No-hitter terminology
Have borrow language from a variety of other arenas
Have borrowed terminology liberally from a variety of arenas (mull=golf) (improper=math) (turkey=bowling)
What we don't cover: 1-hitters.
near no-hitter 7+ innings
long no-hit bid 5—7 innings
official (as defined by Major League Baseball)
A complete no-hitter or perfect game of at least nine innings.
In September, 1991, MLB’s commission for statistical accuracy, chaired by commissioner Fay Vincent, defined a no-hit game as “one in which a pitcher or pitchers complete a game of nine innings or more without allowing a hit.”
complete
A no-hitter or perfect game that is never broken up (regardless of whether it is considered official).
short (brief, nascent) no hid bid <6 innings
I have noted A controversial no-hitter is as one that involved a disputed or reversed call by the official scorer or umpire. It may also be used to note a game that was played under unusual or ingerior playing conditions. retroactive (call changed)
deficient
A no-hit or perfect game bid that ends short of nine full innings because the game has ended. Such no-hitters and perfect games used to be included in official records but were removed in 1991. "Short" is not used to refer to these games since it seems to imply that the no-hitter is official, just short. "Unofficial" is not used since it seems to imply that there is such a stand-by category.
hard-luck
A no-hit or perfect game bid that equals or exceeds nine full innings but is broken up in an extra inning.
=== losing (or lost) ===
A complete no-hitter that results in a loss.
walk-out
A complete no-hitter or perfect game in which the pitcher finishes the game in the dugout (instead of on the mound) because his team won the game in the bottom half of the ninth inning or an extra inning.
walk-off
busted on last pitch of game — pitcher loses
potential
busted on last pitch of game yet pitcher wins
impossible busted no hitters!
broken by hit baserunner chicken or egg – a simultaneous out and hit , nothing else like it in baseball, and the question whether either comes first is unresolved, because it has never mattered pg broken by IW — think barry b as Vizzini would say inconceivable!
broken
A no-hitter or perfect game that is broken up before completion.
near
A no-hitter or perfect game that is broken up in the ninth inning or later.
(can apply to either)
combined (relay, tag team)
A no-hitter or perfect game in which more than one pitcher is used.
improper
A no-hitter in which at least one run is allowed. More generally, any linescore in which the number of runs exceeds the number of hits.
SPECIAL TYPES
double
A game in which both teams pitch a no-hitter or perfect game. The length is measured by the number of outs recorded by both sides before the game’s first hit (in the case of a no-hitter) or base runner (in the case of a perfect game).
Under the new definition of a no-hitter, it is impossible for a nine-inning double no-hitter to be won by the home team, because the visiting team would not have pitched nine full innings.
In baseball writing, the term “double no-hitter” has also been applied to consecutive no-hitters, reciprocal no-hitters, and even to two no-hitters pitched on the same day at different locations. This site reserves the term for no-hitters pitched by opposing teams in the same game.
sloppy (inefficient)
tandem (or consecutive or back-to-back)
by a pitcher or by a team
back-end (or inverted or reverse or backward)
A game in which a team records the last 27 (or more) consecutive outs without allowing a hit (in the case of a no-hitter) or a base runner (in the case of a perfect game).
mulligan
A game in which the only hits (in the case of a no-hitter) or base runners (in the case of a perfect game) are allowed before the first out of the first inning is recorded. May be shorter than nine innings in the case of a team losing on the road. A subclass of backend .The majority of backend are muilligan "I wish I had that one back." Ernie Shore!zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sandwich (or mid-game or internal or intermezzo) embedded An extra-inning game in which a team records 27 (or more) consecutive outs during the middle of the game without allowing a hit (in the case of a no-hitter) or a base runner (in the case of a perfect game).
relief
A game in which a team a relief pitcher records 27 (or more) consecutive outs without allowing a hit (in the case of a no-hitter) or a base runner (in the case of a perfect game).
reciprocal
A no-hit or perfect game that immediately follows a no-hit or perfect game in which the teams were reversed. Consecutive games between two teams, with a no-hitter or perfect game thrown by each team.