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29 hits allowed in an extra-inning game. Number of occurrences: 1. Eddie Rommel (17 innings), July 10, 1932. Oldest pitcher to win a game. Jamie Moyer, age 49 years, 151 days, May 16, 2012. Most innings pitched by a relief pitcher in one game. Zip Zabel, 18 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings. June 17, 1915; Fastest recorded pitch thrown by a pitcher in a game.
Set by Wes Ferrell, who hit 37 home runs while playing for the Indians, Red Sox, Senators and Yankees during the late 1920s and most of the 1930s (Ferrell hit one more home run while with the Braves in 1941, bringing his total to 38 – 37 as a pitcher and one as a pinch-hitter – the most for any MLB pitcher). With a total of 326 hits in ...
25.1 – Cy Young, Boston Americans – April 25 through May 11, 1904 (included one perfect game) [1] [2] Consecutive perfect innings pitched. 15.1 – Yusmeiro Petit, San Francisco Giants – July 22 through August 28, 2014 (as starting and relief pitcher over 8 games, 1st and 8th games as starting pitcher and 2nd through 7th games as a relief ...
In the 2022 MLB season, the last season before the league implemented a pitch clock, the slowest working pitcher was Giovanny Gallegos of the St. Louis Cardinals, who averaged 25.8 seconds between pitches with the bases empty, while the quickest working pitcher was Wade Miley of the Chicago Cubs, who averaged 111.4 seconds. [1]
There have been fifteen occasions in Major League Baseball history when a pitcher—or, in one case, multiple pitchers—recorded at least 27 consecutive outs after one or more runners reached base. In four instances, the game went into extra innings and the pitcher(s) recorded more than 27 consecutive outs:
Most home runs by a pitcher Wes Ferrell: 37 Most grand slams by a pitcher shared by Madison Bumgarner and Tony Cloninger: 2 [5] [6] Oldest player to hit first home run Bartolo Colón: 42 years, 349 days old [7] Youngest player to hit a home run Tommy Brown: 17 years, 257 days old [8] Most runs batted in: Hank Aaron: 2,297 [9] Most hits: Pete ...
According to ESPN, 14% of the 1,094 pitch-clock violations occurred with runners on base, and pitchers, on average, began their motions with 6.5 seconds left on the 15-second clock and 7.3 seconds ...
In baseball, a strikeout occurs when a pitcher throws three strikes to a batter during his time at bat. [1] Under Rules 6.05 and 6.09 of the Official Rules of Major League Baseball, a batter becomes a runner when a third strike is not caught by the catcher with no runner on first base or when there are two outs. [2]