List of Major League Baseball Pitchers Who Have Struck Out Three Batters On Nine Pitches - Notable Achievers

Notable Achievers

  • Three pitchers have accomplished the feat twice: Grove, Koufax, and Ryan. Of them, Grove is the only pitcher ever to have achieved the feat twice in the same season, and Ryan is the only pitcher ever to have achieved the feat in both the National and American Leagues, as well as being the only right-handed pitcher to accomplish the feat twice. Grove is the only pitcher whose team won both games. All three are members of the Hall of Fame.
  • Three of the pitchers who have accomplished the feat have done so in their rookie seasons: Thurston, Ashby and Miley.
  • Only Pérez accomplished it in his first MLB win.
  • Four of the pitchers who have accomplished the feat are members of the 3000 strikeout club: Johnson, Ryan, Gibson, and Martinez.
  • Five of the pitchers who have accomplished the feat have also thrown perfect games (though not in the same game): Koufax, Bunning, Cone, Johnson, and Hernandez.
  • Guidry's and Wilson's immaculate innings are the only two to come in the ninth inning of a complete game. Both were shutout victories.
  • Nine of the pitchers who have accomplished the feat have been elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame: Clarkson, Waddell, Vance, Grove, Bunning, Koufax, Ryan, Gibson, and Sutter.
  • Clarkson, Grove, Ryan and Johnson are the only pitchers with 300 career wins to have accomplished the feat.
  • Danny Jackson is the only pitcher to accomplish the feat in the World Series.

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