Don Larsen, David Wells, David Cone and Domingo German.
The 30-year-old etched himself into Yankees and baseball history and joined an exclusive club on Wednesday night at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum with a perfect game.
German twirled the first 27-up, 27-down performance since Aug. 15, 2012 when Mariners’ ace Felix Hernandez accomplished the feat against the Rays.
German’s historic performance in the Yanks’ 11-0 victory will be remembered forever, as will the numbers that went along with his perfection.
— 99: The number of pitches it took for German to be perfect
— 4: The number of Yankees pitchers to toss a perfect game
— 23: The number of previous perfect games in MLB history
— 14: The number of previous perfect games in AL history
— 483,500+: The number of regular-season games played in AL/NL history
— 1904: The last time a pitcher (Cy Young) tossed a perfect game against the A’s
— 9: Strikeouts recorded by German
— 18: Balls in play allowed by German, only one had a hit probability of at least 50%
— 11-0: The score, which was the largest margin of victory in a perfect game in MLB history
— 17: The number of runs German allowed in the two outings before his perfecto
— 1: He became the only Dominican-born player to toss a perfect game
— 1: Where the Yankees rank in MLB history when it comes to perfect games in franchise history
— 2:30: The duration of the game
— 12,479: The official attendance at Oakland Coliseum
— 12:11 a.m. EST: Time of the final pitch
— 31: German’s career wins
