Has there ever been a 0 0 baseball game?

In the American League, the longest 0–0 game was played between the Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers on July 16, 1909. The game was called after 18 innings due to darkness at Bennett Park in Detroit.


What's the longest 0 0 baseball game?

Incredibly, the game was scoreless until the bottom of the 24th, the longest any Major League game has ever stayed scoreless. The six-hour, six-minute contest at the Astrodome began with Hall of Famer Tom Seaver on the mound for the Mets and Don Wilson for the Astros.

Can baseball end in 0 0?

Can a baseball game end in 0 0 tie? The latest version as set out in Rule 7 of the Official Rules of Baseball, makes any tie, if not impossible, extremely unlikely; games are suspended or a winner declared unless it's the last meeting between the teams that season.


What is the biggest loss in baseball history?

Baseball (MLB).

In 1897, the Chicago Colts of the National League defeated the Louisville Colonels, 36–7. The modern record (i.e., post-1900) for margin of victory was set in 2007, when the Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 30–3.

What is the lowest scoring baseball game ever?

The lowest game score in baseball's modern era was Allan Travers' 26-hit, 24-run start for the Detroit Tigers on May 18, 1912. His game score was a −52. This performance only came about because the regular Tiger players staged a strike in protest of Ty Cobb's suspension.


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Has there ever been a 27 pitch MLB game?

Necciai apparently hit the first batter in the fourth, then the error happened in the ninth -- as did the dropped-third strike, which gave Necciai the opportunity to strike out four in the final frame and get to 27.

At what speed is a baseball impossible to hit?

We then find BBS=140 mph. I think we can take this as an extreme upper limit on how hard a baseball can be hit by an MLB batter. Launched at 300, such a ball would travel over 550 ft. And it is not even close to the 341 mph claimed by the author.

What was the biggest choke in MLB history?

  • 1943 St. ...
  • 1969 Baltimore Orioles: 109-53, Lost World Series. ...
  • 1931 Philadelphia Athletics: 107-45, Lost World Series. ...
  • 1998 Atlanta Braves: 106-56, Lost NLCS. ...
  • 1954 Cleveland Indians: 111-43, Lost World Series. ...
  • 1906 Chicago Cubs: 116-36, Lost World Series. ...
  • 2001 Seattle Mariners: 116-46, Lost ALCS.


Has a no-hit team ever won?

These pitchers gave up no hits ... and lost

To wit: There have been more than 300 nine-inning no-hitters in AL/NL history, including combined no-hitters, and the team to throw the no-hitter has won all but two of those.

Has a MLB team won without a hit?

If someone told you that a team recorded no hits in a baseball game, you would probably -- and reasonably -- assume that team lost said game. Well, on June 28, 2008, the Dodgers beat that Angels despite not recording a single hit in the game.

What is the rarest stat in baseball?

Rarest of all is the unassisted triple play by an outfielder, performed only once in professional baseball history, by Walter Carlisle. It is possible for a team to score on a triple play, but that is also phenomenally rare.


How rare is a no no in baseball?

A no-hitter in baseball is a game in which no player on an opposing team gets on base as a result of hitting a pitch. No-hitters are rare. Only 316 have happened in Major League Baseball from 1876 to date.

Can you wear 00 in MLB?

Numbers 0 and 00 are uncommon, but have been used by several players. Numbers 01 through 09 (with a leading zero) are some of the rarest numbers that have been worn.

What is the 3-0 unwritten rule in baseball?

Sometimes the other team will take offense to a batter that swings at a pitch with a 3-0 count in certain situations. Generally, the unwritten rule about the 3-0 count states that batters should not swing on a 3-0 pitch when it is late in the game and the batter's team is up by several runs.


Has any MLB team scored 30 runs in a game?

The Texas Rangers hold the record for most runs in an MLB game, dropping 30 against the Baltimore Orioles in 2007, so Toronto came within striking distance of breaking the record.

Has there ever been a 20 inning baseball game?

On April 17, 2010, it took 20 innings and nearly seven hours in a game that was scoreless through 18. Both sides went a combined 1-for-25 with runners in scoring position. When the Mets finally crossed home plate in both the 19th and 20th innings, it was against Joe Mather, a position player pressed into pitching.

Has there ever been a 2 pitch inning?

Hayden Deal of the Rome Braves threw perhaps the first two-pitch, three-out inning in MiLB history | MLB.com.


Can you pitch a perfect game and lose?

There have been two instances when a pitcher has had a perfect game through nine frames, but then lost it in extra innings. In 1959, Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched twelve perfect innings before losing the no-hitter and the game to the Milwaukee Braves in the 13th.

Has anyone had 7 hits in a game?

In a 22-0 shellacking of the Chicago Cubs that day, Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Rennie Stennett would record a hit in all seven of his at-bats – becoming the first and to date the only modern-era player to accomplish this in a nine-inning game.

Who threw 106 mph?

There actually is a major leaguer who has thrown pitches at 101 mph and has a 106 mph exit velocity on a hit. Jacob deGrom, who was a shortstop for much of his college career at Stetson, had a 106 mph exit velocity on a single in 2015. He also has 47 101-plus mph pitches in his career.


Who threw a 108 mph pitch?

As a result, Aroldis Chapman is credited with throwing the fastest pitch in MLB history. On Sept. 24, 2010, Chapman made MLB history. Then a rookie relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, the fireballer unleashed a fastball clocked at 105.1 mph by PITCH/fx.

Who threw a 108 mph fastball?

Nolan Ryan's record 108 mph fastball. ... Nolan Ryan became baseball's first pitcher to 'light up” the radar at a major league park. On Aug. 20, 1974, in a game against the Detroit Tigers, then Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan pitched an 11-inning complete game 1-0 loss.

Is it possible to hit 110 mph fastball?

The fastest of them tops out at 105 MPH. WIRED examines why the 110 MPH fastball is almost impossible.


Can you see a 100 mph fastball?

At 100 miles per hour, the untrained eye can't track a fastball from the pitcher's hand to the plate.

Is it possible to hit a 100 mph fastball?

Despite what your little league coach might have taught you, the exchange isn't quite as simple as “see ball, hit ball.” Not when it comes to 100-mph heaters. A 100-mph fastball takes roughly 375-400 milliseconds to reach the plate. For reference, the blink of an eye takes 300-400 milliseconds.