What is 3 pitches 3 outs called?

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.

Has any baseball player made all 3 outs?

Has any batter ever made all 3 outs in an inning? Not in the majors, but it happened in Independent League ball when Bryan Caruso of the North Shore Spirit made all three outs in the fifth inning against the New Jersey Jackals on August 16, 2003. The Spirit sent 19 batters to the plate in the inning and scored 13 runs.

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.

Has a pitcher ever retired the side on 3 pitches?

I know some have pitched "immaculate innings" on 9 strikes.) Mariano Rivera retired the Mariners in a 2001 playoff game on three pitches.

Has a MLB pitcher got 3 outs on 3 pitches?

Getting even more specific, Baseball-Reference points out that Trivino is only the ninth pitcher since 1988 to finish a win for his team with three pitches for three individual outs (as opposed to, say, a single and a double play). The last was Bob Wickman for the Cleveland Indians in 2005.

MLB 3 Pitch Innings

What is a Maddox in baseball?

Definition. A Maddux describes a start in which a pitcher tosses a complete-game shutout on fewer than 100 pitches. Named after Hall of Famer Greg Maddux, the term was coined by baseball writer Jason Lukehart.

What is the rarest thing in baseball?

Unassisted triple plays

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.

What's the rarest stat 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.

Has there ever been a 2 pitch inning?

Hayden Deal of the Rome Braves threw perhaps the first two-pitch, three-out inning in MiLB history | MLB.com.

Why do they use the letter K for a strikeout?

The scoring symbol “K” was first used in the scoring of an actual game in 1868. One reason the letter “K” was used because “K” was the prominent letter of the word strike. Another reason the letter "K" is used is that it is made with 3 strokes of the pencil, symbolizing the 3 strikes for the strikeout.

Has a player ever hit 2 home runs in one inning?

Gleyber Torres is the most recent player to hit two home runs in one inning, achieving the feat in 2022.

Has anyone hit a Grand Slam in first at bat?

Four players hit a grand slam in their first Major League at-bat: Bill Duggleby (1898), Jeremy Hermida (2005), Kevin Kouzmanoff (2006), and Daniel Nava (2010). Kouzmanoff, Nava, and Duggleby hit theirs on the first pitch; Hermida's grand slam was in a pinch-hit at bat.

What is the most inning without a run?

During the 1988 Major League Baseball season, pitcher Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers set the MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched. Over 59 consecutive innings, opposing hitters did not score a run against Hershiser. During the streak, he averted numerous high-risk scoring situations.

Has there ever been a 27 pitch game?

Necciai is best remembered for the unique feat of striking out 27 batters in a nine-inning game, which he accomplished while playing with the Class-D Appalachian League team, the Bristol Twins, on May 13, 1952.

Has a pitcher ever thrown a 27 pitch game?

On May 13, 1952 while pitching for the Class-D Bristol Twins, Ron Necciai tossed a no-hitter, striking out 27 in nine innings!

What is the tragic number in baseball?

Teams other than the front-running team have what is called an elimination number (or "tragic number") (often abbreviated E#). This number represents the number of wins by the leading team or losses by the trailing team which will eliminate the trailing team.

What baseball records will never be broken?

What is rarer a perfect game or no-hitter?

There have been 316 officially recognized no-hitters (including two this season), but only 23 of them (including postseason) were perfect games. And in the last 10 years, the distinction between the two has been especially, frustratingly clear.

What was the biggest disgrace in baseball?

The Black Sox Scandal was a Major League Baseball game-fixing scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money from a gambling syndicate led by Arnold Rothstein.

What number has never been used in baseball?

89 -- the only number left from 0 to 99 that had never been worn in a Major League Baseball regular-season game.

What is the hardest skill in baseball?

"Most of all, the hardest thing to do is gauge movement—it's almost impossible to do it," he said. "People who watch the game can't really see what a ball looks like coming into a hitter. They expect their best hitter on the team to get a hit every time, or at least hit the ball hard.

What does two fingers mean in baseball?

Meant to be more secretive, the other way involves assigning a number to an outside pitch (away from the batter) and an inside pitch (close to the batter). So, if a catcher wants an inside fastball, he or she could flash one finger followed immediately by two fingers.

What pitcher holds his arm out?

Craig Kimbrel's raised-arm stance came about as a way to deal with bicep tendinitis that he had in his rookie season. “He flips that switch and turns into the Hall of Famer that he is when he takes the mound,” Price said. “It takes a special person to be able to do that.”

What does 3 fingers mean in baseball?

Common Pitch Signs

The catcher puts down: One Finger = Fast Ball. Two Fingers = Curve Ball. Three Fingers = Slider.