After the perfect game, Humber struggled. Johnny Cueto was 2 pitches away from potentially having a perfect game. Joyce served as the second base umpire for Braden's perfect game. Larsen retired all 27 batters he faced to complete the perfect game. Cain tallied 14 strikeouts, tying Sandy Koufax for the most strikeouts in a perfect game. The first known use in print of the term "perfect game" occurred in 1908. I said before, I got a perfect game. The names of those pitchers who threw a perfect game no-hitter are "italicized". Only a walk kept Young from his second perfect game. But that doesn't help your situation as far as a perfect game. He was in right field for the Reds for Tom Browning's perfect game in 1988. On September 1, 1998, Wells came fairly close to recording a second perfect game. He was named a first team All-American by Perfect Game USA, Louisville Slugger. This was also the first "nationally" televised broadcast of a perfect game. One of them included himself having a hangover when he pitched his perfect game.