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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).
The home team's half of an inning is the bottom of the inning, and the break between halves of an inning is the middle of the inning. If the home team is leading after the top half of the final scheduled inning, or scores to take the lead in the bottom of the final scheduled inning, the game immediately ends in a home victory.
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]
An immaculate inning is when a pitcher strikes out all three batters on nine pitches total. With only 117 in MLB history, an immaculate inning is rarer than a no-hitter or a cycle, even though it ...
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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The former definition is unlikely, however, given the common phrase, “(the pitcher) retired the side in order.” In theory, a pitcher can record any number of strikeouts in an inning, since it is possible for a batter to safely reach first base without recording an out if the catcher does not hold the third strike.
Striking out three batters on nine consecutive pitches is the definition given for an "immaculate inning". However, if the first pitch thrown in an inning was a ball, or even a hit, and all subsequent pitches were strikes, the definition given would still be satisfied.