The pitcher
Four consecutive innings if she is the starting pitcher. There's no minimum number required for relief pitchers.
In a Major League Baseball game, Starting Pitchers can pitch as many innings as needed, it is up to the discretion of his Manager however Starting Pitchers must pitch 5 innings in order to qualify for a win.
In MLB, yes. MLB's definition of a no hitter is: "An official no-hit game occurs when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings." So a pitcher could pitch a no hitter for nine innings or nineteen innings but if a reliever comes in and gives up a hit, the no hitter is over.
Eccentric major league pitcher Steven John "Turk" Wendell would brush his teeth between innings.
In baseball, there are two main categories of players: Fielders and pitchers. At one time there are 8 fielders and 1 pitcher on the diamond. There is a right fielder, a left fielder, a centre fielder, 1st baseman, 2nd baseman, Shortstop, 3rd Baseman and a Catcher. There are two types of pitchers: starters and relievers. The starter begins the game in the first inning and, depending on how well he is pitching, may end up pitching through all nine innings. If the pitcher struggles and the manager thinks he should be replaced, he brings in a reliever, either a middle reliever who normally pitches 1-2 innings, or a long reliever who normally pitches 3-5 innings. There is also a specialty reliever called a closer who often pitches the ninth inning, normally in save situations. i belive it is right field, left field ,short stop,1base,2nd base 3rd base and catcher and the pitcher .that are on the field at any giving time unless they decide to change
Are there any limits on how many innings a pitcher can pitch, in one game? Not in any official rules. In a MLB game on 1920 May 5, both pitchers threw for 26 innings. The game was called due to darkness with the score still 1 to 1.
I think either ball is tossed out, if there is a mark noticed on the ball. You will see the defensive team do this, b/c any mark on the ball enhances the batters ability to see the ball rotation on the pitch, thereby allowing him to effectively anticipate what movement the ball will make.
5 innings
IP stands for Innings Pitched. It is a pitching statistics that records the amount of innings the pitcher pitched. It can be divided into thirds by the outs that were recorded while the pitcher was still on the mound. For example: Its the 5th inning and there are 2 outs. The pitcher needs to be taken out of the game and is replaced with another pitcher. The number of innings pitched for this game would be 4 2/3. The relief pitcher would then pitch 2 1/3. This would add up to the complete 7 inning game.
Assuming it's an MLB game that's shortened to 6 innings, the winner would have to be the second pitcher because, by default, the starter cannot be credited with a win unless he pitches at least 5 innings.
According to the rules in Major League Baseball, in the event of the home team winning and keeping the lead but the Starting Pitcher only lasting 2 innings and then the second pitcher lasts two innings to make it through the 4th inning and then the third Pitcher lasts two innings to make it through the 6th inning then it would be up to the home team's Official Scorer to determine which of the Relievers had pitched the best and that reliever would be awarded the Win.
Complete Game, a stat for pitchers. This means that the pitcher has pitched through the entire game without any relief help from the bullpen, and has played all 9 innings.