What is a 9 pitch inning called?

An immaculate inning occurs in baseball when a pitcher strikes out all three batters he faces in one inning using the minimum possible number of pitches: nine.

How rare is an immaculate inning?

An immaculate inning is defined as three strikeouts on nine pitches in a single inning. “Three up, three down, with all three batters struck out on three pitches each,” as explained by mlb.com. There have been 10 immaculate innings since 2020, but there were none thrown over a 23-year span starting in 1929.

Has a pitcher ever pitched 9 innings?

The last pitcher to throw more than nine innings was Cliff Lee in 2012.

Is an immaculate inning rarer than a perfect game?

In any given (normal) game, there are roughly 17 chances to throw an immaculate inning, while there are only two chances to throw a no-hitter.

What is considered an immaculate inning?

Immaculate innings: 3 strikeouts on 9 pitches.

9 pitches, 3 strikeouts! Max Scherzer delivers an immaculate inning against the Padres!

What is a miracle inning?

From BR Bullpen. 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. The strikeouts can either be of the swinging or the caught looking variety, and there can be foul balls involved.

What is a perfect inning called?

An immaculate inning occurs in baseball when a pitcher strikes out all three batters he faces in one inning using the minimum possible number of pitches: nine.

What's the rarest thing in baseball?

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 3 pitch inning?

Completely unofficial and no record books have ever been kept. The following pitchers had no problem with their pitch count, at least for one inning, as they started the inning, threw exactly three pitches and recorded three outs.

Is there a 100 pitch rule in MLB?

Often a starting pitcher will be removed from the game after 100 pitches, regardless of the actual number of innings pitched, as it is reckoned to be the maximum optimal pitch count for a starting pitcher.

Has anyone thrown an immaculate game?

Who threw the first one? Boston Beaneaters pitcher John Clarkson threw the first immaculate inning in a game against the Philadelphia Quakers in the third frame in 1889. But, Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics tossed the first official immaculate inning in an American League game in 1902.

Has a pitcher ever thrown 200 pitches?

Nolan Ryan allegedly threw more than 200 pitches in a 1974 Red Hat game. After pitching 6 scoreless frames in his next start three days later, he was selected for a third start.

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.

Has anyone ever hit 2 Grand Slams in one inning?

Fernando Tatis Sr., the father of Padres star Fernando Tatis, is the only player to ever hit two grand slams in one inning of a major league game. The former Cardinals slugger accomplished the feat in 1999 against the Dodgers.

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.

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?

Has any pitcher thrown 27 strikeouts?

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.

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.

Who caught the $2 million dollar baseball?

Youmans grabbed the historic souvenir on the fly as it sailed into the front row of Section 31 in left field at Globe Life Field.

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 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.

What is the 3 inning rule?

Definition. In an effort to reduce the number of pitching changes and, in turn, cut down the average time per game, MLB instituted a rule change that requires pitchers to either face a minimum of three batters in an appearance or pitch to the end of a half-inning, with exceptions for injuries and illnesses.

What is a 123 inning?

1-2-3 inning

An inning in which a pitcher faces only three batters and none safely reaches a base. "Three up, three down."