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Most walks in a no-hitter

Posted by Andy on April 5, 2008

At the moment, Dontrelle Willis has allowed no hits and 7 walks in his start. Here are the leaders for most walks allowed in a no-hitter:

http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/ESrS

Jim Maloney leads the list with 10 walks.

12 Responses to “Most walks in a no-hitter”

  1. Andy Says:

    I jinxed him--RBI double to the next batter!

  2. duckshirt Says:

    I think the FOX announcers jinxed him at the same time. Along with the Tiger's team. Oh well.

  3. bahamuto Says:

    Is there any reason why you made it so the pitcher won? Poor Andy Hawkins didn't make the list.

  4. kingturtle Says:

    Also note:
    *Maloney had one HBP
    *Burnett had one HBP, one WP, *and* gave up three SBs.
    *Ellis' game lives in infamy

  5. apelham Says:

    Steve Barber gave up 10 walks in his combined no-hitter with Stu Miller in 1967. The Orioles lost 2-1 on a Mark Belanger error in the ninth. I was there!

  6. Andy Says:

    Hmm, my search was for individual games so it doesn't include any combined no-hitters. Thanks for pointing that out, apelham.

  7. Andy Says:

    bahamuto--yeah games where the pitcher lost no longer count as official no-hitters.

  8. Mike Minetti Says:

    Andy - are you sure about that? I believe that the reason the Hawkins game is not an official no-hitter is because he only pitched 8 innings, not becuse he lost the game.

  9. Mike Minetti Says:

    From Wikipedia:
    The 4-0 loss was the largest margin of a no-hitter loss in the 20th century, and Hawkins became the first Yankees pitcher to lose a no-hitter. On Sept. 4, 1991 the Committee for Statistical Accuracy, appointed by Commissioner Fay Vincent, changed the definition of a no-hitter to require that a pitcher throw at least nine full innings and a complete game. Since Hawkins played for the visiting team in the game in question, the White Sox never batted in the ninth inning, Hawkins lost the credit for a no-hitter.

  10. damthesehigheels Says:

    so you could lose 1-0 (or any other score) in the 10th inning of a game and get a no hitter. it's not based on the loss it's based on the number of innings pitched. or if you're team was the home team and was losing, said pitcher would pitch 9 no hit innings and still manage to lose.

    the requirements are 9+ innnings pitched, and a complete game. not a win.

  11. kingturtle Says:

    In the mid-1980s MLB changed the definition of no-hitters and perfect games. Scratched from the books were Ernie Shore's perfect game and the link. They didn't even make a new category, like "oddball games." Nope. They just scratched them out all together from the annals.

  12. kingturtle Says:

    er..."and the link" should read "and the like"