what is the most pitches to a single batter in the mlb?
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I don't know if they keep track of it, but I know Alex Cora had an 18 pitch at-bat against Matt Clement in 2004.  He fouled off 14 straight pitches, then homered.
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(earned runs)*(9)/(innings pitched)
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Yeah that was definitely one of the best pitching performances this year for the stros. I thought the three pitch ninth helped out alot too. He only threw like 102 pitches I think.
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I would have to say Josh Gibson with his 986 Home Runs hitting a whooping 0 in the major leagues and 986 in the negro leagues.
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In a game in the late 80's or maybe 1990, Mickey Tettleton of the Baltimore Orioles had a game in which he drove in 5 runs in 1 official atbat. He walked with the bases loaded, then hit a grand slam, then walked in his last atbat to finish with just 1 official atbat. No, it is not possible to drive in 5 runs in 1 plate appearance.
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Cut fastballs, when thrown by a right handed pitcher, will move to the left if you are looking behing the pitcher. Vice versa for a left handed pitcher. The pitch comes in hard and straight until about 2 feet away from the hitter then it "cuts" sharply to the left moving only a few inches. Mariano Rivera has the best cut fastball in the game. He throws it almost all the time and runs it in on the hands of left handed hitters and away from the rightys. It works best when up on the zone so you can "saw" hitters off, have them hit the ball on the handle of the bat and not the barrel, which will cause the bat to break, sawing them off.\n\nA "regular" fastball, is a 4 seams fastball and generally is the straightest of any pitch, it should also be the hardest ptich a pitcher can throw. When guys like Bobby Jenks and Brad Lidge throw their fastballs at 100 mph, they are using a 4 seam.
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walk\nhit by pitch\nstrikeout wild pitch\nerror\nfielder's choice\ncatcher's interference
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Pujols.  He hit 14 homes in April, which is a new record.  Looks like there's only more to come.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?playerId=1785&context=fielding\n\nLook under the PO section and add up the number of putouts that he has caught.
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A-Rod, Pujols, and possibly Bonds. Maybe even all three.\n\nBy the way, Pujols has a chance to break Barry Bonds's single season HR record too.
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Baseball Almanac has a list of confirmed 100+ mph pitches in the majors - the first one listed is Nolan Ryan in 1974.  Because radar guns weren't commonly used until the last few decades, it's impossible to know when the first 100+ mph pitch was thrown.
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1.  Pitcher\n2.  Catcher\n3.  First Base\n4.  Second Base\n5.  Third Base\n6.  Shortstop\n7.  Left Field\n8.  Center Field\n9.  Right Field
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It was in 2004\nAlex Cora batting of the LA dodgers\nMatt Clement pitching of the Chicago Cubs\nAnd it was 18 pitches\n3 balls\n2 strikes\nand 13 fouls\nHe hit a HR on the 18th pitch
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Pitching \n         W  L  WP   GP GS   CG Sh SV   IP    BB  SO  ERA  \n        94 46 .671 163 148 107 17 4 1,221.1 441 488 2.24
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I guess Jacque Jones -- went 15 for 38, with 5 HRs and 13 RBIs in the Olympics.\nBest pitcher was R.A. Dickey -- 2-0 with 3.00 ERA in 2 games.
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Luke Appling, who played for the Chicago White Sox from 1930 to 1950. His anecdotal pitch counts range from 19 to 24. One storied at bat went as follows: four fouls, one ball, six fouls, one ball, fourteen (!) fouls, and then two more balls for a walk.
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He became known as the home run king after  passing Big Mac for the single season record of 71 not 73.\n\nSAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hit his 71st home run Friday night, taking him to a place no player has gone before. Then he hit his 72nd and pushed the single-season home run record even further out of this world. On a night when the Giants' playoff hopes were dealt a knockout blow, Bonds struck back-to-back blows for the history books as he surpassed Mark McGwire's record 70 homer plateau set in 1998 and became the single-season home run king. A game after tying Big Mac for the record in a 10-2 victory at Houston's Enron Field, Bonds ended the suspense on his first at-bat and first swing before a sellout crowd of 41,730 at Pacific Bell Park.