What is the longest perfect game?

Haddix took a perfect game into the 13th inning against the Milwaukee Braves on May 26, 1959. He retired 36 consecutive batters in 12 innings, essentially relying on two pitches: fastball and slider.

What is the most perfect game ever?

The perfect game thrown by Don Larsen in game 5 of the 1956 World Series is the only postseason perfect game in major league history and one of only three postseason no-hitters. The first two major league perfect games, and the only two of the premodern era, were thrown in 1880, five days apart.

Has anyone thrown 2 perfect games?

No major league player has ever thrown two perfect games, although Jean Faut of the AAGPBL accomplished the feat with perfect games in 1951 and 1953.

Has anyone ever lost a perfect game?

On May 26, 1959, Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched a perfect game for 12 innings against the Milwaukee Braves, but lost the no-hitter and the game in the 13th inning. The game was played at Milwaukee County Stadium.

What is the rare perfect game?

The perfect game — 27 up, 27 down — is the rarest of baseball feats. There have been only 23 of them in major league history, with the first two coming in 1880.

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What is rarer than a perfect game?

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.

Did Nolan Ryan ever throw a perfect game?

He is tied with Bob Feller for the most one-hitters, with 12. Ryan also pitched 18 two-hitters. Despite this, he never pitched a perfect game, nor did he ever win a Cy Young Award; both were largely attributed to his high walk rate.

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.

Who threw fastest pitch ever recorded?

What is the fastest pitch ever thrown in history? On Sept. 24, 2010, Chapman made MLB history. Then a rookie relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, the fireballer unleashed a fastball clocked at 105.1 mph by PITCH/fx.

Who pitched the most no-hitters?

The pitcher who holds the record for the most no-hitters is Nolan Ryan, who threw seven in his 27-year career. His first two came exactly two months apart with the California Angels: the first on May 15, 1973, and the second on July 15. He had two more with the Angels on September 28, 1974, and June 1, 1975.

What was the first perfect game?

Without that Monday in October, Don Larsen is an 81-91 pitcher with 14 big league seasons to his credit. But on Oct. 8, 1956, Larsen carved his name into the American sports landscape by pitching the first perfect game in postseason history.

What pitch was banned?

In 1920, major league outlawed the spitball pitch for any pitcher new to the league but allowed those that threw the “wet one” to continue through the life of their career in baseball.

Why do they use K for 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.

Who pitched 3 no-hitters in a row?

In order to break this record, a pitcher would have to pitch three consecutive no-hitters — simply impossible! 1938 was Vander Meer's first full season; however, the often wild throwing lefty did not let that get to him.

Who threw the most 1 hitters?

Nolan Ryan's first no-hitter

In addition to his seven no-hitters, Ryan threw 12 one-hitters, tied with Feller for the most since at least 1901.

How fast was Nolan Ryan's fastest pitch?

Nolan Ryan: 108.1 MPH.

What's better no-hitter or perfect game?

Any no-hitter that goes nine innings but is forced to extra innings can only remain a no-hitter if no hits are given up in the extra frames. A perfect game is a no-hitter in which no runner is allowed to reach base, whether by hit, base-on-balls, hit-by-pitch or error.

Who was the meanest pitcher?

Early Wynn

Wynn was one of the most intimidating pitchers of the 1950s. Mickey Mantle once said of him, "That s.o.b. is so mean he would (expletive) knock you down in the dugout." The 300-game winner was once quoted as saying he would throw at his own grandmother.

Who is the greatest hitter that ever lived?

Who is the hardest pitcher ever?

1. Jhoan Duran, RP, Twins. Duran is the only pitcher in MLB averaging better than 100 mph on his fastball, and he's been a dominant reliever for Minnesota. He has a 2.81 ERA and 36/4 K/BB in 25.2 innings with four saves.

Has a no-hitter ever lost?

On May 15th, 2022, the Cincinnati Reds threw their first no-hitter but lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Since the beginning of the 1901 season, six teams have thrown no-hitters and lost. The Houston Colt 45s lost to the Cincinnati Reds on April 23, 1964, the first time a major league team was defeated.

What is the most strikeouts in a perfect game?

Pitching against the Houston Astros at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, Cain retired all 27 batters that he faced and tallied 14 strikeouts, tied for the most strikeouts in a perfect game with Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1965.

Has anyone ever hit for the cycle in order?

The natural cycle has been accomplished five times in NPB history. Fumio Fujimura's second cycle on May 25, 1950, was the first time a player collected the hits in order. On average, the natural cycle occurs approximately every 13 years.