40-453: Silver King may refer to: People [ edit ] Silver King (baseball) , Charles Koenig, professional baseball player from the 19th century Silver King (wrestler) (1968–2019), Mexican wrestler The nickname for Tom Norman , the owner of the freak show that exhibited the "Elephant Man" Other [ edit ] Silver King, Fred Thomson 's horse, who featured in many Westerns with
80-467: A Horn of Plenty . Some pitchers who specialize in strikeouts have acquired nicknames including the letter "K". Dwight Gooden was known as "Doctor K" (alluding to basketball star Julius Erving a.k.a. "Dr. J"). Francisco Rodríguez is known as "K-Rod". Roger Clemens has taken the "K" name to an extreme by naming his four sons Koby , Kory, Kacy, and Kody. Tim Lincecum is nicknamed "The Say 'K' Kid", alluding to former Giants player Willie Mays who
120-530: A sidearm delivery. The unconventional methods worked, as he went on to pitch 3,190 2 ⁄ 3 innings , winning 203 games with 1229 strikeouts and a 3.18 earned run average in 397 games . His strong fastball enabled him to become a notable strikeout artist; he finished among the league's top 10 in that category six times. King's best season came in 1888, when he led the Browns to their fourth consecutive American Association championship. That year, King led
160-490: A batter, as it shows that he was either fooled by the pitcher or, even worse, had a moment of hesitation. For example, Carlos Beltrán was caught looking at strike 3 to end the 2006 NLCS , and the season, for the New York Mets . Sports commentators have also been known to refer to it as browsing if the batter did not move his bat at all. A pitcher is said to striking out the side when he retires all three batters in
200-402: A career. A pitched ball is ruled a ball by the umpire if the batter did not swing at it and, in that umpire's judgement, it does not pass through the strike zone . Any pitch at which the batter swings unsuccessfully or, that in that umpire's judgement passes through the strike zone, is ruled a strike . Each ball and strike affects the count , which is incremented for each pitched ball with
240-399: A half-inning by striking them out. This term is also used when all three outs were caused by strikeouts, regardless of how other batters in the inning fared. If a pitcher strikes out three batters on nine pitches, he is said to have pitched an immaculate inning . A batter that takes the third strike looking, especially on a breaking pitch like a slider or a curveball that appears to be out of
280-445: A no-hitter.) After baseball, King returned to St. Louis. and went to work for his father's business. He died in 1938, at age 70, and was buried at New St. Marcus Cemetery in St. Louis. Strikeout In baseball or softball , a strikeout (or strike-out ) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat . It means the batter is out , unless the third strike
320-445: A strikeout was invented by Henry Chadwick , a newspaper journalist who is widely credited as the originator of the box score and the baseball scorecard . As is true in much of baseball, both the box score and scorecard remain largely unchanged to this day. Chadwick decided to use "K", the last letter in "struck", since the letter "S" was used for "sacrifice". Chadwick was responsible for several other scorekeeping conventions, including
360-443: A strikeout, irrespective of whether it was swinging or looking. The announcer Ernie Harwell called a batter who took a called third strike, usually on the other team, "out for excessive window-shopping" or having "stood like the house by the side of the road". On a called third strike, it is said that the batter was caught looking , or that he looked at a strike. Typically, a called third strike can be somewhat more embarrassing for
400-411: A swinging strikeout is recorded as a K or a K-S . A strikeout looking (where the batter does not swing at a pitch that the umpire then calls strike three) is often scored with a backwards K ( Ʞ ), and sometimes as a K-L , CK , or Kc (the 'c' for 'called' strike). In terms of gameplay, swinging and looking strikeouts are exactly equivalent; the difference in notation is simply to record this aspect of
440-408: A third strike had to be caught on the fly. A later adjustment to the dropped third strike rule specified that a batter is automatically out when there are fewer than two out and a runner on first base. In 1887, the number of strikes for an out was changed to four, but it was promptly changed back to three the next season. The rule that a third strike (only) must be caught originates in the concept that
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#1732858999934480-401: A third strike is not an automatic out, but rather puts the ball in play. The rule was described at least as early as Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths ' 1793 book Gymnastik für die Jugend (Gymnastics for Youth) and has remained in effect since. After the third strike, the ball being in play, the batter (now a runner) must be put out. This is almost always done immediately after the strike
520-478: A third strike is not caught cleanly by the catcher, it is still recorded as a strikeout for both the pitcher and the batter, but the batter becomes a runner and the play is still alive. (This is not true when first base is occupied and there are fewer than two outs; see Uncaught third strike .) The runner may take first base unless the defense tags or throws him out. Therefore, a pitcher can achieve more than three strikeouts in one standard half-inning. Prior to 1960,
560-456: A tradition started by New York Mets fans in honor of "Dr. K", Dwight Gooden . The "K" may be placed upside down ( Ʞ ) in cases where the batter strikes out looking, just as it would appear on a scorecard. Virtually every televised display of a high-strikeout major league game will include a shot of a fan's strikeout display, and if the pitcher continues to strike out batters, the display may be shown following every strikeout. The use of "K" for
600-482: Is a rare occurrence, which in the history of major league play has only occurred in games that went to extra innings , with Sam Horn of the Baltimore Orioles being one of the few to do this. The slugger's then-teammate, pitcher Mike Flanagan , told reporters after that 1991 event that six strikeouts would thereafter be known as a Horn . He added that if anyone ever strikes out seven times in one game, it will be
640-412: Is called furinige ( 振り逃げ ) , or "swing and escape". In Major League Baseball, it is known as an uncaught third strike . When this happens, a strikeout is recorded for both the pitcher and the batter, but no out is recorded. Because of this, a pitcher may occasionally be able to record more than three strikeouts in one inning . It is also possible for a strikeout to result in a fielder's choice . With
680-729: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Silver King (baseball) Silver King (January 11, 1868 – May 21, 1938), born Charles Frederick Koenig , was an American Major League Baseball player from 1886 through 1897. During his ten-year career, spent primarily as a pitcher , King played for the Kansas City Cowboys (1886), St. Louis Browns (1887–1889), Chicago Pirates (1890), Pittsburgh Pirates (1891), New York Giants (1892–93), Cincinnati Reds (1893), and Washington Senators (1896–97). Newspapers in St. Louis, Missouri , gave him
720-460: Is made, by the catcher (putouts on strikeouts are still credited to the catcher), but if the ball is not caught on the fly by the catcher, the batter/runner must be put out by the same means as any other runner who puts a ball in play which is not caught on the fly—by soaking (hitting the runner with a ball thrown by a fielder, now long obsolete), or by being tagged out, or by leaving the baseline, or by force out at first base. A swinging strikeout
760-417: Is not caught by the catcher and the batter reaches first base safely as a result. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters , and is usually denoted by the letter K , or sometimes by the initialism SO . A "strikeout looking"—in which the batter does not swing and the third strike is called by the umpire—may be denoted by an inverted K (i.e. ꓘ ). Although a strikeout suggests that
800-437: Is often called a whiff , while a batter who is struck out by a fastball is often said to have been blown away . A batter who strikes out on a swung third strike is said to have fanned (as in a fanning motion), whereas if he takes a called third strike it is called a punch out (describing the plate umpire's dramatic punching motion on a called third strike). However, sometimes these words are used as general synonyms for
840-550: Is the only pitcher to do it in his MLB debut (April 12, 1962, against the Cincinnati Reds ). Steve Delabar struck out four men in the 10th inning, and recorded the win in a 3–2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on August 13, 2012, making him the first pitcher in major league history to record four strikeouts in an extra inning . For a list of pitchers who have achieved more than three strikeouts in an inning, including
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#1732858999934880-618: The Burlington Royals struck out five in the seventh inning of a game on July 31, 2019. That this has never happened in Major League play reflects the rarity of a pitcher getting a strikeout with an uncaught third strike, but also that, Houston Astros pitcher Joe Niekro struck out five Minnesota Twins batters in the first inning of an exhibition spring training game on April 7, 1976, in New Orleans. Niekro's catcher, Cliff Johnson ,
920-661: The 1920s movie star Silver King bicycle, produced by George M. Hendee starting in 1892 FV Silver King , a Canadian fishing vessel which sunk in 1967 Silver King Creek, a tributary of the Carson River , northwestern Nevada Another name for the Atlantic tarpon , a ray-finned fish The broadcast television arm of the Home Shopping Network, which later became USA Broadcasting See also [ edit ] The Silver King (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
960-649: The Appalachian League accomplished the feat against Johnson City on May 17, 1952. Kelly Wunsch of the Beloit Brewers fanned five in the third inning on April 15, 1994. Mike Schultz of the Lancaster JetHawks struck out five batters in one inning on July 16, 2004, and Garrett Bauer of the Rockford RiverHawks struck out five batters in one inning on July 1, 2008. Most recently, Malcolm Van Buren of
1000-449: The ball is hit into foul territory. A pitcher receives credit for (and a batter is charged with) a strikeout on any third strike, but a batter is out only if one of the following is true: Thus, it is possible for a batter to strike out, but still become a runner and reach base safely if the catcher is unable to catch the third strike cleanly, and he then does not either tag out the batter or force him out at first base. In Japan, this
1040-400: The bases loaded and two strikes with two outs, the catcher drops the ball or catches it on the bounce. The batter-runner is obliged to run for first base and other base-runners are obliged to attempt to advance one base. Should the catcher field the ball and step on home plate before the runner from third base can score, then the runner from third base is forced out. In baseball scorekeeping ,
1080-714: The event occurred only seven times. The first Major League player to be credited with the feat was Ed "Cannonball" Crane of the New York Giants on October 4, 1888. It has occurred in Major League Baseball 76 times. Chuck Finley accomplished the feat on May 12 and August 15, 1999, with the Anaheim Angels and again on April 16, 2000, with the Cleveland Indians . Pete Richert of the Los Angeles Dodgers
1120-412: The exception of a foul ball on any count with two strikes. That is, a third strike may only occur by the batter swinging and missing at a pitched ball, or the pitched ball being ruled a strike by the umpire with no swing by the batter. A pitched ball that is struck by the batter with the bat on any count, and is not a foul ball or foul tip , is in play . A batter may also strike out by bunting, even if
1160-462: The league with 585 2 ⁄ 3 innings pitched in 66 games, 45 wins, and a 1.64 ERA. In 1890, he jumped to Chicago of the Players' League and added another ERA title while winning 30 games. On June 21, 1890, King threw a no-hitter for Chicago, the only one in the league's one-year history. (King lost 1–0, and pitched only eight innings in the loss, so this game is not officially recognized by MLB as
1200-512: The most recent pitcher to do so, see List of Major League Baseball single-inning strikeout leaders . Five strikeouts in one inning have never occurred in a regulation Major League Baseball game. They have occurred at least six times at the minor league level. John Perkovitsh of Wisconsin Rapids did so against Oshkosh in a Wisconsin State League game on May 17, 1946, while Ron Necciai of Bristol in
1240-473: The nickname Silver King, referring to his prematurely gray hair and shortening his German surname . A native of St. Louis, Koenig broke into baseball at age 18, playing for St. Joseph in the Western League. King was an unusual pitcher for his time. Gripping the ball with unusually large hands, he delivered the ball without a windup . He was also one of the first pitchers in major league history to employ
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1280-403: The pitcher dominated the batter, the free-swinging style that generates home runs also leaves batters susceptible to striking out. Some of the most prolific home run hitters of all time (such as Mickey Mantle , Reggie Jackson , and Jim Thome ) were notorious for striking out often. Notably, Jackson and Thome respectively hold the major league records for most and second most times struck out in
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1360-478: The strike zone but drops in before he can get the bat off his shoulders, can be said to have been frozen . In slang, when a batter strikes out three times in a game, he is said to have completed a hat trick . If he strikes out four times, it is called a golden sombrero . He receives a platinum sombrero if he strikes out five times, and this dishonor is also known as the Olympic rings . Striking out six times
1400-421: The time at bat. Despite the scorekeeping custom of using "K" for strikeout, "SO" is the official abbreviation used by Major League Baseball. "K" is still commonly used by fans and enthusiasts for purposes other than official record-keeping. One baseball ritual involves fans attaching a succession of small "K" signs to the nearest railing, one added for every strikeout notched by the home team's pitcher, following
1440-447: The use of numbers to designate player positions. Those unaware of Chadwick's contributions have speculated that "K" was derived from the last name of 19th-century pitcher Matt Kilroy . If not for the evidence supporting Chadwick's earlier use of "K", this explanation would be reasonable. Kilroy raised the prominence of the strikeout, setting an all-time single-season record of 513 strikeouts in 1886, only two years after overhand pitching
1480-544: Was called "The Say Hey Kid". Daisuke Matsuzaka is known as "Dice-K", a term that was used as a pronunciation guide for his name when he first arrived in MLB. Hall of Fame strikeout artist Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers coincidentally has a last name starting with "K", and in his call of the pitcher's perfect game in 1965, Dodgers announcer Vin Scully commented that Koufax's name "will always remind you of strikeouts". If
1520-874: Was charged with five passed balls in the inning. Exhibition games are not recorded in official statistics. The top 20 Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders (active players in bold ) (since 1901): Active pitchers with over 2,000 strikeouts (as of September 29, 2024): The top 10 Major League Baseball career strikeout-per-nine innings leaders (since 1900, minimum 1,000 IP ): The top 5 Major League Baseball single-season strikeout-per-nine innings leaders (since 1900, minimum 1.0 IP per team game): The top 10 Major League Baseball single-season strikeout totals (since 1900): The top 10 Major League Baseball single-season strikeout totals (all time): Progression of major league strikeout record for one nine-inning game, regular season (partial listing): Modern era: Note: Tom Cheney struck out 21 batters overall, in
1560-436: Was permitted. His record, however, is limited to its era since the pitcher's mound was only 50 feet (15 m) from the batter during that season. It was moved to its current distance of 60'6" in 1893. The modern record (1901–present) is 383 strikeouts, held by Nolan Ryan , one better than Sandy Koufax 's 382. For 55 years, Walter Johnson held the career strikeout record, at 3,508. That record fell in 1982 to Nolan Ryan, who
1600-409: Was then passed by Steve Carlton , before Ryan took the career strikeout record for good at 5,714. Early rules stated that "three balls being struck at and missed and the last one caught, is a hand-out; if not caught is considered fair, and the striker bound to run." The modern rule has changed very little. The addition of the called strike came in 1858. In 1880, the rules were changed to specify that
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