2007-06-09 03:27:09 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
In baseball, a no-hit game (familiarly known as a no-hitter, and sometimes called a no-no for "no hits no runs") refers to a contest in which at least one of the teams has prevented the other from getting an official hit during the entire length of the game, which must be at least 9 innings (27 outs) by the current Major League Baseball definition.
A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter." The achievement of a no-hitter is rare and considered to be an extraordinary accomplishment for a pitcher or pitching staff. In most cases in the professional game, no-hitters are accomplished by a single pitcher who throws a complete game.
Labeling a game as a no-hitter does not imply that the opposing team has not reached base, since it is quite possible to reach base without a hit. Thus a no-hitter does not imply a shutout, and although it is extremely uncommon, it is possible for a pitcher to throw a no-hitter and yet lose the game (see Ken Johnson and Andy Hawkins). The special case of a no-hitter in which the other team has not reached base at all (in which a pitcher pitches a complete game that lasts a minimum of nine innings) is called a perfect game. A perfect game has been defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher pitches a complete game victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposition player reaches first base. Thus a perfect game is a shutout, a victory, and also a no-hitter. In a perfect game a pitcher will have retired all twenty seven batters he has faced.
Whenever a pitcher is working on a no-hitter or perfect game, his teammates tend to stay far away from him in the dugout and will not mention in any way (not even to other teammates) that a no-hitter is in progress, because it is believed that doing so will jinx the pitcher trying for the no-hitter. Sports commentators however, do tend to mention no-hitters in progress, and are sometimes blamed for jinxing no-hitters.
2007-06-09 04:06:51 · answer #1 · answered by johnny z 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's a no hitter.
You may be thinking of a perfect game. A perfect game is a no hitter that also requires the pitcher to retire all 27 batters he faces. No one gets on base with a hit, a walk, a balk, or by hitting a batter with a pitch.
Remember Don Larsen's no hitter in the 1956 World Series?
Imagine how a pitcher would feel if he pitched a perfect game through nine innings, but the score was tied 0-0. Then the pitcher left the game and a reliever came in, gave up a home run on his first pitch, and the team lost the game.
The starting pitcher gets a no decision!
2007-06-09 03:51:55 · answer #2 · answered by SCOTT M 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, as long as the pitcher did not allow a hit, it is a no-hitter. That means that he can walk batters, hit batters, batters can reach base on an error - in fact, a pitcher can throw a no-hitter and still LOSE the game if he allows runs to score.
If a pitcher allows no batters on base (no walks, no HBP, no errors), then the pitcher has thrown a perfect game, the crowning individual achievement in baseball. Of course, having allowed no baserunners, a pitcher can never lose the game if he throws a perfect game the way a no-hitter can be a loss.
2007-06-09 04:49:11 · answer #3 · answered by jimbob 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends.
If that run ends up costing him the game, then it may NOT be a no-hitter.
A few years ago, major league baseball defined a no-hitter as a complete game of 9 innings or more without allowing a hit. This, in effect, wiped several rain-shortened no-hitters off the books, as well as Harvey Haddix's game where he pitched 12 perfect innings only to lose in the 13th.
In your example, if the pitcher was with the visiting team, gives up a run to the home team, and his team is shut out, he would only have pitched 8 innings. Therefore, Major League Baseball would not consider it a no-hitter.
2007-06-09 03:43:10 · answer #4 · answered by Cruiser 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's always a no hitter if there are no hits. A perfect game might be what you're getting at where walks and runs would matter.
2007-06-09 03:41:36 · answer #5 · answered by mplsundin 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, we are talking hits here , not runs or walks so it still can be a loss due to runs walked in even though the pitcher never had a hit against him.
2007-06-09 03:35:36 · answer #6 · answered by Steiner 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, it's considered a no-hitter because if a hit is not given up, it's still a no-hitter.
2007-06-09 03:33:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes
A no-hitter is when a pitcher doesn't give up any hits.
2007-06-09 03:38:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes it is a no hitter because as name implies team has no hits in fact if memory serves dave laroche lost a no hitter 1-0
2007-06-09 03:30:37 · answer #9 · answered by garygold23 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course. If there are no base hits, the no-hitter is intact -- no matter what else happens.
2007-06-09 03:36:48 · answer #10 · answered by frenchy62 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋