List of Major League Baseball pitchers who have thrown an immaculate inning
Players

List of Major League Baseball pitchers who have thrown an immaculate inning

Section Title: Players
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Pitcher	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inning	Batters faced	Box

John Clarkson	June 4, 1889	Boston Beaneaters	Philadelphia Quakers	3rd	Jim Fogarty, Sam Thompson, Sid Farrar	n/a

Rube Waddell	July 1, 1902	Philadelphia Athletics	Baltimore Orioles	3rd	Billy Gilbert, Harry Howell, John Cronin	n/a

Pat Ragan	October 5, 1914	Brooklyn Dodgers	Boston Braves	8th	Possum Whitted, Butch Schmidt, Red Smith	n/a

Joe Oeschger	September 8, 1921	Boston Braves	Philadelphia Phillies	4th	Bevo LeBourveau, Cy Williams, Ed Konetchy	n/a

Sloppy Thurston	August 22, 1923	Chicago White Sox	Philadelphia Athletics	12th	Beauty McGowan, Chick Galloway, Sammy Hale	n/a

Dazzy Vance	September 14, 1924	Brooklyn Robins	Cincinnati Reds	2nd	Sam Bohne, Bubbles Hargrave, Eppa Rixey	n/a

Lefty Grove	August 23, 1928	Philadelphia Athletics	Cleveland Indians	2nd	Ed Morgan, Luther Harvel, Martin Autry	n/a

Lefty Grove (2)	September 27, 1928	Philadelphia Athletics	Chicago White Sox	7th	Moe Berg, Tommy Thomas, Johnny Mostil	n/a

Billy Hoeft	September 7, 1953	Detroit Tigers	Chicago White Sox	7th	Jim Rivera, Mike Fornieles, Chico Carrasquel

Robin Roberts	April 17, 1956	Philadelphia Phillies	Brooklyn Dodgers	6th	Carl Furillo, Charlie Neal, Sandy Amorós

Jim Bunning	August 2, 1959	Detroit Tigers	Boston Red Sox	9th	Sammy White, Jim Mahoney, Ike Delock

Sandy Koufax	June 30, 1962	Los Angeles Dodgers	New York Mets	1st	Richie Ashburn, Rod Kanehl, Félix Mantilla

Sandy Koufax (2)	April 19, 1963	Los Angeles Dodgers	Houston Colt .45s	5th	Bob Aspromonte, Jim Campbell, Turk Farrell

Tony Cloninger	June 15, 1963	Milwaukee Braves	Philadelphia Phillies	8th	Tony González, Clay Dalrymple, Rubén Amaro

Sandy Koufax (3)	April 18, 1964	Los Angeles Dodgers	Cincinnati Reds	3rd	Leo Cárdenas, Johnny Edwards, Jim Maloney

Bob Bruce	April 19, 1964	Houston Colt .45s	St. Louis Cardinals	8th	Bill White, Charlie James, Ken Boyer

Al Downing	August 11, 1967	New York Yankees	Cleveland Indians	2nd	Tony Horton, Don Demeter, Duke Sims

Nolan Ryan	April 19, 1968	New York Mets	Los Angeles Dodgers	3rd	Claude Osteen, Wes Parker, Zoilo Versalles

Bob Gibson	May 12, 1969	St. Louis Cardinals	Los Angeles Dodgers	7th	Len Gabrielson, Paul Popovich, John Miller

Bill Wilson	July 6, 1971	Philadelphia Phillies	Atlanta Braves	8th	Darrell Evans, Hal King, Earl Williams

John Strohmayer	July 10, 1971	Montreal Expos	Philadelphia Phillies	5th	Mike Ryan, Woodie Fryman, Denny Doyle

Milt Pappas	September 24, 1971	Chicago Cubs	Philadelphia Phillies	4th	Greg Luzinski, Don Money, Mike Anderson

Nolan Ryan (2)	July 9, 1972	California Angels	Boston Red Sox	2nd	Carlton Fisk, Bob Burda, Juan Beníquez

Bruce Sutter	September 8, 1977	Chicago Cubs	Montreal Expos	9th	Ellis Valentine, Gary Carter, Larry Parrish

Pedro Borbón	June 23, 1979	Cincinnati Reds	San Francisco Giants	9th	Mike Sadek, Gary Lavelle, Billy North

Lynn McGlothen	August 25, 1979	Chicago Cubs	San Francisco Giants	3rd	Larry Herndon, Joe Strain, Jack Clark

Joey McLaughlin	September 11, 1979	Atlanta Braves	San Francisco Giants	7th	Larry Herndon (2), Greg Johnston, Johnnie LeMaster

Ron Guidry	August 7, 1984	New York Yankees	Chicago White Sox	9th	Carlton Fisk (2), Tom Paciorek, Greg Luzinski (2)

Danny Jackson	October 24, 1985	Kansas City Royals	St. Louis Cardinals	7th	Terry Pendleton, Tom Nieto, Brian Harper

Jeff Robinson	September 7, 1987	Pittsburgh Pirates	Chicago Cubs	8th	Leon Durham, Andre Dawson, Rafael Palmeiro

Rob Dibble	June 4, 1989	Cincinnati Reds	San Diego Padres	8th	Carmelo Martínez, Mark Parent, Garry Templeton

Jeff Montgomery	April 29, 1990	Kansas City Royals	Texas Rangers	8th	Pete Incaviglia, Geno Petralli, Thad Bosley

Andy Ashby	June 15, 1991	Philadelphia Phillies	Cincinnati Reds	4th	Hal Morris, Todd Benzinger, Jeff Reed

David Cone	August 30, 1991	New York Mets	Cincinnati Reds	5th	Herm Winningham, Randy Myers, Mariano Duncan

Pete Harnisch	September 6, 1991	Houston Astros	Philadelphia Phillies	7th	Wes Chamberlain, Dickie Thon, José DeJesús

Trevor Wilson	June 7, 1992	San Francisco Giants	Houston Astros	9th	Jeff Bagwell, Eric Anthony, Rafael Ramírez

Mel Rojas	May 11, 1994	Montreal Expos	New York Mets	9th	David Segui, Todd Hundley, Jeff McKnight

Stan Belinda	August 6, 1994	Kansas City Royals	Seattle Mariners	9th	Eric Anthony (2), Chris Howard, Luis Sojo

Todd Worrell	August 13, 1995	Los Angeles Dodgers	Pittsburgh Pirates	9th	Mark Johnson, Angelo Encarnación, Steve Pegues

Mike Magnante	August 22, 1997	Houston Astros	Colorado Rockies	9th	Ellis Burks, Harvey Pulliam, Jeff Reed (2)

Roger Clemens	September 18, 1997	Toronto Blue Jays	Boston Red Sox	1st	Nomar Garciaparra, John Valentin, Mo Vaughn

Doug Jones	September 23, 1997	Milwaukee Brewers	Kansas City Royals	9th	Johnny Damon, Scott Cooper, Rod Myers

Jimmy Key	April 14, 1998	Baltimore Orioles	Chicago White Sox	2nd	Robin Ventura, Magglio Ordóñez, Ray Durham

Mike Mussina	May 9, 1998	Baltimore Orioles	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	9th	Fred McGriff, Paul Sorrento, Rich Butler

Orel Hershiser	June 16, 1998	San Francisco Giants	Colorado Rockies	4th	Ellis Burks (2), Vinny Castilla, Todd Helton

Randy Johnson	September 2, 1998	Houston Astros	Atlanta Braves	6th	Javy López, Andruw Jones, Greg Colbrunn

Jesús Sánchez	September 13, 1998	Florida Marlins	Atlanta Braves	3rd	Tony Graffanino, Greg Maddux, Walt Weiss

Shane Reynolds	July 15, 1999	Houston Astros	Detroit Tigers	1st	Juan Encarnación, Brad Ausmus, Bobby Higginson

B. J. Ryan	September 5, 1999	Baltimore Orioles	Cleveland Indians	6th	Manny Ramirez, Jim Thome, Richie Sexson

Ugueth Urbina	April 4, 2000	Montreal Expos	Los Angeles Dodgers	9th	F.P. Santangelo, Devon White, Mark Grudzielanek

Randy Johnson (2)	August 23, 2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	Pittsburgh Pirates	6th	Tony McKnight, Gary Matthews Jr., Jack Wilson

Jason Isringhausen	April 13, 2002	St. Louis Cardinals	Houston Astros	9th	Daryle Ward, José Vizcaíno, Julio Lugo

Byung-Hyun Kim	May 11, 2002	Arizona Diamondbacks	Philadelphia Phillies	8th	Scott Rolen, Mike Lieberthal, Pat Burrell

Pedro Martínez	May 18, 2002	Boston Red Sox	Seattle Mariners	1st	Ichiro Suzuki, Mark McLemore, Rubén Sierra

Brian Lawrence	June 12, 2002	San Diego Padres	Baltimore Orioles	3rd	Brook Fordyce, Jerry Hairston, Jr., Melvin Mora

Brandon Backe	April 15, 2004	Houston Astros	Milwaukee Brewers	8th	Bill Hall, Scott Podsednik, Craig Counsell

Ben Sheets	June 13, 2004	Milwaukee Brewers	Houston Astros	3rd	Pete Munro, Craig Biggio, José Vizcaíno (2)

LaTroy Hawkins	September 11, 2004	Chicago Cubs	Florida Marlins	9th	Jeff Conine, Juan Encarnación (2), Álex González

Rick Helling	June 20, 2006	Milwaukee Brewers	Detroit Tigers	1st	Curtis Granderson, Plácido Polanco, Iván Rodríguez

Buddy Carlyle	July 6, 2007	Atlanta Braves	San Diego Padres	4th	Khalil Greene, Russell Branyan, José Cruz, Jr.

Rich Harden	June 8, 2008	Oakland Athletics	Los Angeles Angels	1st	Maicer Izturis, Howie Kendrick, Garret Anderson

Félix Hernández	June 17, 2008	Seattle Mariners	Florida Marlins	4th	Jeremy Hermida, Jorge Cantú, Mike Jacobs

A. J. Burnett	June 20, 2009	New York Yankees	Florida Marlins	3rd	Josh Johnson, Chris Coghlan, Emilio Bonifacio

Ross Ohlendorf	September 5, 2009	Pittsburgh Pirates	St. Louis Cardinals	7th	Khalil Greene (2), Julio Lugo (2), Jason LaRue

Rafael Soriano	August 23, 2010	Tampa Bay Rays	Los Angeles Angels	9th	Erick Aybar, Mike Napoli, Peter Bourjos

Jordan Zimmermann	May 6, 2011	Washington Nationals	Florida Marlins	2nd	Giancarlo Stanton, Greg Dobbs, John Buck

Juan Pérez	July 8, 2011	Philadelphia Phillies	Atlanta Braves	10th	Jason Heyward, Nate McLouth, Wilkin Ramírez

Clay Buchholz	August 16, 2012	Boston Red Sox	Baltimore Orioles	6th	Adam Jones, Matt Wieters, Chris Davis

Wade Miley	October 1, 2012	Arizona Diamondbacks	Colorado Rockies	3rd	Jonathan Herrera, Drew Pomeranz, Josh Rutledge

Iván Nova	May 29, 2013	New York Yankees	New York Mets	8th	Ike Davis, Mike Baxter, Rubén Tejada

Steve Delabar	July 30, 2013	Toronto Blue Jays	Oakland Athletics	8th	Adam Rosales, Coco Crisp, Chris Young

Brad Boxberger	May 8, 2014	Tampa Bay Rays	Baltimore Orioles	6th	Steve Pearce, Jonathan Schoop, Caleb Joseph

Cole Hamels	May 17, 2014	Philadelphia Phillies	Cincinnati Reds	3rd	Zack Cozart, Brandon Phillips, Todd Frazier

Justin Masterson	June 2, 2014	Cleveland Indians	Boston Red Sox	4th	Jonny Gomes, Grady Sizemore, Stephen Drew

Garrett Richards	June 4, 2014	Los Angeles Angels	Houston Astros	2nd	Jon Singleton, Matt Dominguez, Chris Carter

Rex Brothers	June 14, 2014	Colorado Rockies	San Francisco Giants	8th	Michael Morse, Brandon Crawford, Gregor Blanco

Carlos Contreras	July 11, 2014	Cincinnati Reds	Pittsburgh Pirates	7th	Jordy Mercer, Jeff Locke, Gregory Polanco

Brandon McCarthy	September 17, 2014	New York Yankees	Tampa Bay Rays	7th	Wil Myers, Nick Franklin, Matt Joyce

Mike Fiers	May 7, 2015	Milwaukee Brewers	Los Angeles Dodgers	4th	Enrique Hernández, Carlos Frías, Joc Pederson

Santiago Casilla	May 17, 2015	San Francisco Giants	Cincinnati Reds	9th	Marlon Byrd, Brandon Phillips (2), Jay Bruce

Juan Nicasio	July 4, 2016	Pittsburgh Pirates	St. Louis Cardinals	8th	Stephen Piscotty, Jhonny Peralta (2), Yadier Molina

Drew Storen	April 18, 2017	Cincinnati Reds	Baltimore Orioles	9th	Jonathan Schoop (2), J. J. Hardy, Hyun-soo Kim

Craig Kimbrel	May 11, 2017	Boston Red Sox	Milwaukee Brewers	9th	Hernan Perez, Travis Shaw, Domingo Santana

Max Scherzer	May 14, 2017	Washington Nationals	Philadelphia Phillies	5th	Cesar Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, Aaron Altherr

Kenley Jansen	May 18, 2017	Los Angeles Dodgers	Miami Marlins	9th	Derek Dietrich, J. T. Riddle, Ichiro Suzuki (2)

Carlos Carrasco	July 7, 2017	Cleveland Indians	Detroit Tigers	5th	Nicholas Castellanos, Mikie Mahtook, Jose Iglesias

Dellin Betances	August 2, 2017	New York Yankees	Detroit Tigers	8th	Jim Adduci, Justin Upton, Miguel Cabrera

José Alvarado	August 4, 2017	Tampa Bay Rays	Milwaukee Brewers	9th	Travis Shaw (2), Jesus Aguilar, Hernan Perez (2)

Rick Porcello	August 9, 2017	Boston Red Sox	Tampa Bay Rays	5th	Trevor Plouffe, Wilson Ramos, Mallex Smith

Kevin Gausman	April 23, 2018	Baltimore Orioles	Cleveland Indians	7th	Yonder Alonso, Yan Gomes, Bradley Zimmer

Max Scherzer (2)	June 5, 2018	Washington Nationals	Tampa Bay Rays	6th	Johnny Field, Christian Arroyo, Daniel Robertson

Germán Márquez	August 8, 2018	Colorado Rockies	Pittsburgh Pirates	4th	Corey Dickerson, Starling Marte, Gregory Polanco (2)

Zac Rosscup	August 19, 2018	Los Angeles Dodgers	Seattle Mariners	9th	Kyle Seager, Ryon Healy, Cameron Maybin

Josh Hader	March 30, 2019	Milwaukee Brewers	St. Louis Cardinals	9th	Tyler O'Neill, Dexter Fowler, Yairo Muñoz

Thomas Pannone	April 14, 2019	Toronto Blue Jays	Tampa Bay Rays	5th	Avisail García, Brandon Lowe, Daniel Robertson (2)

Sentence(s)

In the first inning Koufax struck out three batters and become the Major League pitcher, also called an immaculate inning.

final_sentence: In the first inning Koufax struck out three batters and become the Major League pitcher, also called an immaculate inning.