Baseball records ....question for the experts

[silverfoxcc]

Watchin the WS and would like to know i this situation has ever occured during the history of baseball

Ok a No hitter means a pitcher has not 'allowed' a runner to get to first base.
That i can accept, but my mind tells me the guys have 'hit' the ball, but in baseall parlance a hit only counts if the runner gets to first base.

Now the geeky question


Has a pitcher EVER struck out an entire team without any of the people at bat hitting ( striking ) the ball but the balls thrown include the out of the strike zone balls

And one stage further. Has any pitcher EVER thrown 81 consecutive strikes in one game

[London424]

silverfoxcc said:

Watchin the WS and would like to know i this situation has ever occured during the history of baseball

Ok a No hitter means a pitcher has not 'allowed' a runner to get to first base.
That i can accept, but my mind tells me the guys have 'hit' the ball, but in baseall parlance a hit only counts if the runner gets to first base.

Now the geeky question


Has a pitcher EVER struck out an entire team without any of the people at bat hitting ( striking ) the ball but the balls thrown include the out of the strike zone balls

And one stage further. Has any pitcher EVER thrown 81 consecutive strikes in one game

A no hitter is when the pitcher doesn't allow the opposition to get a hit. He may "walk" a number of opposition and it still counts as a no hitter.

A perfect game is no hits or walks.

No pitcher has ever struck out every batter of the opposition.

No one has got anywhere near 81 consecutive strikes.

[theboyfold]

This is the best effort of recent times in the MLB: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/...

Like the piece says, the definitive record isn't really known.

[silverfoxcc]

London424

Thanks for the info. It was one of those 'niggling' thoughts i have had for a very long time

Nice seeing SF. like to go back one day and ride the cars again