Born on July 1, 1945 in San Diego, California, Billy Rohr (William Joseph Rohr) played for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 2 year career. Rohr broke into the bigs on April 14, 1967 with the Boston Red Sox.
In his very first start, he pitched 8 2/3 hitless innings at Yankee Stadium before his no-no was spoiled by a line drive. Earlier in the game, Carl Yastrzemski had made a spectacular diving catch to preserve the no-hitter. The call - "Fly ball to deep left, Yastrzemski's going hard, way back, way back, and he dives and makes a TREMENDOUS CATCH!" was featured in Boston radio station WEEI's pregame audio montage until at least 2004.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1967
BOS
A
10
8
2
3
5.10
16
27
24
2
1
0
42.1
43
4
22
2
3
2
1968
CLE
A
17
0
1
0
6.87
5
16
14
0
0
1
18.1
18
5
10
2
1
0
Total
27
8
3
3
5.64
21
43
38
2
1
1
60.2
61
9
32
4
4
2
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1967
BOS
A
P
10
8
42.1
1
7
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
.889
1968
CLE
A
P
17
0
18.1
1
4
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
.833
Total
P
27
8
60.2
2
11
2
0
0
0
4
1
0
.867
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1967
BOS
A
10
10
0
0
0
0
.000
.167
.000
0
0
2
4
0
3
0
0
0
1968
CLE
A
17
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
27
11
0
0
0
0
.000
.154
.000
0
0
2
4
0
3
0
0
0
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1963).
Selected by Boston Red Sox from Pittsburgh Pirates in the first-year minor league draft (December 2, 1963).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Indians (April 26, 1968).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Russ Nagelson to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Fred Lasher (May 22, 1970).