Dock Ellis, the free-spirited, temperamental onetime Yankee righthander who once claimed to have pitched his only no-hitter while on LSD, died Friday of liver disease. He was 63. Ellis, who won 17 … ...

It's a trivia question that you'll probably never find on the back of a Topps card: Who's the only MLBer to throw a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD?

On Friday, the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis’ no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates, his claim about having pitched the game under the influence of LSD remains a matter of debate.

In 1970, Scipio Spinks and Dock Ellis were young Major League pitchers — Spinks for the Astros, Ellis for the Pirates — who had taken the era’s free-love-and-free-drugs ethos to heart. “We ...

In 1970, as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on LSD. Now, nine years after his death at age 63, Dock Ellis’ name is synonymous with the baseball game he pitched ...

En route to his no-hitter, Dock Ellis pitched 9.0 hitless innings, issuing eight walks, while also recording six strikeouts. Thanks to a two-run home run from Willie Stargell, ...