The Philadelphia Phillies have been no-hit the most in Major League Baseball history, with 21 instances against the franchise (including their time as the Quakers), followed closely by the Los Angeles Dodgers (20) and Atlanta Braves (17).
On July 9, 2011, five Padres pitchers combined for 8+2⁄3 innings of no-hit pitching against the Los Angeles Dodgers before Juan Uribe hit a double, which was followed by a Dioner Navarro single that allowed the Dodgers to score to win the game, 1–0.
On May 26, 1959, Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves, but lost the perfect game, no-hitter and the game in the 13th inning at County Stadium in Milwaukee.
MLB hasn't seen a no-no since three Cubs pitchers combined to no-hit the Pirates on Sept. 4, 2024. The last solo no-hitter belongs to Blake Snell on Aug. 2, 2024.
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He is tied with Bob Feller for the most one-hitters, with 12. Ryan also pitched 18 two-hitters. Despite this, he never pitched a perfect game, nor did he ever win a Cy Young Award; both were largely attributed to his high walk rate.
Aroldis Chapman _thecubanmissile54 owns the fastest verified MLB pitch: 106 mph (2011).
“No player in baseball history has ever hit five home runs in a game!” This 2025 season has been the Year of the Four-Homer Game. Schwarber did it that night. Eugenio Suárez, now with the Mariners, did it for the Diamondbacks in an April 26 loss to the Braves.
Shohei Ohtani became the first player in baseball history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season. He hit 3 homers today; he's trying for 60/60.
A three-pitch inning has been recorded 202 times in MLB history. An immaculate inning has only occurred 118 times.
Mason Miller is the new No. 1 flamethrower in recorded postseason history. Miller struck out the Cubs' Carson Kelly with a 104.5 mph fastball in the bottom of the seventh inning during the Padres' 3-0 win in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series on Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field.
To this point in baseball history, the only other pitcher to lose a solo no-hitter that did not reach extra innings occurred on April 23, 1964 when Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt . 45's lost 1-0 to the Reds. In 1967, Steve Barber and Stu Miller of the Orioles combined on a no-hitter in a 2-1 loss to the Tigers.
Nolan Ryan threw 235 pitches and struck out 19 batters in 13 innings and ended up getting a no decision against the Red Sox, 1974 His opponent, Luis Tiant, went 14 1/3 innings before surrendering Denny Doyle's walk-off double in the bottom of the 15th.
a rule that allows the pitcher to be assigned to the designated hitter spot in the batting order and to remain as the designated hitter even if replaced on the mound by another pitcher.
One of the rarest occurrences in baseball is the unassisted triple play, where a single fielder turns a triple play without ever giving up the baseball. There are no defensive assists on the play, and thus it is unassisted.
Ken Griffey Jr. had burst onto the scene as a 19-year-old prodigy in 1989 and was a three-time All-Star by the end of the 1992 season.
Miranda is tied with the Tigers' Walt Dropo (1952), the Red Sox's Pinky Higgins (1938) and the Cubs' Johnny Kling (1902), who all got hits in 12 straight at-bats, for the overall lead.
Aroldis Chapman holds the MLB record for the fastest pitch ever recorded and the Guinness World Record for hardest baseball pitch at 105.1 mph (169.1 km/h).
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Ryan was a right-handed power pitcher who consistently threw pitches that were clocked above 100 miles per hour (161 km/h), being one of the first pitchers to officially be able to do so.
The 20-year-old right-hander and Chicago's third-ranked prospect was recorded hitting 110 mph on a radar gun during a workout at APEC, the facility in Texas where he trains during the offseason. The workout involved throwing against a screen using three-ounce and four-ounce balls, followed by a regular baseball.
31 years ago, on August 4, 1993 Robin Ventura became the only major league baseball player to ever get six hits in one inning. The hits were administered by 46-year-old Texan Nolan Ryan, who was 20 years older than Ventura.
The eephus is one of the rarest pitches thrown in baseball, and it is known for its exceptionally low speed and ability to catch a hitter off guard. Typically, an eephus is thrown very high in the air, resembling the trajectory of a slow-pitch softball pitch.