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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The KVLY-TV mast is a 2,063-foot-tall television-transmitting
mast in Blanchard, North Dakota, used by Fargo station KVLY-TV channel 11.
Completed during 1963, it was the tallest structure in the world until succeeded
by the Warsaw radio mast during 1974, which collapsed in 1991, again making
the KVLY-TV mast the tallest structure in the world until the Burj Khalifa exceeded
it in 2008. It remains the fourth-tallest structure in the world, the tallest structure in the Western
Hemisphere and the tallest broadcasting mast in the world.
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| KVLY-TV Mast in North Dakota |
RANK
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COUNTRY
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2015
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2010
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2000
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1990
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1970
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1
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Japan
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46.35
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44.66
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41.21
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37.28
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28.78
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2
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Italy
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45.91
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43.82
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40.39
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37.03
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32.81
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3
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Germany
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45.89
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44.33
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40.05
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37.61
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34.17
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4
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Portugal
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43.91
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41.59
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37.86
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34.25
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29.62
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5
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Bulgaria
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43.48
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42.36
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39.68
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36.53
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33.15
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6
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Greece
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43.33
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41.00
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37.83
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35.07
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32.28
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7
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Austria
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43.22
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41.88
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38.24
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36.45
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33.64
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8
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China, HK SAR
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43.20
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41.22
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36.24
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30.99
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21.68
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9
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Spain
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43.15
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40.60
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37.63
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33.41
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29.84
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10
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Slovenia
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43.01
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41.55
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38.06
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34.15
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31.05
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44
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United States
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37.62
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36.91
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35.19
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32.83
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28.41
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179
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Zambia
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17.05
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16.46
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16.58
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16.39
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16.38
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180
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Burkina Faso
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17.04
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16.74
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16.45
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16.29
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18.27
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181
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Gambia
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17.00
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16.77
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16.80
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16.97
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20.29
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182
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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16.78
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16.87
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17.15
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17.38
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18.05
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183
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Somalia
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16.51
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16.11
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16.49
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17.80
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18.30
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184
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Angola
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16.40
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16.28
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16.19
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15.82
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16.68
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185
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Chad
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16.08
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15.65
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15.55
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16.26
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18.59
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186
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Mali
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15.98
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16.21
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16.56
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16.54
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18.80
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187
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Uganda
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15.79
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15.33
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15.16
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15.91
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16.50
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188
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Niger
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14.92
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15.02
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15.92
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15.80
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15.57
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The
smallest mountain in the world is the little-known Mount Wycheproof at 141
feet above the surrounding terrain. However, the mountain stands 486 feet
above the sea level. The mountain is located in Terrick Terrick Range in
Australia. The range is in the small town of Wycheproof, Victoria. It can
also be said that the town is located on the summit of the mountain. Wycheproof
has a population of approximately 789 people.
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| MOUNT WYCHEPROOF |
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The hottest day of March occurred on March 13, when the
temperature reached 102 degrees at Falcon Lake, Texas. There was only one
other triple-digit reading in March and that was on March 9, when the
temperature reached an even 100 degrees at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
in Texas. There was a total of 23 days when the high temperature in the contiguous
U.S. was 90 degrees or more.
The lowest high temperature in March was 84 degrees at
Rio Grande Village, Texas on March 21.
The average high temperature for March was 91.61 degrees,
a 4 degree increase over the average high temperature in February.
The coldest day of March occurred on March 4, when the
temperature was a frosty -46 degrees in Elk Park, Montana.
There were 5 days between March 22 and March 31 when
the low temperature did not fall below zero. The highest low temperature in
March was 10 degrees at Chepeta, Utah on March 29.
The average low temperature for March was -17.19
degrees, a significant increase from the average low temperature of -32.10
degrees in February.
Not surprisingly, the greatest temperature differential
between the low temperature and the high temperature occurred on the coldest
day of the month. The -46 degrees at Elk Park, Montana combined with a 91-degree
temperature at Kendall-Tamiami Airport in Miami, Florida to produce a temperature
differential of 137 degrees on March 4.
The smallest temperature differential was 86 degrees on
March 22. The low temperature on that day was 4 degrees and the high temperature
was 90 degrees.
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YEAR TO DATE
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January
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February
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March
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|
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Hottest
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88
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99
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102
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Average High
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83
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88
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92
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Lowest High
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72
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80
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84
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Coldest
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-56
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-50
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-46
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Average Low
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-29
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-32
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-17
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Highest Low
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3
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-21
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10
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Greatest Differential
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136
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137
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137
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Smallest Differential
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81
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104
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90
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