| 24 September 2009
Note: I'm on vacation until the end of next week, so I won't really have the time to do the regular blog postings. But to keep you all interested - and to continue to introduce any new readers to some of the Wezen-Ball archives (not to mention to re-introduce Google to the new URL of some of my more popular posts) - I've decided to fill the time by Archive Diving. I wish I could give you better, more up-to-the-minute content, but I just can't promise that. I'll try to check in. I hope you find something worth (re-)reading in the meantime.
You hear it all the time: "Oh, it was a great game! He took a no-hitter into the 7th, but they blooped a single to end it..." It feels like a rare and exciting feat when you see your team's starter go deep into the game without giving up a hit, and so it's hard not to get worked up about it. But is it really that rare? And are there pitchers who tend to do it more often than others? It'd seem like a Nolan Ryan or Randy Johnson-type would be taking no-hitters deep into games fairly frequently, but how true is that?
After my brother asked me a similar question one night, I thought it might be worth investigating. The numbers are pretty interesting to see. Nolan Ryan is, unsurprisingly at the top of the list, but the sheer magnitude of his lead over #2 is shocking. There are also a few guys in the Top 10 who might surprise some.
Go take a look: Losing the No-Hitter in the 7th Inning or Later.
