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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. [1] This has happened 115 times in Major League history and has been accomplished by 105 pitchers (80 right-handed and 25 left-handed).
A full baseball game is typically scheduled for nine innings, while softball games consist of seven innings, although this may be shortened due to weather, or extended if the score is tied at the end of the scheduled innings. The use of the term inning in baseball and softball contrasts with cricket and rounders, in which the term is innings in ...
As of 2024, the Major League Baseball definition of a perfect game is largely a side effect of the decision made by the major leagues' Committee for Statistical Accuracy on September 4, 1991, to redefine a no-hitter as a game in which the pitcher or pitchers on one team throw a complete game of nine innings or more without surrendering a hit. [15]
The immaculate inning was the 116th in MLB history, making the feat more rare than a no-hitter or a cycle, and the second in White Sox history.The only other Chicago pitcher to throw an immaculate ...
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Even without the immaculate inning, 2024 was shaping up to be a solid campaign for the 27-year-old and a continuation of the Rays' tradition of landing solid returns in exchange for more expensive ...
In baseball, the statistic innings pitched (IP) is the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that have been put out while the pitcher is on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one inning pitched. One out counts as one-third of an inning, and two outs as two-thirds of ...
The article also has information on Lynn McGlothen's supposed immaculate inning, as well as hitters for Rube Waddel's feat. So now, the only immaculate innings for which the batters are unavailable are Clarkson's and Ragan's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehmattski (talk • contribs) 03:47, 3 August 2008 (UTC)