Records
- The 24-year-and-345-day gap between Grove's half-inning and Hoeft's half-inning is the longest span without a pitcher achieving the feat; the one-day gap between Koufax's 2nd half-inning and Bruce's half-inning is the shortest span.
- 1928 was the first year in which the feat was accomplished twice (both times by Grove); 1964 was the first year in which two pitchers accomplished the feat (Koufax and Bruce); 1991 was the first year in which three pitchers accomplished the feat (Ashby, Cone, and Harnisch); 2002 was the first year in which four pitchers accomplished the feat (Isringhausen, Kim, Martínez and Lawrence)
- José Vizcaíno, Khalil Greene, Carlton Fisk, Jeff Reed, Julio Lugo and Greg Luzinski are the only men recorded to have been victims twice. Fisk's and Luzinski's second strikeouts came in the same half-inning as did Vizcaíno's and Lugo's first. Lugo and Greene both had their second strikeout in the same game.
- Three franchises have seen their pitchers accomplish the feat four times, more than any of the others: The Houston Astros, with Bruce, Harnisch, Magnante, and Backe, the Dodgers—in Brooklyn and LA—with Ragan, Vance, and Koufax twice, and the Athletics, in Philadelphia and Oakland, with Waddell, Grove twice, and Harden. The Yankees, Braves, Diamondbacks and Cubs have each seen the feat performed three times.
- As of August 16, 2012, the feat has been accomplished twenty-nine times in the National League, fourteen times in the American League, and four times in interleague play.
- Philadelphia's National League team has been a victim of an immaculate inning a record five times, once as the Quakers and four times as the Phillies.
- As of the 2010 season, only five pitchers have struck out the side on nine pitches in the final inning to end the game and record a save (Bunning, Sutter, Rojas, Isringhausen, and Soriano).
- 1967-68-69 was the first time it happened three years in a row. 1991 was the first time it happened three times in one year, and in 2002 it happened four times. As of 2012, it has happened every year for seven years in a row, the only time it has happened for more than four consecutive years.
Read more about this topic: List Of Major League Baseball Pitchers Who Have Struck Out Three Batters On Nine Pitches
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