David Michael Morehead (born September 5, 1942) is a former

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. A right-hander, Morehead pitched for the

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(1963–68) and Kansas City Royals (1969–70). As a rookie in Morehead broke into the Red Sox starting rotation and posted a 10–13 record with a 3.81

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. He

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the Washington Senators in his Major League debut on April 13. On May 12 of that same year, he pitched a one-hitter against the same Senators, the lone hit coming on a

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home run. In Morehead went 8–15 and his ERA ballooned to 4.97. In he tied for the

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lead with 18 losses, against 10 victories, for a Red Sox team that finished next-to-last, with 100 losses. On September 16 of the latter year, the same day the Red Sox fired

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as general manager, Morehead

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the

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2–0 before only 1,247 fans in a day game at

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, the lone baserunner coming on

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's second-inning walk. Not until

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in would another Red Sox pitch a no-hitter, and the next no-hitter at Fenway Park wouldn't come until ( Derek Lowe), It was the fourth no-hitter by a Red Sox pitcher in a ten-year period, with

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pitching one in and Earl Wilson and

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both pitching one in . Parnell's and Wilson's no-hitters, like Morehead's, had also been pitched at Fenway Park—one of Major League Baseball's most notorious hitter-friendly stadiums. It would be another 37 years before a Red Sox pitcher threw a no-hitter at Fenway. Over the next three years, Morehead would be beset by arm ailments that limited him to 33 games pitched—one fewer than in 1965. He was a member of the Carl Yastrzemski-led Red Sox team that won the American League pennant and pitched two games in

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in the

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, which the Red Sox lost to the

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in seven games. Morehead was selected in the

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by the Kansas City Royals and pitched in 21 games in , 19 in relief. In he pitched in 28 games and posted a 3.62 ERA, the lowest of his career. In spring training of , the Royals released him; he had pitched his final game at 28 years of age, the arm ailments having ended his career prematurely. In his career, Morehead won 40 games against 64 losses with a 4.15 ERA and 627 strikeouts in 819 innings pitched. He also exhibited periods of wildness,

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463 batters during his career. In each of his first three seasons, Morehead was second in the American League in walks with 99, 112 and 113 respectively.

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Boxscore of Morehead's no hitter
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