Jim Bunning, the only baseball player elected both to the Hall of Fame and U.S. Senate, tossed a perfect game on Father's Day 1964 against the Mets.

That's exactly what the team did on May 29th, 1964. Facing the Houston Colt 45's, Jim Bunning set down 20 batters in a row before a journeyman named Mike White broke up the perfect game with a double.

Jim Bunning’s perfect game on June 21, 1964, as covered by Newsday Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches a perfect game against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium on June 21, 1964.

Bunning pitched a perfect game against the New York Mets on that Sunday afternoon in a 6-0 Phillies' win. It was the first perfect game in the National League since John Ward, pitching for ...

Today is the 45th anniversary of Jim Bunning's perfect game with the Philadelphia Phillies. It was the second no-hitter of his career. He is one of five pitchers to throw a no-hitter in both ...

Even the agonizing end to that 1964 season. Agonizing for his Phillies, who lost 10 straight games in late September and blew a 6½-game lead in the last two weeks.

Nearly 53 years ago, the late Jim Bunning threw a perfect game. On June 21, 1964, the Philadelphia Phillies traveled to New York to face the Mets. Bunning faced 27 batters. Not one reached base.

On Father’s Day, the Philadelphia Phillies stop the New York Mets, 6-0, as Jim Bunning, a father of seven, tosses the first perfect game in the National League since 1880.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. >> Jim Bunning was an intimidating figure as a major-league pitcher and was just as hard-nosed and uncompromising as a U.S. senator. “The main qualities it takes for pro… ...

The second was Father's Day. Bunning more than outdid the sights at the fair on June 21, 1964. He threw a perfect game against the Mets - the first in Phillies history.