Mobile, Alabama, U.S. Sewell was a member of two World Series-winning teams. He holds the record for the lowest strikeout rate in major league history, striking out on average only once every 73 plate appearances, and the most consecutive games without a strikeout, at 115.
Jones' game isn't the only no-hitter without a strikeout by the hitless team. Ken Holtzman of the Chicago Cubs threw a strikeout-free no hitter in Wrigley field on August 19, 1969.
The fewest strikeouts in a complete-game no-hitter? That would be none. It's been done three times, by Earl Hamilton on Aug. 30, 1912, Sam Jones on Sept.
On March 31, 1996, Ron Karkovice became the first player to earn a platinum sombrero on Opening Day. On March 30, 2023, Max Muncy of the Los Angeles Dodgers recorded five strikeouts in an opening day game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Nolan Ryan has the most career strikeouts in Major League Baseball. During a record 27-year career, he struck out 5,714 batters. The American League record is held by Roger Clemens (4,167 strikeouts), while in the National League, the record is 4,000 by Steve Carlton.
“He is one of four [retired] pitchers in major league history with over 3,000 strikeouts and fewer than 1,000 walks,” Cubs historian Ed Hartig said. “Greg Maddux was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2014.” “Mad Dog” was the Cubs ace in 1989, when the team won the NL Eastern Division crown.
Pitching against the Houston Astros at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, Cain retired all 27 batters that he faced and tallied 14 strikeouts, tied for the most strikeouts in a perfect game with Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1965.
On May 13, 1952 while pitching for the Class-D Bristol Twins, Ron Necciai tossed a no-hitter, striking out 27 in nine innings!
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.
Necciai is the only professional pitcher to record 27 strikeouts in a nine-inning game, and a ball from that 7-0 win over the Welch Miners – which Necciai donated to the Hall of Fame in 2001 – is on display in the Museum's One for the Books exhibit.
Four players — Chuck Finley, A. J. Burnett, Zack Greinke, and Craig Kimbrel — have accomplished the feat more than once in their career; no player has ever struck out more than four batters in an inning.
Ryan finished his career with a record 5,714 strikeouts, while Carlton totaled 4,136. Randy Johnson, who amassed 4,875 strikeouts, eventually passed Carlton on the all-time list for lefties. But on that July day in 1980, Carlton – with his nearly unhittable slider – stood alone at the top.
Thanks to a David Bote lineout which ended the game's fifth frame, Randy Johnson remains the record holder in that regard with 13 straight outs via punchout. . @Burnes16 ties Tom Seaver (1970) and Aaron Nola (2021) for the @MLB record with 10 consecutive strikeouts.
Over nearly 145 years of professional baseball, no player was tougher to strike out than Hall of Fame shortstop Joe Sewell. In 7,132 career at-bats, Sewell heard the umpire say “Strike three” just 114 times.
On April 23, 1964, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt . 45s became the first pitcher to throw a nine-inning no-hitter and lose. In fact, he is still the only individual to throw an official (nine-inning) no-hitter and lose.
The pitcher who holds the record for the most no-hitters is Nolan Ryan, who threw seven in his 27-year career. His first two came exactly two months apart with the California Angels: the first on May 15, 1973, and the second on July 15. He had two more with the Angels on September 28, 1974, and June 1, 1975.
Toronto Blue Jays Hit 10 Home Runs in One Game, 1987
That day, the Blue Jays hit 10 home runs, an MLB-record for a single game. George Bell (pictured) hit two, as did Rance Mulliniks.
Listed are all Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2,000 hit milestone during their career in MLB. Pete Rose holds the Major League record for most career hits, with 4,256. Rose and Ty Cobb, second most, are the only players with 4,000 or more career hits.
It's a pretty rare feat. But ... have you ever seen a two-pitch inning? As in, a pitcher only needs two pitches to record a clean inning of work? If you watched the Rome Braves' win over the West Virginia Power on Friday night, you did.
Kerry Wood tied Roger Clemens' major league record of 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game on May 6, 1998. Sandy Koufax is one of six pitchers who have 18 strikeouts in a game to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Bob Feller was the first player to achieve 18 strikeouts in a game during the live-ball era.
During baseball's modern era, 21 pitchers have thrown perfect games. Most were accomplished major leaguers. Seven have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Cy Young, Addie Joss, Jim Bunning, Sandy Koufax, Catfish Hunter, Randy Johnson, and Roy Halladay.
It's theoretically possible to record an arbitrary number of strikeouts in an inning, but the major league record is 4. The record is shared by over 50 different pitchers. Chuck Finley was the first pitcher in MLB history to record 4 strikeouts in an inning more than once, and he managed the feat 3 times.
Reggie Jackson holds the record for the most career strikeouts by a batter with 2,597.
Sandy Koufax holds the record for consecutive strikeouts, having been set down in 12 straight plate appearances in 1955.