In baseball, a no-hitter or no-hit game is a game in which a team does not record a hit through conventional methods. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially...

adopted the designated hitter or some variant, except for Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. The designated hitter is a player who does not...

The pinch hitter assumes the spot in the batting order of the player whom he replaces. Pinch hitters are commonly used to replace a weak hitter (often the...

thrown 18 no-hitters in franchise history. A no-hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball "when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during...

Major League Baseball no-hitters, enumerating every no-hitter pitched in Major League Baseball history. The list also includes no-hit games that were broken...

elite level: setter, outside hitter (left-side hitter), middle hitter (middle blocker), opposite hitter (right-side hitter) and libero / defensive specialist...

not have a switch hitter on their roster in 2018. The first switch-hitter in baseball history was Bob Ferguson. His switch-hitting was different that...

baseball, a cleanup hitter is the fourth hitter in the batting order. The cleanup hitter is traditionally the team's most powerful hitter. His job is to "clean...

baseball, a pull hitter is a batter who usually hits the ball to the side of the field from which they bat. For example, a right-handed pull hitter, who bats...

10 no-hitters in franchise history. A no-hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball only "when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during...

no-hitters in franchise history. A no-hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball only "...when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during...

In baseball, a contact hitter is a hitter who does not strike out often. Thus, they are usually able to use their bat to make contact with the ball (hence...

ten no-hitters in franchise history. A no-hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball only "when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during...

designated hitter rule in 1973 and 2022 respectively, the pitcher was usually scheduled to bat in the spot and the 27th batter was usually a pinch-hitter as a...

In his first major league start, on August 14, 2021, Gilbert threw a no-hitter. Gilbert grew up in Felton, California. His aunt worked for the San Francisco...

record, a 3.46 earned run average, and 1,136 strikeouts. Ellis threw a no-hitter on June 12, 1970, and later stated that he accomplished the feat under...

I'd known I was gonna pitch a no-hitter today, I would have gotten a haircut." — Belinsky, after throwing a no-hitter Belinsky was already notorious...

(hit, walk, hit batsman, error, etc.), the no-hitter is a perfect game. In 1887, Major League Baseball counted bases on balls (walks) as hits. The result...

MLB draft. He made his major league debut in 1998, nearly pitching a no-hitter in his second career start. After struggling in 2000, he was demoted to...

career no-hitter against the Blue Jays making him just the third pitcher of the modern era to no-hit the same team twice, and the first to pitch both no-hitters...

no-hitter on July 15, 1973, versus Detroit and walked eight in his subsequent no-hitter against Minnesota, both respective highs for his no-hitters....

Award in 2023. Snell signed with the Giants in 2024, with whom he threw a no-hitter on August 2 against the Cincinnati Reds. Blake Ashton Snell was born on...

Power hitter is a term used in baseball for a skilled player that has a higher than average ability in terms of his batting, featuring a combination of...

Look up hit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hit means to strike someone or something. Hit or HIT may also refer to: Hit, a fictional character from...

18 no-hitters in franchise history. A no-hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball only "when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during...

A hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single or simply hit, is a recorded song or instrumental that becomes broadly popular or well-known. Although...

one-hitter (also oney, bat, tay, oney bat, or taster) is typically a slender pipe with a screened narrow bowl designed for a single inhalation, or "hit"...

leadoff hitter is a batter who bats first in the lineup. It can also refer to any batter who bats first in any inning. Traditionally, the leadoff hitter has...

second major league start, he pitched a no-hitter, becoming the third MLB pitcher since 1900 to throw a no-hitter in his first or second start and the first...

have thrown seventeen no-hitters in franchise history, the most of all of MLB's expansion teams added since 1961. A no-hitter is officially recognized...