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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Freak No-Hitter: Lincecum Dices Padres for 2013 No-No 2

Tim Lincecum no-hit the Padres with plate umpire Mark Wegner presiding Saturday evening marking the second no-hitter of the 2013 MLB season. Wegner was joined by Laz Diaz (1B), Tim Timmons (2B) and crew chief Mike Winters (3B). This is Lincecum's first career no-hitter, a career-high 148-pitch performance.

Saturday's was Wegner's first plate no-hitter and the first MLB no-hitter since July 3, 2013 (Ed Hickox/Homer Bailey). Winters is the only other member of this crew to have called a no-hitter (8/17/1992; Kevin Gross).

Wegner received 73 callable pitches from Lincecum, a total of 50 balls and 23 called strikes; the look:

Balls: 72 called balls outside of strike zone / 0 called balls within strike zone = 72/72 = 100% Accuracy.
Strikes: 21 called strikes inside strike zone / 2 called strikes outside strike zone = 21/23 = 95.7% Accuracy.
Total Raw Accuracy Score = 93/95 = 97.9% Accuracy (+2 in favor of SF Giants/Lincecum).
Though colored the same (green), the hit-by-pitch is not included in the total callable pitches count.
Wrap: San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres, 7/13/13 (Lincecum: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 13 SO)
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6 comments:

  1. LindsayJuly 14, 2013 at 10:01 PM

    Not to shabby! A 97.9% accuracy rate, huh? If only that could happen all the time!

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  2. LindsayJuly 15, 2013 at 8:17 AM

    One quibble - the math adds up to 92/95 or 96.8421%

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  3. LindsayJuly 15, 2013 at 8:40 AM

    What does this do to his Cooperstown stock?

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  4. LindsayJuly 15, 2013 at 1:14 PM

    I see three balls called strikes on the left side of the zone... Article lists two...

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  5. LindsayJuly 16, 2013 at 1:44 PM

    We go by the same Kulpa and Miller Rules to determine QOC here as we do for ejection QOC. The numbers—which are always more accurate than the picture—point to two.

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  6. LindsayJuly 17, 2013 at 1:04 AM

    Ah, thanks for the clarification, looked it up and will have to spend some time with it to get it 100%.


    Great site btw, lots of new things to learn. Keep up the excellent work!!!

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