Immaculate Inning

[She Mate Me]

 

[jethreauxdawg]

So cool

 

[MStateU]

So cool that batter just sat there and watched.

 

[Perd Hapley]

Meh…..decent effort, but let’s see him do it for a whole game.

 

[She Mate Me]

For those who don’t know, the achievement is 3 batters down on strikes in 9 pitches in a single half inning.

Been done about 120 times in MLB history, so pretty uncommon.

 

[Darryl Steight]

That's pretty cool. A 3-pitch inning has happened almost twice as much as an Immaculate Inning. Pretty damn rare.

 

[LordMcBuckethead]

That's pretty cool. A 3-pitch inning has happened almost twice as much as an Immaculate Inning. Pretty damn rare.

More rare than a no hitter I think.

 

[thedoubledeuce]

Is this as rare as Ricky Vaughn's 12 straight balls on three batters?

 

[She Mate Me]

More rare than a no hitter I think.

The more I thought about it it’s incredibly rare considering how many half innings have been thrown in MLB history. There’s 17 or 18 opportunities to do it in every 9 inning game and it’s only been done on average about once a season.

 

[Perd Hapley]

That's pretty cool. A 3-pitch inning has happened almost twice as much as an Immaculate Inning. Pretty damn rare.

I feel like the 3-pitch inning is still a better accomplishment, technically speaking.

 

[Duggar Hall Desk]

I once umpired a 3-pitch inning that went 4-3, 4-3, 4-3. I thought that was pretty cool, even for Little League.

 

[DAWGSANDSAINTS]

So has there ever been 3 pitches thrown to record 3 outs in an inning?