268 ... 126 in his Game 1 start (7 innings) and 142 in his Game 5 start (8 2/3 innings).
I believe that almost every pitcher who has pitched for more than 30 innings has struck out someone in three pitches. It isn't very hard for a pitcher to strike someone out in three pitches, especially if they have pitched for 30 innings.
Jerry Koosman of the 1973 Mets with 31 2/3. Currently (June 7, 2012), R.A. Dickey has thrown 24 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings.
It would be impossible. If every pitch thrown in one inning was hit and out, there could only be 3 pitches. And yes, there have been MANY of these. Actually, I think the original contributor wanted to know if 3-pitch innings had ever been recorded by both teams in the same inning - thereby leading to a total of 6 pitches for the entire inning. As far as I can tell, there is no record of such a feat in the major leagues, although the following link does provide more information regarding recorded 3-pitch innings: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/3_pitch_inning.shtml.
It may have been May 17, 1927. The Cubs beat the Boston Braves 4-3 on a Charlie Grimm single in 22 innings. Bob Osborn pitches 14 innings of relief work!
A Quality Start is any game in which the starter pitches 6 innings or more while giving up 3 or fewer ER.
We saw our first minor league game last night (7-31-09) and it lasted almost 4 hours for 9 innings!
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.
If the relief pitcher pitches 3 innings, and completes the game, and never gave up the lead, he would get a save.
I believe it's 8 warm up pitches in the major leagues, but in highschool baseball it is either 5-8 pitches or 2 minutes
For the stat "Strikeouts per 9 Innings" for pitchers that have pitched at least 1000 innings the all time leader, through games played on September 22, 2009 is Randy Johnson with 10.61 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (4872 strikeouts in 4132 1/3 innings pitched).Second all time is Kerry Wood with 10.39 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (1466 strikeouts in 1270 1/3 innings pitched) and third is Pedro Martinez with 10.05 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (3152 strikeouts in 2823 1/3 innings pitched).
Brandon Webb in 2007 with 42 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings.