{"id":2877,"date":"2021-01-29T14:58:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2021-10-15T15:45:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T15:45:17","slug":"baseball-terminology-the-no-hitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/baseball-terminology-the-no-hitter\/","title":{"rendered":"No Hitter &#8211; Baseball Terminology 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In baseball, a no hitter (also known as a no-hit game and colloquially as a no-no) is a game in which a team was not able to record a single hit through conventional means. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine innings recorded no hits. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have &#8220;thrown a no-hitter&#8221;. This is different from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/the-perfect-game-that-wasnt-the-worst-call-ever\/\">Perfect game<\/a> which involves no runners reaching base.<\/p>\n<h3>Only 305 No Hitters to September 2020<\/h3>\n<p>This is a rare accomplishment for a pitcher or pitching staff\u2014only 305 have ever been thrown in the MLB since 1876, an average of about two per year. In most cases, no-hitters are recorded by a single pitcher who throws a complete game; one thrown by two or more pitchers is a combined no-hitter. The most recent major league no-hitter by a single pitcher was thrown on September 13, 2020, by Alec Mills of the Chicago Cubs against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.<\/p>\n<h3>Alec Mills No Hitter<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/streamable.com\/m\/play-of-the-year-no-7-mills\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The most recent combined no-hitter was thrown on August 3, 2019, by Aaron Sanchez, Will Harris, Joe Biagini, and Chris Devenski of the Houston Astros against the Seattle Mariners at Minute Maid Park.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2878\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2878\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2878\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/01\/Fuller-Photography-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"No Hitter\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/01\/Fuller-Photography-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/01\/Fuller-Photography-1024x525.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/01\/Fuller-Photography-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/01\/Fuller-Photography.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Fuller Photography\/Shutterstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is possible to reach base without a hit, most commonly by a walk, error, or being hit by a pitch. Other possibilities include the batter reaching first after an uncaught third strike, catcher&#8217;s interference or fielder&#8217;s choice. A no-hitter in which no batters reach base at all is a perfect game, a much rarer feat. Because batters can reach base by means other than a hit, a pitcher can throw a no-hitter (though not a perfect game) and still give up runs, and even lose the game, although this is extremely uncommon, and most no-hitters are also shutouts.<\/p>\n<p>One or more runs were given up in 25 recorded no-hitters in MLB history, most recently by Ervin Santana of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in a 3\u20131 win against the Cleveland Indians on July 27, 2011. On two occasions, a team has thrown a nine-inning no-hitter and still lost the game. It is theoretically possible for opposing pitchers to throw no-hitters in the same game, although this has never happened in the majors.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out a list of all the No Hitters to date <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_no-hitters#\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In baseball, a no hitter (also known as a no-hit game and colloquially as a no-no) is a game in which a team was not able to record a single hit through conventional means. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2738],"tags":[343,2714],"class_list":["post-2877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baseball-terms","tag-baseball","tag-no-hitter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2877"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2912,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877\/revisions\/2912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}