Phil Satterfield of El Paso threw the first no-hitter of the season when he completely shut down his former team, the Seattle Alligators, on 96 pitches, striking out 7 batters and walking just 1.
Satterfield, who has a career record of 71-88 with a 3.87 ERA, was originally a supplemental 1st round draft pick of the Alligators in the 1972 draft (#37 overall). Although his record doesn't speak to great success, he is a 2-time All-Star and led the league in ERA in 1980, the season in which he was traded from Seattle to El Paso mid-season. He is durable, smart, and has very good movement on his pitches.
And now he is also one of those rare pitchers who can say he hurled a no-hitter in his WPK career.
