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Sonny Gray was the first pitcher in MLB history to throw:

9 IP
1 hit or less
0 ER
0 BB
11+ K
less than 90 pitches

https://x.com/dfeely14/status/1938769944411554255

Futuregm2 wrote: ↑28 Jun 2025 21:10 pm Sonny Gray was the first pitcher in MLB history to throw:

9 IP
1 hit or less
0 ER
0 BB
11+ K
less than 90 pitches

https://x.com/dfeely14/status/1938769944411554255

I knew it was a great performance. Didn’t know it was all-time kind of great. Cool stuff.

That's great. I wonder when they started keeping track of pitches thrown.

amazing, thanks for the post

ScotchMIrish wrote: ↑28 Jun 2025 21:26 pm That's great. I wonder when they started keeping track of pitches thrown.

1988 I think.

Darryl Kyle 1993 line pretty close. 0 hits 83 pitches (least ever) 9Ks 1BB.

Sonny needs to do better next time!

CorneliusWolfe wrote: ↑28 Jun 2025 21:36 pm

ScotchMIrish wrote: ↑28 Jun 2025 21:26 pm That's great. I wonder when they started keeping track of pitches thrown.

1988 I think.

Darryl Kyle 1993 line pretty close. 0 hits 83 pitches (least ever) 9Ks 1BB.

Sonny needs to do better next time!

Wow. I didn't know that.

“Sonny Gray of the Cardinals, the only pitcher (that can be determined, anyway) in MLB history to throw a 9 inning shutout with 1 hit and 11+ strikeouts in under 90 pitches.”

Actually I think Koufax did it as well.

imetsatchelpaige wrote: ↑28 Jun 2025 22:04 pm “Sonny Gray of the Cardinals, the only pitcher (that can be determined, anyway) in MLB history to throw a 9 inning shutout with 1 hit and 11+ strikeouts in under 90 pitches.”

Actually I think Koufax did it as well.

Actually, he didn’t.

In Koufax’s 4 no hitters, he threw 97, 111, 113 and 138 pitches.

He only threw one 1-hitter, and used 135 pitches.

Quincy Varnish wrote: ↑28 Jun 2025 22:33 pm

imetsatchelpaige wrote: ↑28 Jun 2025 22:04 pm “Sonny Gray of the Cardinals, the only pitcher (that can be determined, anyway) in MLB history to throw a 9 inning shutout with 1 hit and 11+ strikeouts in under 90 pitches.”

Actually I think Koufax did it as well.

Actually, he didn’t.

In Koufax’s 4 no hitters, he threw 97, 111, 113 and 138 pitches.

He only threw one 1-hitter, and used 135 pitches.

Right-thx for the correction.
I was confusing it with the Maddox pitching stats…

CorneliusWolfe wrote: ↑28 Jun 2025 21:36 pm

ScotchMIrish wrote: ↑28 Jun 2025 21:26 pm That's great. I wonder when they started keeping track of pitches thrown.

1988 I think.

Darryl Kyle 1993 line pretty close. 0 hits 83 pitches (least ever) 9Ks 1BB.

Sonny needs to do better next time!

That also wasn’t a shutout… gave up one unearned run.

The pitcher with fewest pitches ever thrown in a 1-hit (or less) shutout is… Jon Lieber?!?

Yes Jon Lieber. May 24, 2001 he shutout the Reds on 78 pitches.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxe ... 5240.shtml

One walk, two strikeouts.


The most impressive aspect of Gray’s start is that he piled up 11 Ks with so few pitches.

imetsatchelpaige wrote: ↑28 Jun 2025 22:40 pm

Quincy Varnish wrote: ↑28 Jun 2025 22:33 pm

imetsatchelpaige wrote: ↑28 Jun 2025 22:04 pm “Sonny Gray of the Cardinals, the only pitcher (that can be determined, anyway) in MLB history to throw a 9 inning shutout with 1 hit and 11+ strikeouts in under 90 pitches.”

Actually I think Koufax did it as well.

Actually, he didn’t.

In Koufax’s 4 no hitters, he threw 97, 111, 113 and 138 pitches.

He only threw one 1-hitter, and used 135 pitches.

Right-thx for the correction.
I was confusing it with the Maddox pitching stats…

Garry Maddox pitched?

The closest Maddux ever came to such a feat was sadly against the Cardinals.

1995 - 2H, 0BB, 0ER, 9K - 88 pitches.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxe ... 8200.shtml

I leave the country for a week and a half and I find out that not only did I miss this great pitching performance, but I apparently got banned for a week as well. First time in 20+ years here. Dramatic stuff.