2007-06-13 05:57:04 · 18 answers · asked by rae 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
NO-HITTER:
"An official no-hit game occurs when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings. In a no-hit game, a batter may reach base via a walk, an error, a hit by pitch, a passed ball or wild pitch on strike three, or catcher's interference."
Batters can reach base, batters can score, either team can win the game in a no-hitter. As long as no batter is credited with a hit in any of the nine or more innings, the pitcher (or pitching staff!) will go into the record books with a no-hitter, as long as the game is a completed game of nine innings or more (or 8-and-a-half, plus any outs in the bottom of the ninth, if the home team wins).
PERFECT GAME: (listen carefully now!!)
One part of the definition that nobody has mentioned, so I'll mention it here AND provide an example!
From Major League Baseball:
"An official perfect game occurs when a pitcher (or pitchers) retires each batter on the opposing team during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings. In a perfect game, no batter reaches any base during the course of the game."
A perfect game is one in which NO batter reaches first base safely in the nine (***or more!!***) innings that are played. Every batter is put out before ever reaching first base.
The reason I highlight the "or more" is because if a game remains a scoreless tie after the ninth inning, and the pitcher allows a baserunner in a subsequent inning, it is NOT, by official Major League definition, a "perfect game." Pedro Martinez went 27-up, 27-down on June 3, 1995, but he gave up a leadoff double in the tenth inning. By MLB's definition, no perfect game.
The record length is 36 consecutive outs by Pittsburgh's Harvey Haddix on May 26, 1959. He took a perfect game through 12 innings and blew it in the 13th when an error allowed a runner to reach first base. The Pirates proceeded to lose the game. Ouch. 36 up, 36 down, and no perfect game!!
So, it's more than simply 27 up, 27 down. Also, if all batters are retired in a shortened game, it is also not a perfect game under those rules. The game MUST go at least nine innings, and the pitcher (or pitching staff) MUST be perfect through ALL innings.
That's right from the official source.
2007-06-13 06:18:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A perfect game is a type of no-hitter; there's not a difference, per se, as much as some additional distinction.
No-hitter == no hits safely recorded by the opposing team. Batters can still reach base by walk, defensive errors, hit-by-pitch, or some of the more esoteric methods (interference, mainly). And they can come around to score, so a no-hitter need not be a shutout, though the majority of them are. It's even possible to lose a no-hitter.
Perfect game == no batter reaches base by any method whatsoever. Three men up, three men down, every inning. Having your team score at least one run to help win is pretty much a requirement.
Technically either type should be a complete game of nine innings or more, but there's no compelling need to get technical. Lose-on-the-road, eight-inning CG no-hitters have been pitched (Hawkins 1990 and Young 1992 some recent examples).
2007-06-13 06:19:27 · answer #2 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The technical:
Perfect game is no hits, no walks, no errors. No one gets on base at all.
No-hitter is where no one gets a hit. The interesting thing is one could toss a no hitter and still lose. Because they could walk or error in runs.
No-hitters and perfect games count until the game is over, so it is possible you could throw 10 perfect innings (or more) and not get a perfect game.
The last perfect game was by Randy Johnson of the D-backs and he was only the 17th person to do it! In contrast, Nolan Ryan alone had 7 no-hitters (the most). So, the essential difference is the perfect game is one of the rarest things in baseball to accomplish. The no-hitter is awesome but not as rare as a perfect game or an unassisted triple play (just 13 ever!)
2007-06-13 06:22:40 · answer #3 · answered by Brandon 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
that's no longer a distinction -- this is a distinction. a suited pastime is a type of no-hitter, a subset class. No batter reaches base effectively via any potential in any admire. This contains no hits, no walks, no achieving via blunders, no hit batsmen, no interference, no longer something. (alongside the way, the pitcher's team desires to attain one run so as that, on the top of 9 innings, they win the pastime. in any different case the ideal pastime, the no-hitter, the shutout, or maybe the pastime, may be misplaced in greater desirable innings. Ask Pedro Martinez or, even harsher, Harvey Haddix.) A non-suited no-hitter is a pastime wherein one team gets no secure hits. Batters might attain base via different potential; the no-hit team might score runs; they might even win (it has surpassed off). maximum no-hitters bring about a shutout victory for the different team, yet no longer all have.
2016-12-08 08:07:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A perfect game is when no batters are allowed to reach base. No errors, no walks, no hit batsmen. 27 batters up, 27 straight outs.
A no-hitter is when the pitcher doesn't give up any hits, but a fielder behind him may make an error that allows the hitter to reach base, or he may walk or hit someone. Some no-hitters have 27 men up & 27 men down, but all that means is that the runner on base was erased via a double play, pickoff, or something else.
2007-06-13 06:10:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A perfect game is not only much much rarer, but it's when a pitcher faces the minimum batters (27) and does not allow a baserunner for any reason.
A no-hitter can end with a score of 5-3. It really could. That's because the pitcher can walk any amount of batter he wants, but so long as nobody gets a hit, it's considered a no-hitter.
2007-06-13 06:01:46 · answer #6 · answered by baseball_is_my_life 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A perfect game is when the pitcher doesn't give up a hit, walk a batter in the game, hit a batter, and the fielders don't make an error, so it is 27 batters faced, 27 batters out.
A no-hitter is when the pitcher doesn't give up a hit in the game, but he could give up a walk, or the team could make an error. Many pitchers have pitched no-hitters, but lost the game.
Both require the starting pitcher to pitch the whole game.
2007-06-13 06:13:08 · answer #7 · answered by baseball_tennis guy 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A no-hitter is just that: No hits given up by a pitcher/pitchers in the game. A perfect game is a little tougher & requires a little luck. A perfect game means no base runners allowed during the game. This means that the pitcher(s) can't allow a walk, hit by pitch, etc. This also means that a fielder on the pitcher's team can't commit an error to allow the base runner to reach.
2007-06-13 06:03:13 · answer #8 · answered by Matt F 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A perfect game is when you get everybody out, but a no hitter is when a pitcher walks batters but doesn't allow a hit.
2007-06-13 07:14:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A perfect game is when u allow no hits no walks & no errors while a no hitter is a when some walks & errors happened but still didn't allow a hit.
2007-06-13 06:02:18 · answer #10 · answered by Scooter_loves_his_dad 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋