However, if the ensuing reliever s also do not allow a run, the team as a whole is credited with a shutout. In very rare instances, a pitcher can pitch a shutout if he enters in relief. Per official MLB rule 9. In order to complete a shutout, a pitcher must remain in the game for every out. Even if a pitcher throws nine shutout innings, he is not credited with a shutout if the game goes into extra innings. In order to be marked a complete game, the pitcher must also pitch a minimum of 9 innings.
If the game goes into extra innings, then the pitcher must also pitch all of those extra innings if they want to earn a shutout. In the MLB season, there was an introduction of 7 inning double header games. In this instance, a pitcher would not earn a shutout if they pitched all 7 innings because a pitcher must throw for a minimum of 9 innings.
However, if that 7 inning game was extended to a 9 inning game because of extra innings, the pitcher would be credited with a shutout if they pitched all 9 of those innings. Because the stat of a shutout only focuses on runs, a pitcher is still allowed to give up walks, hits, and errors during the course of the game. For a shutout to be earned, a pitcher simply needs to make sure that no runs cross the plate. As stated in the definition above, no hits can be recorded during the course of the game.
To earn a no-hitter, pitchers must throw a minimum of nine innings and they must pitch for the entire game. If a game goes into extra innings, pitchers will also need to pitch those extra innings in order to be eligible for a no-hitter. This also means that if a pitcher threw for the entire duration of a 7-inning game which was introduced during the MLB season for playing doubleheader games , then that pitcher would not be eligible for a no-hitter.
Since the pitcher must throw for a minimum of nine innings to earn a shutout, pitchers would need that 7-inning game to go into two more extra innings and they would need to pitch for the entire duration of that game.
Because the stat of no-hitters focuses solely on the number of hits given up during the game, the opposing team is still able to acquire runs, walks, and errors. As long as the opposing team does not get a base hit, they are still able to generate some offense and even put up some runs.
Due to the way the statistic of no-hitters is calculated, one might wonder if that means pitchers can actually lose and get the no-hitter at the same time. Although rare, pitchers are able to get the loss and earn a no-hitter at the same time. Prior to , Major League Baseball defined a no-hitter as "an official game in which a pitcher, or pitchers, gives up no hits. No-hitters occur at a rate of about three per season over the course of Major League Baseball history.
The most no-hitters in a single season was in which 12 were thrown, followed by with 9 and with 8. However, since the redefinition the totals for each season have been reduced to 8 in and 7 in , , and The season saw a new record being established, with 9 nine-inning no-hitters and a couple more in scheduled 7-inning games as part of doubleheaders, that are not considered official.
Of the no-hitters in Major League Baseball history, 23 have been perfect games counting the two post-season no-hitters, and including Don Larsen 's perfect game, as well as those achieved in the Negro Leagues that are now recognized as being major leagues.
The most recent no-hitter in the regular season was a combined one thrown by Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader of the Milwaukee Brewers on September 11 , ; the most recent complete game no-hitter was thrown by Tyler Gilbert of the Arizona Diamondbacks on August 14 , , in his first major league start. The pitcher who holds the record for the most no-hitters, with seven in his career, is Nolan Ryan. His first two came with the California Angels in , one on May 15th and the other on July 15th.
He had two more with the Angels; the third on September 28 , and the fourth June 1 , He threw his fifth no-hitter with the Houston Astros on September 26 , , breaking Sandy Koufax 's record.
His sixth and seventh no-hitters came with the Texas Rangers , the sixth on June 11 , and the last on May 1 , at the age 44, making him the oldest pitcher to toss a no-hitter. There have been 13 combined no-hitters. After walking the first batter of the game Eddie Foster , Ruth was ejected for arguing with an umpire. Ernie Shore came in to relieve Ruth and after Foster was caught stealing , he retired the next 26 batters. For 74 years, Major League Baseball recognized Shore's feat as a perfect game as he technically achieved 27 consecutive outs with no batter reaching base the runner caught stealing is counted as being an "out".
However, after stricter no-hitter definitions established in , the game became a combined no-hitter. A game that is a no-hitter through 9 innings may be lost in extra innings. In , Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds and Hippo Vaughn of the Chicago Cubs each threw nine innings of no-hit ball; the only time in baseball history that neither team has had a hit through nine innings.
The Reds got two hits in the top of the 10th and scored a run; in the bottom of the frame Toney retired the side and recorded a ten-inning no-hitter. There have been two instances when a pitcher has had a perfect game through nine frames, but then lost it in extra innings.
In , 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. Mel Rojas came on and retired the next three batters for a combined 1 - 0, one-hit win. There have also been two games in which a team has had a no-hitter thrown for them but has lost.
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