The Milwaukee Brewers (formerly known as the Seattle Pilots in 1969) are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Formed in 1969, they play in the National League Central division (formerly in the American League Central Division until 1997). Juan Nieves threw the only no-hitter in franchise history on April 15, 1987. A no-hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball only "when a pitcher (or pitchers) retires each batter on the opposing team during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings". No-hitters of less than nine complete innings were previously recognized by the league as official; however, several rule alterations in 1991 changed the rule to its current form. A no-hitter is rare enough that a Major League Baseball team