no hitter

[Guest john]

Does a pitcher get credit for a no-hitter if he is not involved in a play where an out is recorded? example...pitcher walks a batter who is picked off at first by the catcher? 

[ALStripes17]

Read all about it in Wikipedia. It quotes the newspaper reports the next day after the game.

Then don't cite Wikipedia, as it is not a credible source. Cite the information it quoted

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[Aging_Arbiter]

[Out&UglyToo]

For there to be a hit, the batter must contact a pitched ball with his bat legally, the ball has to land in fair territory past the base lines, come to a stop or be touched by a defender in fair territory before reaching the base or baselines, or go over the fence beyond fair territory (a home run), and the batter/runner must reach at least first base before being put out.

Walks are not hits. Being hit by a pitch may or may not result in an award of first base, which is not a hit, nor is reaching first base after a dropped third strike a hit.

 

In 1938, Johnny Van Der Meer threw two consecutive no-hitters. He walked 3 in the first one at Crosley Field in Cincinnatti, then he walked 8 in the second one at Ebbets Field 4 days later. His second no-hitter was saved by some great defensive plays on balls that could easily have fallen in for hits.