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Originally Posted by greymule
I suspect it was the only perfect game thrown by someone who, before the game, didn't know there was such a thing as a perfect game.
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The perfect game was a rare feat that was essentially popularized by Larsen's. Several followed in the ensuing years, and by then everybody knew what it was. But when Larsen did it, it wasn't distinguished from a mere no-hitter by that many. I'll bet that the guy who threw the one in 1922 that preceded Larsen's--an otherwise unknown and the only rookie ever to throw one--didn't know what it was either. In fact, I'm certain that he didn't.
Larsen put it on the radar.