MLB: 30 amazing records that will never be broken

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The most unbreakable records in MLB history: Back to back no-hitters

Now yes, we’ve touched upon Nolan Ryan and his ridiculous record of seven no-hitters. But no matter how great he was at racking them up he, and everyone else for that matter, never put together back-to-back no-hitter games.

Well, no one other than Johnny Vander Meer.

It may have taken place before most of our readers were born but we can assure you it actually happened. Back in 1938, Vander Meer, in only his second season, registered a no-hitter against the Boston Bees. Four days later, in his next start, he did it again, this time against the Brooklyn Dodgers.

As difficult as it is to get one no-hitter, it’s almost impossible to string together two in a row. But, in all fairness, Max Scherzer almost pulled it off in 2015. He managed to register one no-hitter and followed it up with a one-hitter in his next start.

Ultimately though, getting close isn’t going to pry this record away from Vander Meer. In the end, throughout the history of baseball, only one man has recorded back-to-back no-hitters. And by the looks of it, his name will stand alone in the record books.

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