Baseball’s Greatest Legends and Tales| Dock Ellis Throws a No-Hitter on LSD

Published: Jan. 14, 2020, 8 a.m.

Dock Ellis stood at the mound 6 foot 3, armed with a mean fastball. Throughout the course of his career, he suited up for 5 ball clubs and concluded his 12 years in the big leagues with a 3.46 ERA and 1 no-hitter. However, years after that no-hitter Ellis’s popularity peaked when admitted to the public that he had accomplished the feat while tripping on LSD. On this episode, we will dive into the events of that day in 1970 as well as the game 4 years later where he attempted to hit every player on the Cincinnati Reds.