No-Hitter in fewer than 9 innings

[spartacus007]

It's not supposed to count as an official No-Hitter if it didn't last at least 9 innings, right?

[kq76]

Correct.

Per the Elias Sports Bureau, a no-hitter needs to be at least nine innings in order to be official. But that doesn’t mean we haven’t seen performances of fewer than nine innings where a pitcher completed a game -- due to weather, or games that were scheduled to be shorter -- that were hitless.

There have been 26 such performances on record (since 1901), including Madison Bumgarner’s seven-inning outing against the Braves in the second game of a doubleheader on Sunday.

Here’s a look at all 26 of those games.

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https://www.mlb.com/news/no-hitters-...0those%20games.

[spartacus007]

I just had another one happen. This one was called in the 5th inning due to the weather.

The pitcher who threw the no-hitter LOST. Error, stolen base, wild pitch in the first.


The news didn't know what to make of it.

[bwburke94]

I recall that the game incorrectly checks for IP <= 9 instead of IP >= 9, but that was years ago and it was supposed to be fixed.