No-hitter
baseball game in which a team was not able to record a single hit
In baseball, a no-hitter or no-hit game is a game in which a team does not record a hit through conventional methods. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is thereby said to have "thrown a no-hitter". In most cases, no-hitters are recorded by a single pitcher who throws a complete game; one thrown by two or more pitchers is a combined no-hitter.
A no-hitter is a rare accomplishment for a pitcher or pitching staff—Major League Baseball (MLB) recognizes only 327 no-hitters in major-league history since 1876, an average of about two per year. MLB officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine complete innings recorded no hits. The most recent MLB no-hitter, a combined no-hitter, was thrown by starter Tatsuya Imai and relief pitchers Steven Okert and Alimber Santa of the Houston Astros against the Texas Rangers on May 25, 2026, while the most recent no-hitter by a single pitcher was thrown by Blake Snell of the San Francisco Giants against the Cincinnati Reds on August 2, 2024.
It is possible for a batter to reach base without a hit, most commonly by a walk, an error, or being hit by a pitch; other possibilities include the batter reaching first after an uncaught third strike or catcher's interference. (Yet another possibility is a fielder's choice, but this requires that there already be a runner on base.) A no-hitter in which no batters reach base at all is a perfect game, a much rarer feat. Because a batter can reach base by means other than a hit, a pitcher can throw a no-hitter (though not a perfect game) and still give up runs or even lose the game, although this is extremely uncommon as most no-hitters are also shutouts. One or more runs were given up in 25 recorded no-hitters in MLB history, most recently by Ervin Santana of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in a 3–1 win against the Cleveland Indians on July 27, 2011.
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