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The first two perfect games occurred under rules that differed in many important respects from those of today's game: in 1880, for example, only underhand pitching—from a flat, marked-out box 45 feet from home plate—was allowed, it took eight balls to draw a walk, and a batter was not awarded first base if hit by a pitch. [3]
Pages in category "Major League Baseball pitchers who have pitched a perfect game" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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]
Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win three MVP awards. Hall of Famer and two-time MVP Hank Greenberg was the first player to win the award at two different fielding positions (1B and OF). Jim Konstanty, to date the only National League relief pitcher to be named MVP, won it in 1950.
In the games where Arizona scored three or more runs, Johnson was 13–2. As his team only won 51 games that year, his ratio of winning 31.3% of his team's games was the highest for any starting pitcher since Steve Carlton in 1972 (who won 27 of the Phillies' 59 wins for an all-time record ratio of 45.8%).
Major League Baseball pitchers who have pitched a perfect game (24 P) Pages in category "Major League Baseball perfect games" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
Pitcher Nolan Ryan was the first player to earn an annual salary above $1 million, signing a $4.5 million, 4-year contract with the Houston Astros in 1979. [6] Kirby Puckett and Rickey Henderson signed the first contracts which paid an average of $3 million a year in
Major League Baseball has held an All-Star Game nearly every year since 1933; no All-Star Game was held in 1945 or 2020, and two All-Star Games per year were held from 1959 to 1962. [1] The pitching staffs for the two leagues are determined by a ballot of current players and the commissioner of baseball , and the starting pitcher is designated ...