Some Pitching Trivia

Something connects the following pitchers. What might that be?

Frank Castillo
Danny Darwin
Zane Smith
Teddy Higuera
Jimmy Jones
Terry Leach
Rich Gale
Dennis Eckersley
Jim Hannan
Bobo Newsome
Wilbur Cooper

Within this universe, Frank Castillo and Wilbur Cooper form the extreme margins. Once you know the link among all the pitchers, this second part will be easy.

Bill

Terry Leach was famous for that 10 inning 1-hitter in his first start. That's all i got

Each pitched a 1 hit shutout with the only hit being a triple. Cooper's was the earliest (on this list) and Castillo the last.

Very good, Corky. One-hit shutouts in which the one hit was a triple. But there is something even stranger in the cases of Cooper and Castillo than just the year that they pitched their masterpieces.

Keep digging.

You must be referring to the fact that in Cooper's case the triple led off the game, and in Castillo's case it came with 2 outs in the 9th?

Exactly. Cooper's no-hitter was broken up on a triple by the first hitter and Castillo's by what should have been the last hitter with two outs in the ninth.

Good job, Corky.