There is not set number of pitches before a ball is removed from the game. A ball is removed after it is scuffed, knocked out of round, or becomes too dirty. In Major League Baseball, many balls are removed and replaced by new ones, while in minor league, or amateur ball, sometime, balls that have been removed from the game may be placed back into play after being cleaned.
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Only in one situation and that is if he can convince the umpires that he suffered an injury between the time he was called in and the time the batter enters the batter's box (like during his warmup pitches). Otherwise, he must pitch to at least one batter.
Those that weren't killed during TET (1968); have either passed on, or are retired.
One pitch, if thrown outside of the strike zone is one ball in baseball. Four pitches thrown outside of the strike zone during the course of one at-bat equals a walk, also referred to as a base-on-balls (BB)
The following numbers are retired by the Philadelphia Phillies: 1 Richie Ashburn 14 Jim Bunning 20 Mike Schmidt 32 Steve Carlton 36 Robin Roberts 42 Jackie Robinson (retired through all of baseball) The uniforms of Grover Cleveland Alexander and Chuck Klein are also retired but they did not wear numbers on the back of the jerseys during that era.
Rickey Henderson, widely regarded as one of the greatest base stealers in baseball history, stole a total of 1,406 bases during his career in Major League Baseball. This is a record that still stands as of now.