Rating John Means’ no hitter among the others from 2012-21

[Frobby]

Fun little article rating the various no hitters from the last ten years, taking into account game score, league offensive environment, home/road and quality of opponent.   Means’ no-no comes in 11th of 35 when all these factors are taken into account.   https://blogs.fangraphs.com/scoring-this-years-no-hitters/

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

No-Hitters 2012-21 by Game Score Above Average, Adjusted for Home/Road and Opponent

Pitcher	Date	Tm	Opp	BB	SO	GSc	LgGSc	OppGSc	AdjGSc
Max Scherzer	10/3/15	WSN	NYM	0	17	111	50.7	53.2	59.1
Justin Verlander	9/1/19	HOU	TOR	1	14	106	47.9	52.9	55.6
Félix Hernández*	8/15/12	SEA	TBR	0	12	106	52.7	48.9	55.2
Jake Arrieta	8/30/15	CHC	LAD	1	12	104	50.7	50.4	53.4
Joe Musgrove	4/9/21	SDP	TEX	0	10	104	50.4	52.2	52.7
Chris Heston	6/9/15	SFG	NYM	0	11	105	52.0	53.2	52.4
Lucas Giolito	8/25/20	CHW	PIT	1	13	105	50.4	55.5	52.1
Clayton Kershaw	6/18/14	LAD	COL	0	15	109	54.8	59.5	51.9
Matt Cain*	6/13/12	SFG	HOU	0	14	108	52.7	60.1	51.6
Cole Hamels	7/25/15	PHI	CHC	2	13	103	50.7	52.7	51.3
John Means	5/5/21	BAL	SEA	0	12	106	50.4	61.1	50.3
Max Scherzer	6/20/15	WSN	PIT	0	10	104	53.3	54.5	50.1
Corey Kluber	5/19/21	NYY	TEX	1	9	101	50.4	52.2	49.7
Sean Manaea	4/21/18	OAK	BOS	2	10	100	51.9	49.1	49.5
Homer Bailey	9/28/12	CIN	PIT	1	10	102	49.9	55.2	49.5
Philip Humber*	4/21/12	CHW	SEA	0	9	103	49.9	57.3	49.4
Carlos Rodón	4/14/21	CHW	CLE	0	7	101	52.6	53.1	48.2
Edinson Vólquez	6/3/17	MIA	ARI	2	10	100	50.4	53.9	47.8
Jered Weaver	5/2/12	LAA	MIN	1	9	101	52.7	54.2	47.5
Homer Bailey	7/2/13	CIN	SFG	1	9	101	53.5	53.8	47.4
Wade Miley	5/7/21	CIN	CLE	1	8	100	50.4	54.9	47.4
Mike Fiers	8/21/15	HOU	LAD	3	10	98	53.3	50.4	46.1
Tim Lincecum	7/13/13	SFG	SDP	4	13	99	51.0	56.1	45.5
James Paxton	5/8/18	SEA	TOR	3	7	95	49.9	49.7	45.2
Jordan Zimmermann	9/28/14	WSN	MIA	1	10	102	54.8	58.8	45.2
Henderson Alvarez III	9/29/13	MIA	DET	1	4	96	53.5	48.2	45.2
Mike Fiers	5/7/19	OAK	CIN	2	6	96	49.9	53.1	44.5
Spencer Turnbull	5/18/21	DET	SEA	2	9	99	50.4	61.1	43.3
Jake Arrieta	4/21/16	CHC	CIN	4	6	92	49.0	48.5	43.2
Alec Mills	9/13/20	CHC	MIL	3	5	93	47.3	52.9	42.9
Madison Bumgarner	4/25/21	ARI	ATL	0	7	89	50.4	45.4	41.1
Hisashi Iwakuma	8/12/15	SEA	BAL	3	7	95	53.3	55.1	40.8
Tim Lincecum	6/25/14	SFG	SDP	1	6	98	54.8	59.9	40.7
Johan Santana	6/1/12	NYM	STL	5	8	92	52.7	51.2	40.1
Josh Beckett	5/25/14	LAD	PHI	3	6	94	52.3	56.3	39.7

 

[Legend_Of_Joey]

Still should have been a perfect game...