Charles James Parsons (July 18, 1863 â March 24, 1936) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, New York Metropolitans and Cleveland Spiders. He also played for a number of minor league teams between 1884 and 1889. On May 29, 1885, he pitched the first no hitter for the Birmingham Barons of Alabama in the Southern League.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Information from Allen Barra's book "Rickwood Field - A century in America's Oldest Ballpark"