Len
Barker's Perfect Game On May 15,
1981, pitcher Len Barker, of the Cleveland Indians,
threw a perfect game – 27 batters up, 27
batters down – against the Toronto Blue
Jays. It was the first major league perfect game
since Catfish Hunter’s in 1968 against Minnesota
and the 11th in baseball history (there are now
17 such games). Only 7290 people on that 47 degree
night were there to witness history. When told
that Addie Joss was the last Indians pitcher to
throw a perfect game, way back on Oct. 2, 1908,
Barker joked, "I didn't see that one.”
Here are the lineup cards from that rare Perfect
Game of Blue Jays, the Indians and the Official
Scorer's, all signed by Len Barker. 
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