Has there ever been an immaculate inning in a no-hitter?

Here are the pitchers who have accomplished the impressive feat. Detmers is the first rookie and just the third pitcher ever to throw an immaculate inning and a no-hitter in the same season, joining Sandy Koufax (1962, '63 and '64) and Mike Fiers (2015).
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Has there ever been an immaculate inning in a perfect game?

Has any pitcher thrown an immaculate game? No pitcher has ever thrown an immaculate game that would consist of 27 strikeouts and 81 pitches.
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How rare is a immaculate inning?

As of early 2015, there had been 80 immaculate innings recorded in major league baseball history. The first was thrown by John Clarkson of the Boston Beaneaters on June 4, 1889. In the American League, the first recorded instance was by Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics on July 1, 1902.
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How many perfect innings have there been?

An immaculate inning occurs when a pitcher strikes out all three batters he faces in one inning, using the minimum possible number of pitches, nine. There have been 112 immaculate innings, with the most recent being Enyel De Los Santos of the Cleveland Guardians on September 27, 2022.
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What is the longest no-hitter in innings?

After nearly 70 years, they still talk about that game in Winchester. It was no ordinary no-hitter. It went 17 innings, a feat still unchallenged as the longest no-hit game in professional baseball history.
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ASTROS PITCHERS TOSS TWO IMMACULATE INNINGS IN THE SAME GAME TO THE SAME HITTERS!!!



Can a baseball game end in 0 0 tie?

But can baseball games end in a tie? The answer is yes, but it is complicated. There are several factors that can lead to a tie, but it is a rare event in Major League Baseball. In lower leagues, there is more of a possibility, but in the big leagues, it is uncommon.
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What is the most unbreakable record in baseball?

Top 5 Most Unbreakable Baseball Records
  • Cal Ripken's 2632 consecutive games played streak. Everyone said that Lou Gehrig's 2131 streak would never be broken. ...
  • Ty Cobb's . 367 career batting average. ...
  • Nolan Ryan's 5714 career strikeouts. Replay. ...
  • Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hit streak. ...
  • Babe Ruth's single season OPS of 1.546.
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Has there ever been a 2 pitch inning?

It's a pretty rare feat. But ... have you ever seen a two-pitch inning? As in, a pitcher only needs two pitches to record a clean inning of work? If you watched the Rome Braves' win over the West Virginia Power on Friday night, you did.
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Has there ever been a 27 pitch game in the MLB?

No, there has never been a 27-strikeout baseball game. The all-time record for strikeouts in a 9-inning game is 20.
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What is a 3 pitch inning called?

One such rarity is the immaculate inning. You've probably heard of it -- an immaculate inning is when a pitcher strikes out all three batters in an inning, on three pitches each. The immaculate inning used to be very rare -- there were none from 1929-52.
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What is the rarest thing in baseball?

Rarest of all is the unassisted triple play by an outfielder, performed only once in professional baseball history, by Walter Carlisle. It is possible for a team to score on a triple play, but that is also phenomenally rare.
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What is the rarest feat in MLB?

The rarest type of triple play, and one of the rarest events of any kind in baseball, is for a single fielder to complete all three outs. There have only been 15 unassisted triple plays in MLB history, making this feat rarer than a perfect game.
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What is the rarest hit in baseball?

The unassisted triple play which has occurred 15 times in MLB history since 1900, is the rarest play in baseball for which there is a specific statistic and which is truly about a single play, and not the context in which the play occurred.
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Has an inning ever ended in 3 pitches?

Oakland A's Lou Trivino throws 3-pitch inning, a surprisingly rare feat - Athletics Nation.
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Has a perfect game ever had a walk off?

It wasn't until third baseman Kuo Fu-Lin led off the ninth inning with a walk-off home run that Verdugo earned his perfect game. The media could not be played.
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Who messed up the perfect game?

Facing the Cleveland Indians, Galarraga retired the first 26 batters he faced. His bid for a perfect game was ruined one out short when first-base umpire Jim Joyce incorrectly ruled that Indians batter Jason Donald reached first base safely on a ground ball.
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What is the slowest pitch ever in MLB?

Utility player Brock Holt used a few eephus pitches during a relief appearance for the Texas Rangers on August 7, 2021, one registering the slowest MLB pitch for a called strike since at least 2008 (the pitch-tracking era) at 31.1 miles per hour (50.1 km/h).
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Has any MLB team scored 30 runs in a game?

Every starter reached base at least twice during June 8's 29-4 torching of the Browns. At the time, 29 runs set a new MLB high, which was later matched by the White Sox, before the Texas Rangers recorded 30 on Aug. 22, 2007.
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Who pitched 3 no-hitters in a row?

Johnny Vander Meer is the only pitcher to throw no-hitters in consecutive starts -- he did it on June 11 and June 15, 1938, exactly 75 years ago. But six times -- four times more than anyone in history -- Ryan had a chance to equal Vander Meer. Ryan's best chance came on July 19, 1973.
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What is the rarest pitch?

Definition. A screwball is a breaking ball designed to move in the opposite direction of just about every other breaking pitch. It is one of the rarest pitches thrown in baseball, mostly because of the tax it can put on a pitcher's arm.
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Are there any illegal pitches in MLB?

An illegal pitch may be quick pitch (i.e. a pitch made before the batter is properly set in the batter's box), a pitch made while the pitcher is not in contact with the pitching rubber, or one in which he takes an extra step while making his delivery.
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What pitches are illegal in baseball?

List of illegal pitches
  • Quick pitch. If a pitcher throws a pitch before the batter is visibly ready to hit is the worst of all illegal pitches. ...
  • Pitching an altered baseball. ...
  • Purposely throwing at a hitter. ...
  • Motion errors. ...
  • Warning. ...
  • Call a Ball. ...
  • Allow Runners to Advance. ...
  • Ejection.
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What baseball records will never be broken?

Pitching
  • Most career wins – 511. ...
  • Most wins in a season – 60. ...
  • Most career complete games – 749. ...
  • Most complete games in a season – 75. ...
  • Most consecutive complete games in a season (since 1900) – 39; Most consecutive games without being relieved – 202. ...
  • Most career shutouts – 110. ...
  • Most shutouts in a season – 16.
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Has a pitcher ever had a 0 ERA?

There were 26 pitchers who finished the 2017 season with a 0.00 ERA. Among them were Jon Jay and Mitch Moreland, three different Tylers, and at least four different players with George Lucas-ass names (David Goforth, Jason Gurka, Damien Magnifico, and Thyago Vieira).
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What is the farthest a baseball has ever been hit?

Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET!
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