An immaculate inning occurs in baseball when a pitcher
in a half-inning of play throws only 9 pitches, each of which is a strike and
thus strikes out 3 consecutive batters. Immaculate innings are rarer that
“hitting for the cycle” or pitching a “no-hitter”, Currently 88 different MLB
pitchers have accomplished this feat for a total of 94 immaculate innings.
Only 5 players; Lefty Grove, Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Sandy Koufax and Max
Scherzer have thrown an immaculate inning for than one. Koufax is the only
pitcher to throw 3 of them. A record 8 immaculate innings were thrown in the
2017 season.
The most recent immaculate inning occurred on Saturday,
March 30, 2019, when Josh Hader of the Milwaukee Brewers struck out three St.
Louis Cardinal batters in the 9th inning.
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| Josh Hader of the Milwaukee Brewers pitches an immaculate inning in 4-2 win over St. Louis Cardinals on March 30, 2019 |
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