There have officially been 294 no-hitters recognized by Major League Baseball, but none as significant as Dock Ellis' on June 12, 1970. Ellis, who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, dealt an ...
I don’t think there will ever be a greater sports-related, or drug-releated, story than the tale of Doc Ellis. A former pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Ellis is famous for being one of the handful ...
Dock Ellis, an eccentric baseball pitcher who once threw a no-hitter while high on LSD and who later counseled athletes and prisoners on the dangers of drugs, died Dec. 19 at the University of ...
In the 1971 Midsummer Classic, the Pittsburgh Pirates' Dock Ellis squared off against Vida Blue of the Oakland Athletics. The game was the first time two black pitchers started an All-Star Game.