It's one of the most exclusive clubs in all of baseball: Pitchers with a perfect game under their belts.
A perfect game is the ultimate single-game achievement for a pitcher, requiring them to retire all batters without a single one reaching base. That means no hits, walks, hit batsmen, or errors. Twenty-seven up, 27 down.
CWS 101: How the College World Series works
Since 1959, there have been just 36 perfect games pitched in Division I college baseball, though 15 of those came in seven-inning games, and one came in a five-inning game.
The first perfect game was recorded in 1959 when Maryland's Dick Reitz blanked Johns Hopkins in a 10-0 win. The most recent came in 2022 also from Maryland, as Ryan Ramsey struck out 10 batters against Northwestern and completed the second perfecto in Terps baseball history in a 13-0 win.
The final out.
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) April 30, 2022
Ryan Ramsey, you sir are perfect. #DirtyTerps pic.twitter.com/9MUc8ZhCZK
Here is the list of all perfect games in college baseball history since the NCAA started keeping track in 1957:
| Date | Pitcher | Team | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2022 | Ryan Ramsey | Maryland | Northwestern |
| April 24, 2022 | Jake Noviello* | Fairfield | Saint Peter's |
| April 22, 2022 | Shemar Page* | Grambling State | Alcorn State |
| April 30, 2021 | Jordan Patty* | Central Michigan | Miami (Oh.) |
| Feb. 21, 2020 | Bryce Jarvis | Duke | Cornell |
| March 17, 2019 | Jake Kuchmaner | East Carolina | Maryland |
| Feb. 24, 2018 | Joe DeMers | Washington | UC Riverside |
| March 25, 2017 | Cory Abbott | Loyola Marymount | BYU |
| April 15, 2016 | Shane McCarthy | Seton Hall | LIU Brooklyn |
| March 11, 2016 | Jesse Scholtens | Wright State | Dayton |
| March 21, 2015 | Drew Rasmussen | Oregon State | Washington State |
| March 4, 2014 | Javi Salas | Miami (Fla.) | Villanova |
| March 29, 2011 | Will Roberts | Virginia | George Washington |
| April 9, 2003 | Greg Prenger* | Ohio State | Oakland |
| March 2, 2002 | Eric Brandon | Auburn | Murray State |
| April 29, 2000 | Chad Blackwell* | Iowa | Northwestern |
| April 26, 1997 | John Stewart* | Western Mich. | Akron |
| April 13, 1996 | Chris McConnell | St. Francis (NY) | Marist |
| April 30, 1991 | Jason Johnson* | Auburn | LaGrange |
| May 3, 1987 | Mark Bowlan | Memphis | Louisville |
| March 14, 1987 | Kevin Sheary | Miami (Fla.) | Southern Illinois |
| May 3, 1980 | Cliff Faust* | Nebraska | Kansas |
| April 19, 1980 | Joe Housey* | New Orleans | Southeastern La. |
| March 10, 1973 | Joe McIntosh* | Washington St. | Whitworth |
| March 2, 1973 | Eddie Bane | Arizona | CSUN |
| March 20, 1972 | Jim Jacobsen† | Oklahoma St. | Houston |
| April 17, 1971 | Bill Balfoort* | Buffalo | Rochester (NY) |
| March 26, 1971 | Larry Angell* | Washington St. | Eastern Wash. |
| March 22, 1968 | Rick Austin* | Washington St. | Gonzaga |
| May 5, 1967 | Bruce Baudier* | LSU | Alabama |
| 1967 | Larry Gonsalves | Fresno St. | Cal Poly |
| April 20, 1965 | Bob Schauenberg | Iowa | Central (IA) |
| April 20, 1965 | Jerry Anderson | Murray St. | Austin Peay |
| May 3, 1963 | Don Woeltjen | Georgia | Georgia Tech |
| April 18, 1961 | Bobby Noel* | BYU | Montana |
| April 10, 1959 | Dick Reitz | Maryland | Johns Hopkins |
* = 7-inning game
† = 5-inning game
