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On May 17, 1998, David Wells of the New York Yankees pitched the 15th perfect game in Major League Baseball history and the second in team history. Pitching against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx in front of 49,820 fans in attendance, Wells retired all 27 batters he faced.
Jun 14, 2021 · The wild story behind David Wells’ hungover perfect game. By. Jared Greenspan. Published June 14, 2021, 3:27 p.m. ET. Comments. On the morning of May 17, 1998, David Wells didn’t feel...
A look back at David Wells' 27 outs that led to his perfect game against the Minnesota Twins on May 17, 1998 ...more.
May 17, 2023 · Wells was given a hero’s greeting: mobbed by his Yankee teammates before being carried off the field to a standing ovation from the crowd in the Bronx. He became the second Yankee to toss a perfect game, the last being Don Larsen in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.
May 17, 1998 · Did you know that David Wells total pitch count included seventy-nine strikes and forty-one balls during this perfect game? The last perfect game thrown in Yankee Stadium was by Don Larsen who attended the same high school, Point Loma High in San Diego, as David Wells.
May 17, 1998 · “Nervousness gnawed at David Wells in the seventh inning yesterday, when he began realizing he might pitch a perfect game,” wrote Buster Olney in the New York Times. He … desperately needed his superstitious Yankee teammates to speak and ease the mounting tension.
Minnesota Twins 0 at New York Yankees 4, F -- The season, up to this point, had not been an easy one for David Wells. Being yanked from his previous start in...
