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Lou Gehrig, with 1,515 runs batted in as a cleanup hitter, has "cleaned up" the most bases of any cleanup hitter in Major League Baseball history. In baseball, a cleanup hitter is the fourth hitter in the batting order. The cleanup hitter is traditionally the team's most powerful hitter.
The fifth batter is usually a team's second-best power hitter, and his purpose is often to "protect" the clean-up hitter in the batting order. He is expected to pose enough of a threat that the opposing team refrains from intentionally walking the clean-up hitter in potential scoring situations. The sixth hitter serves as a backup to the fifth ...
A no-hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball only "when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings. In a no-hit game, a batter may reach base via a walk, an error, a hit by pitch, a passed ball or wild pitch on strike three, or catcher's interference."
Ben Barnosky: The clean-up hitter at School of the Arts often did his job, come up with hits to drive in runs during Rochester City Athletic Conference play. Jaxon Bernas : The sophomore, and ...
Nolan Ryan threw seven no-hitters in MLB, the most of any pitcher. Below is a list of Major League Baseball no-hitters, enumerating every no-hitter pitched in Major League Baseball history. The list also includes no-hit games that were broken up in extra innings or were in shortened games, although they have not been considered official no ...
The Trenton Thunder broke one of baseball's unwritten rules and broke up the Yard Goats' no-hitter with a bunt single. What's the deal?
List of Boston Red Sox no-hitters; List of Chicago Cubs no-hitters; List of Chicago White Sox no-hitters; List of Cincinnati Reds no-hitters; List of Cleveland Guardians no-hitters; List of Colorado Rockies no-hitters; List of Detroit Tigers no-hitters; List of Houston Astros no-hitters; List of Kansas City Royals no-hitters; List of Los ...
The universal designated hitter has been part of Major League Baseball for two full seasons and, much to the chagrin of some National League traditionalists, the sport has survived and even thrived.