Eli Eldo Cates (January 26, 1877 – May 29, 1964) was a

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. Cates played for the Washington Senators in . On August 10, 1902, Cates pitched a notable minor league baseball no-hitter. On that date, the

Nevada Lunatics The Nevada Lunatics were a minor league baseball team based in Nevada, Missouri. Preceded by the 1901 Nevada "Reds," the Nevada teams played exclusively as members of the Missouri Valley League, with the "Lunatics" winning the 1902 league champio ...

and Jefferson City Convicts of the Class D

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played a game that resulted in a double

no-hitter In baseball, a no-hitter or no-hit game is a game in which a team does not record a hit (baseball), hit through conventional methods. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in ...

. Both Jefferson City's Jim Courtwright and Nevada's Eli Cates pitched no–hit games. Nevada won the game 1–0. A double no-hitter has happened just 10 times in baseball history, all at the minor league level.

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