Another interesting stat debunking the NL vs AL myth when it comes to no hitters:
1971-1972 - NO DH
1971 - 3 no hitters all NL
1972 - 3 no hitters all NL
1973 - DH introduced
5 no hitters, 4 of them were in the AL
1974
3 no hitters, all in the AL
So the two years before it was introduced there were 6 no hitters all in the NL, the 2 years afterwards there were 8 no hitters and 7 of them were in the AL.
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