game. After the last out, Braden embraced his grandmother, who raised him after his mother died when he was a teenager. The Rays are the second team to be victims of back-to-back perfect games; the first was the Dodgers, who lost to Browning in ’88 and Martinez in ’91.

STATS
Score/opponent: Tampa Bay Rays, 0 at Oakland A's, 4
Venue: Oakland Coliseum, day game
Attendance: 12,288
Time: 2:07
Catcher: Landon Powell
Umpire: Jim Wolf

Rogers' perfect game occurred exactly three years after MLB’s last perfect game. Attendance was the largest ever at The Ballpark in Arlington for a regular-season game. The Angels and Rangers are the only major league teams to record perfect games against each other.

A few weeks after the game, Rogers appeared with singer Kenny Rogers at an event in Arlington. In 2005, Rogers was charged with misdemeanor assault for shoving a cameraman. The charge was reduced following completion of an anger management course. MLB suspended him 20 games and fined him $50,000.

STATS
Score/opponent: California Angels, 0 at Texas Rangers, 4
Venue: The Ballpark in Arlington, night game
Attendance: 46,581
Game time: 2:08
Catcher: Ivan Rodriguez
Umpire: Ed Bean

"El Presidente," from Nicaragua, is the only foreign-born pitcher with a perfect game. Mike Morgan had a no-hitter into the sixth, the latest the opposing starter in a perfect game remained perfect. Both runs were unearned. Two days earlier, Expos pitcher Mark Gardner no-hit the Dodgers through nine but lost the no-hitter in the 10th. Catcher Ron Hassey also caught Len Barker's PG. This was the third PG vs. the Dodgers (joining Larsen's and Browning's); the other teams to lose more than one are the Twins (to Hunter and Wells) and the Rays (to Buehrle and Braden). The national baseball park in Managua is named for Martinez.

STATS
Score/opponent: Montreal Expos, 2 at Los Angeles Dodgers, 0
Venue: Dodger Stadium, day game
Attendance: 45,560
Time: 2:14
Catcher: Ron Hassey
Umpire: Larry Poncino

The game was delayed 2.5 hours. The PG came vs. the eventual World Series winner — the only time that has happened. The only run was unearned. Reds OF Paul O'Neill played for the winner in two more perfectos — Wells' and Cone's. Reds owner Marge Schott put a clause in Browning's contract (nixed by the NL) that his wife would get $300K if he pitched a perfect game the next year. He took a PG into the ninth in '89. The superstitious hurler did not shave between starts and wore red underwear when he pitched. He wrote "Tom Browning's Tales from the Reds Dugout." In '09, he was arrested for not paying child support.

STATS
Score/opponent: Los Angeles Dodgers, 0 at Cincinnati Reds, 1
Venue: Riverfront Stadium, night game
Attendance: 16,591
Time: 1:51
Catcher: Jeff Reed
Umpire: Jim Quick

The 6-foot-7 Witt struck out 10 and threw just 94 pitches to complete his perfect game. It is one of two no-hitters pitched on the final day of the MLB regular season. (The other was a combined no-hitter pitched by Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers for the A's in 1975.) Witt was the fourth pitcher (with Richmond, Joss and Koufax) to win a perfect game by a 1-0 score, on an unearned run. Doug DeCinces scored on a passed ball; Reggie Jackson got the RBI. In the ninth, California made three defensive changes. Witt struck out the first batter and Texas countered with two pinch hitters, both of whom grounded out.

STATS
Score/opponent: California Angels, 1 at Texas Rangers, 0
Venue: Arlington Stadium, day game
Attendance: 8,375
Game time: 1:49
Catcher: Bob Boone
Umpire: Greg Kosc

Koufax was the first lefty to pitch a perfect game. This was the first nighttime perfect game. Koufax struck out 14, the most in a perfect game. The opposing pitcher, Bob Hendley, pitched a one-hitter, allowing only two men to reach base, and had a no-hitter intact until the seventh. The game's only run was unearned. Koufax's perfect game gave him a then-record four no-hit games; he is one of six pitchers to throw a perfect game and a no-hitter.

Arthritis ended his career at age 30. The three-time Cy Young winner was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972.

STATS
Score/opponent: Chicago Cubs, 0 at Los Angeles Dodgers, 1
Venue: Dodger Stadium, night game
Attendance: 29,139
Time: 1:43
Catcher: Jeff Torborg
Umpire: Ed Vargo

Larsen's perfect game came on the sport's biggest stage — the World Series. In Game 2 Larsen lasted less than two innings, allowing four runs on four walks. He didn't know he was going to start Game 5 until he arrived at the stadium. Only one Dodger (Pee Wee Reese) reached a three-ball count. The Dodgers had the highest season winning percentage (.604) of any team to surrender a perfect game.

On the day of the game, Larsen's wife Vivian filed for divorce. Asked years later if he ever gets tired of talking about the perfect game, Larsen said "No, why should I?" In this iconic photo, Yankees' catcher Yogi Berra leaps into Larsen's arms.

STATS
Score/opponent: Brooklyn Dodgers, 0 at New York Yankees, 2
Venue: Yankee Stadium, day game (Game 5 of the World Series)
Attendance: 64,519
Time: 2:06
Catcher: Yogi Berra
Umpire: Babe Pinelli

Joss threw just 74 pitches in his perfect game. This is one of seven perfect games to be won without  an earned run. Joss pitched a second no-hitter in 1910, also against the Chicago White Sox; Joss is the only pitcher in major league history to no-hit the same team twice. He's one of six pitchers to throw both a perfect game and a no-hitter. His 1.89 career ERA is ranked second all-time. He was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veteran's Committee in 1978.

In the offseasons and after retirement Joss was a popular columnist and Sunday sports editor for the Toledo News-Bee.

STATS
Score/opponent: Chicago White Sox, 0 at Cleveland Naps, 1
Venue: League Park, day game
Attendance: 10,598
Time: 1:29
Catcher: Nig Clarke
Umpire: Tommy Connolly

Young's perfect game was part of a hitless inning streak (23) and a scoreless inning streak (45). The last out of the game was a pop-out by the opposing pitcher. Baseball's most cherished pitching award is named for this legend, who pitched for five different teams in 22 years. The right-hander (pictured as a Cleveland Indian in an undated photo) holds other records, including: games started (815); complete games (749); and innings pitched (7,356). He is one of six pitchers to throw both a perfect game and a no-hitter. Young was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1937.

STATS:
Score/opponent: Philadelphia A's, 0 at Boston Americans, 3
Venue: Huntington Avenue Grounds, day game
Attendance: 10,267
Time: 1:23 (wow!)
Catcher: Lou Criger
Umpire: Frank Dwyer
 

Monte Ward threw his perfecto at the Grays' park, but Buffalo, by virtue of a coin toss, which was the custom under the rules at that time, was officially the home team. At the 20 years, 105 days, Ward is the youngest pitcher to throw a perfect game. Beginning in 1881, the year after his perfect game, Ward spent more time as a position player than a pitcher; in 1885, following an arm injury, he became a full-time infielder. The five days between Ward's game and Richmond's is the shortest amount of time between major-league perfect games. In the modern era, the gap is 20 days (Braden and Halladay). Ward was the only pitcher on the Grays all season.

STATS
Opponent/score: Providence Grays, 5 vs. Buffalo Bisons, 0
Venue: Messer Street Grounds
Attendance: N/A
Time: N/A
Catcher: Emil Gross
Umpire: Charles F. Daniels

Richmond was pitching in his first full season in the bigs. He batted second in the lineup. The only run was unearned. The game featured an unusual 9-3 putout and three outs were recorded on "foul bounds", ie: balls caught after bouncing once in foul territory (a rule eliminated three years later). Richmond's perfecto came after staying up all night following a pregraduation dinner at Brown University, pitching in an early morning game, and taking a train to Worcester just in time for the game. Richmond pitched full-time for only three seasons. He became a medical doctor.

STATS
Opponent/score: Cleveland Blues, 0 at Worcester Ruby Legs, 1
Venue: Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds
Attendance: N/A
Time: 1:26
Catcher: Charlie Bennett
Umpire: Foghorn Bradley

A no-hitter is impressive. But the perfect game is a rare masterpiece, achieved just 20 times in the history of baseball — and only 18 times since the modern era began in 1900. No hits. No walks. No errors. Futility for 27 batters. A place in the history books for the pitcher. Let's take a look at the talented pitchers who can count this among their glorious accomplishments.