# Sports feats that have never been accomplished **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 1, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362 "2011-05-01T06:13:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/101 "2011-05-10T18:45:48Z")
> [@teletype](#): > > John Miller, career minor leaguer, was called up twice in his career. Once, for 6 games, in 1966 when he was in the Yankees organisation, when he hit a homer in his first MLB appearance. Then again, in 1969 when he was in the Dodgers organisation, he was called up for 26 games, and hit a homer in his final plate appearance. I stand corrected. Didn’t notice him when looking at the [first](http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats5.shtml) and [last](http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml) lists. Never managed to hit any others, just those two! ---
**Author:** ![Omphaloskeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omphaloskeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omphaloskeptic)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/102 "2011-05-10T20:58:27Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > > [@MaxTheVool](#): > > > > While we’re discussing random sports oddities which fit in this thread, what’s the most different extra innings in which at least one run has been scored in a single game? (\>1 of course requiring that equal numbers of runs are scored in the top and bottom of the inning). I wonder if the number of games in MLB history with scoring in 3 different innings after the ninth is less than 10? > > No, three isn’t as rare as all that. I can think of games that I’ve witnessed that had scoring in three EI’s, so given that I’ve seen only an infinitesimal fraction of all games in history there must be a lot. > > As you go to four or five scores, the number would drop pretty rapidly–I can’t _think_ of a game I’ve ever seen or read about with four EI scores, although I’m sure there have been some. > > If nobody answers you might want to ask this in a separate thread–I know there are people with searchable databases that could answer. I found just [one game](http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN197409100.shtml) with scores in four extra innings (and 33 with scores in three extra innings). There also seems to be only one game with [runs scored in 11 innings](http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN193507220.shtml). [Although the link is to [baseball-reference.com](http://baseball-reference.com), I downloaded the game logs from [Retrosheet](http://www.retrosheet.org/) to do the search.] ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/103 "2011-05-11T07:25:57Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > It happened at high school level in a Rugby League knockout competition. Do you have any more details? There’s about 70 sets in an NRL game, schoolboy league probably plays 70mins though. So 50-60 sets is about 300-0. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/104 "2012-08-25T23:02:10Z")
bumping this while watching an insane Little League World Series game… Has any MLB batter ever hit for the double-cycle… two HRs, two triples, two doubles, two singles in the same game? And on the topic of unusual baseball occurrences, does anyone know what the greatest deficit overcome in the bottom of the 9th (or higher) inning is? How about the largest deficit TIED in that situation? (A 10 run deficit was tied in the LLWS game…) ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/105 "2012-08-25T23:27:53Z")
Hey! The OP said no numerical achievements, just either-or! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/106 "2012-08-25T23:29:56Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Has any MLB batter ever hit for the double-cycle… two HRs, two triples, two doubles, two singles in the same game? No - the only time a batter has had at least 8 hits of any kind in a single game was on July 10, 1932, when Johnny Burnett of the Cleveland Indians went 9 for 11, with seven singles and two doubles. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/107 "2012-08-25T23:36:12Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > bumping this while watching an insane Little League World Series game… > > Has any MLB batter ever hit for the double-cycle… two HRs, two triples, two doubles, two singles in the same game? > > And on the topic of unusual baseball occurrences, does anyone know what the greatest deficit overcome in the bottom of the 9th (or higher) inning is? How about the largest deficit TIED in that situation? (A 10 run deficit was tied in the LLWS game…) [Biggest 9th inning comebacks](http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/baseballs-biggest-ninth-inning-comebacks-385/) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/108 "2012-08-26T01:05:19Z")
I have no idea if it’s ever been done before, but I recently heard a radio interview with an umpire who called a perfect game in league slow pitch softball. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/109 "2012-08-27T12:08:02Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > No New York Mets pitcher in their 50 year history has ever thrown a no hitter in the regular or post season. > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Nor has any San Diego Padre pitcher in their 43 years. The San Francisco Giants used to belong to that “club”. But, NO LONGER! Go Giants! ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/110 "2012-08-27T14:11:02Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > The San Francisco Giants used to belong to that “club”. But, NO LONGER! Go Giants! ?? I’m a bit confused here. Gaylord Perry pitched one for them in '68, so the Giants (since they moved to SF in the late fifties) would’ve been a part of that club for a mighty short time. Actually, looking it up on wikipedia, Marichal had one in '63 as well, so the time from inception of the SF Giants to 1st no-hitter was even less. Are you referring to the time period between Montefusco’s no-hitter in '76 and Sanchez’s in '09? According to wiki the Giants didn;t have any between those years. But that’s not up there with 50 years, or even 43, and of course it’s an arbitrary period of time, not a “never.” ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/111 "2012-08-27T22:05:51Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > 100 Meter Dash: No man has done it in under 9 seconds. No woman has done it in under 10 seconds. True from a standing start, but relay runners have occasionally put in sub-9 second 100 metre splits in the 4 x 100 metre relay for a long time ([at least 1965](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)). And two of the US women broke 10 seconds in their world record [run in London.](http://www.trackalerts.com/index.php/news/lead-stories/7633-usa-s-amazing-women-s-4x100m-relay-world-record) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/112 "2012-08-27T22:56:32Z")
As long as this thread has been resurrected, we can scratch the Mets no-hitter off the “never been done” list. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/113 "2012-08-27T22:58:20Z")
In football, has the quarterback ever started at the 99 yard line opposite his own goal, and then ran the ball himself for a touchdown? In baseball, I wonder if a pitcher has ever been knocked out or hit by a ball hit by a batter, but somehow still caught the ball for an out In basketball, a triple double but one of the stats is not points (have to do it with a combination of assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/114 "2012-08-28T01:11:17Z")
I believe someone who blocked a lot of shots or got a lot of steals got a triple-double the hard way-I want to say it was someone tall. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/115 "2012-08-28T03:50:35Z")
there have been quadrupal doubles on basketball (2 IIRC, 1 with steals and 1 with blocks) but never a quintuple double. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/116 "2012-08-28T06:00:41Z")
Andrea Chiaradio struck out all 21 batters she faced in a seven inning high school fast pitch softball game in Connecticut. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/117 "2012-08-28T06:10:39Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > ?? I’m a bit confused here. > > Gaylord Perry pitched one for them in '68, so the Giants (since they moved to SF in the late fifties) would’ve been a part of that club for a mighty short time. > > Actually, looking it up on wikipedia, Marichal had one in '63 as well, so the time from inception of the SF Giants to 1st no-hitter was even less. > > Are you referring to the time period between Montefusco’s no-hitter in '76 and Sanchez’s in '09? According to wiki the Giants didn;t have any between those years. But that’s not up there with 50 years, or even 43, and of course it’s an arbitrary period of time, not a “never.” No, _ **I** _ was the one confused. I thought it was about perfect games, not no-hitters. It was early in the morning, that’s my excuse. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/118 "2012-08-28T06:11:46Z")
Jonathan Sanchez had a Giants no hitter recently (in 2009?). ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/119 "2012-08-30T23:40:01Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > No, _ **I** _ was the one confused. I thought it was about perfect games, not no-hitters. It was early in the morning, that’s my excuse. Ah, now I get it. Good excuse, btw. Jonathan Sanchez did pitch a no-hitter, you’re right about that–wiki says July 10 of 2009. ---
**Author:** ![Phila444](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba8739/32.png) [@Phila444](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phila444)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362/120 "2012-09-19T20:27:08Z")
No MLB player has ever hit for a “home run cycle” (solo, two-run, three-run, and grand slam homers in the same game). The only known minor leaguer to accomplish the feat was Tyrone Horne of the Arkansas Travelers in 1998. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-feats-that-have-never-been-accomplished/580362.md?page=7)