Mike and Mike on ESPN this morning brought up two fascinating tidbits of baseball history this morning in light of the Phillies combined no hitter and Adam Dumn hitting a HR in his first at bat for the A's
The first combined no hitter in MLB history? 1917. Babe Ruth was 22 years old, started a game for the Red Sox. He walked the first batter, then got ejected from the game, and someone else came in an retired the next 26 batters in route to a team no hitter. Ruth didn't record a single out.
Three other players in MLB history with > 450 career HR got traded and hit a HR in their first at bat for their new team. Who? Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Frank Robinson.