Once upon a time, on May twelfth, 2001, AJ Burnett, then with the Florida Marlins, threw a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. It wasn’t pretty—he walked nine, the second-highest number in a no-no—but it counted, so off went his cap and a game-used baseball to the Hall of Fame.
Be satisfied with that, AJ; it’s more than most MLB pitchers get.
Burnett pitched in the bigs for seventeen seasons, twelve of them after he got Tommy John surgery in 2003, three of them with the Pirates. His best year was 2008 with the Blue Jays when he went 18-10 with a 4.