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...
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adopted the designated hitter or some variant, except for Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. The designated hitter is a player who does not...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Volleyball (redirect from Outside hitter)
elite level: setter, outside hitter (left-side hitter), middle hitter (middle blocker), opposite hitter (right-side hitter) and libero / defensive specialist...
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Pirates at Wrigley Field, was the first no-hitter to be thrown at Wrigley by the Cubs since Milt Pappas no-hit the San Diego Padres in Chicago 52 years...
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"A Hit Is a Hit" is the 10th episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos. Written by Joe Bosso and Frank Renzulli, and directed by Matthew Penn, it...
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(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...
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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...
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All-Star. He twice led MLB in strikeouts and also threw two no-hitters, including the first No-Hitter in Coors Field history, a ballpark notoriously hard to...
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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"...
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Bob Keegan (section 1957 no-hitter)
Keegan threw a no-hitter against the Washington Senators in the second game of a doubleheader at Comiskey Park. Keegan struck out one hitter and gave up...
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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...
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A hitter is a player batting in baseball. Designated hitter Pinch hitter Switch hitter The Hitter may refer to: The Hitter (film) "The Hitter", song by...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Dock Ellis (section June 12, 1970 no-hitter)
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...
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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...
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No-no, No-No or no-no may refer to: No-hitter, also called a no-no, a baseball game in which a team was not able to record a single hit Elastic No-No...
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a designated hitter, the most at that position. In 2018, J. D. Martinez collected two Silver Slugger Awards: one as a designated hitter and the other...
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Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, commonly referred to as the Edgar Martínez Award and originally known as the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, has been...
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Nolan Ryan (section Seven 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....
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throwing a no-hitter is a pitching accomplishment in which one or more pitchers does not yield a hit in the course of one game. A no-hitter is rare in...
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the only players with 4,000 or more career hits. George Davis was the first switch hitter to collect 2,000 hits, achieving that total during the 1902 season...
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Roy Halladay (section Postseason no-hitter)
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...
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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...
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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...
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