Is there a quadruple play in baseball?

The rules of baseball allow for a "fourth out" in such a circumstance to prevent the run from scoring - the fourth out supersedes the third out. Such a play would be a quadruple play.
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What is the rarest play 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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Who hit into 4 triple plays?

During the 1973 season, Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson started two such 5-4-3 triple plays; one on July 7 against the Oakland Athletics, and one on September 20 against the Detroit Tigers. As a hitter, he is the all-time MLB leader for grounding into triple plays, with four in his career.
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Has anyone had an unassisted triple play?

In MLB, a total of fifteen players have fielded an unassisted triple play, making this feat rarer than a perfect game. Of these fifteen players, eight were shortstops, five were second basemen and two were first basemen.
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Has anyone ever played all 9 positions in one game?

It was on that night that Campaneris -- then just a 23-year-old in his first full big league season -- became the first player in AL/NL history to play all nine positions in the same game. Only four other players have accomplished the feat since: Cesar Tovar (Sept. 22, 1968), Scott Sheldon (Sept.
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What is an 8 5 triple play?

Every time you go to the ballpark you might see something you've never seen before. Such was the case Monday night at Guaranteed Rate Field, where fans saw the first 8-5 (center fielder to third baseman) triple play in Major League Baseball history.
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Has there ever been a 27 pitch game?

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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How rare is an immaculate inning?

An immaculate inning is rarer than a perfect game, according to baseball statistician Ryan Spaeder. In a 2018 research project, Spaeder noted that there were just 23 perfect games – or 0.0106%—out of over 216,000 games in baseball history.
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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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Has a team ever lost a no-hitter?

On April 23, 1964, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt . 45s became the first pitcher to throw a nine-inning no-hitter and lose. In fact, he is still the only individual to throw an official (nine-inning) no-hitter and lose.
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Has anyone hit 4 HR in a game?

Shawn Green (left) was one of two players to hit four home runs in a game in May 2002. Green also hit a double and a single in the game for 19 total bases, an MLB record. J. D. Martinez (right) is the most recent MLB player to hit four home runs in a game.
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How rare is a no-hitter?

A no-hitter is a rare accomplishment for a pitcher or pitching staff—only 318 have been thrown in MLB history since 1876, an average of about two per year. The most recent major league no-hitter by a single pitcher was thrown on May 10, 2022, by Reid Detmers of the Los Angeles Angels against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Has there ever been a 0 0 baseball game?

In the American League, the longest 0–0 game was played between the Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers on July 16, 1909. The game was called after 18 innings due to darkness at Bennett Park in Detroit.
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What is the hardest play in baseball?

The unassisted triple play is one of the rarest fabulous feats in Major League baseball. It has been accomplished only fifteen times in baseball history and as illustrated in the quote below, it is a legacy that will follow each and every player who has ever accomplished this unbelievable feat.
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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 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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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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Who has the weirdest pitch in baseball?

Top 9 Nastiest Pitches in Baseball History
  • Nolan Ryan's Fastball.
  • Clayton Kershaw's 12-6 Curveball.
  • R.A. Dickey's Knuckleball.
  • Mariano Rivera's Cutter.
  • Randy Johnson's Slider.
  • Sandy Koufax's Curveball.
  • Trevor Hoffman's Changeup.
  • Greg Maddux's Two-Seamer.
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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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Who pitched 2 no-hitters in a row?

More than 9,000 men have taken the mound in a big league game, but what pitcher Johnny Vander Meer accomplished more than three quarters of a century ago by tossing back-to-back no-hitters is considered by many one of the game's most unbreakable records.
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Has any pitcher thrown a perfect game?

In Major League Baseball history twenty-three pitchers have thrown perfect games, including one in the World Series. In addition, two pitchers (Harvey Haddix and Pedro Martinez) have thrown nine perfect innings, only to have their perfect game broken up in extra innings.
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What is a 6 4 3 play in baseball?

So, as an example, a 6 4 3 double play means the shortstop fielded the ball and threw it to the second baseman, who turned the double play by throwing it to first base.
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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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