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A's reliever Ryan Cook became the 59th pitcher in MLB history to record 4 strikeouts in an inning last night. Although rare in itself, his performance is one of only 4 in which the pitcher only pitched that one inning, and didn't allow any other baserunners (other than the batter that reached first via dropped third strike).
The others:
Octavio Dotel in 2003: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA200306110.shtml
Kazuhiro Sasaki in 2003: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX200304040.shtml
Mark Wohlers in 1995: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL199506070.shtml
Wohlers and Sasaki got saves in their games. Dotel and Cook both pitched the 8th innning in their games.
There have been 12 pitchers who recorded a strikeout in a game to the only batter they faced, without recording an out:
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The others:
Octavio Dotel in 2003: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA200306110.shtml
Kazuhiro Sasaki in 2003: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX200304040.shtml
Mark Wohlers in 1995: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL199506070.shtml
Wohlers and Sasaki got saves in their games. Dotel and Cook both pitched the 8th innning in their games.
There have been 12 pitchers who recorded a strikeout in a game to the only batter they faced, without recording an out:
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Rk Player Date
1 Enerio Del Rosario 2010-05-24
2 Matt Thornton 2006-09-24
3 Scott Mathieson 2006-09-02(2)
4 Scott Eyre 2005-05-02
5 Mike Gonzalez 2003-09-10
6 Juan Rincon 2003-09-03
7 Steve Kline 2000-04-18
8 Hector Carrasco 1998-09-19
9 Chris Nabholz 1995-05-05
10 Sterling Hitchcock 1994-06-30
11 John Cerutti 1988-06-08
12 Hoyt Wilhelm 1955-05-21Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 4/28/2012.
