Immaculate Inning

[byrdz]

 

Yes, I'm bored, and never heard the term 'immaculate inning' before. Just thought it was interesting and worth a share.

Apparently three Orioles with an immaculate inning.

15.	Jimmy Key (1)	Orioles	04-14-1998	Robin Ventura, Magglio Ordonez, Ray Durham	2nd
16.	Mike Mussina (1)	Orioles	05-09-1998	Fred McGriff, Paul Sorrento, Rich Butler	9th
17.	B.J. Ryan (1)	Orioles	09-05-1999	Manny Ramirez, Jim Thome, Richie Sexson	6th

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats17.shtml

 

[Number5]

It has happened 89 times.  Pretty rare.

This has happened once:

 

[OFFNY]

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When I was a kid, I read on the back of Mike Cuellar's 1974 baseball card that he had once struck out 4 batters in one inning.

 

 

 

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[Moshagge3]

I was at a game in '97 where Mussina started off the top of the first with eight strikes in a row, but he couldn't seal the deal on the ninth pitch. He ended up striking the side out on eleven pitches.

[PaulFolk]

3 hours ago, Moshagge3 said:

I was at a game in '97 where Mussina started off the top of the first with eight strikes in a row, but he couldn't seal the deal on the ninth pitch. He ended up striking the side out on eleven pitches.

Must have been this game: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL199709130.shtml

[Moshagge3]

53 minutes ago, PaulFolk said:

Must have been this game: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL199709130.shtml

Yes. In fact, going into the ninth Mussina had only given up one hit, an infield hit that could have easily been scored an error.

[glenn__davis]

Wow - so 3 Orioles have done it ever, and all 3 instances were in a 2-year span, with Key and Mussina being within a month of each other.  That's pretty amazing.

Also, looking at the batters they did it against, those were pretty impressive feats in all instances.  That wasn't the early 2000's Orioles lineups they were facing.