What is the difference between a perfect game and a no hitter?


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A perfect game means that you did not allow any walks or hits. A no hitter is simply put - the other team gets no hits, but did get runners on base with walk or hit by pitch.

What makes a perfect game so amazing is that it is truly "perfect" - no men on base the entire game. 27 straight outs.

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a perfect game is a game in which a pitcher retires 27 straight batters without allowing any baserunners. a no-hitter is a game when a pitcher gives up no hits but does allow a baserunner either by a walk or an error or hit batsman. in fact.. i once threw a no-hitter in little league and got the loss because my team made so many errors.

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I think the difference is that in a perfect game no one reaches base. During a no-no someone can reach base by a walk (or I think even a fielding error) and as long as no one reaches base by a hit it is a no-hitter.

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Walks, errors, HBPs, basically anything that allows a baserunner, is what breaks up a perfect game.

Only a hit can break up a no-hitter.

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a perfect game means that every batter faced is retired, without any runners reaching base safely

a no-hitter means that no batters reach base by getting a hit. however, they can walk or get hit by pitch or even reach base on error.

so perfect = no safe baserunners
ho-hit = no hits, but safe baserunners

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In a no hitter no one gets a hit. But someone can still score by being walked in. In a perfect game there is no runs scored by the other team and they get them out three up and three down.

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A perfect game has no one on base, i.e., no hits, no walks, no steals, no runs.

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no walks or hits

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A perfect game is when no batter from the other team gets on base. If a player gets on by an error, a walk, or a hit by pitch, but does not get a hit. Then it is ony a no-hitter. Like tonights game, he walked one batter, so it was just a no-hitter, not a perfect game. Even though the runner was picked off, it is still only a no -hitter.

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no hitters are when the pitcher doesn't allow a hit. a batter can still reach base on a walk, hit by pitch, error, dropped 3rd strike and so on.
perfect game is when everyone of the 27 batters takes a seat. no errors, no walks, no hbp. nothing. no one reaches. that's why they are so rare and less than 30 have occurred in baseball's history.

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I a perfect game no runner reaches first base for any reason.

27 Batters 27 Outs.

You could lose a no hit game.

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Check me if I missed some thing but Don Newcome pitched a game in the 50s giving up 1 base hit who was out on a double play so he ended up facing only 27 batters.

On No hitter, No perfect game. But is was a good game any way.

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A no-hitter is just that--a pitcher gives up no hits. He may walk some hitters, his team might make errors behind him, and runs may score, but if nothing is scored a hit, it's a no-hitter.
A perfect game is 27 up, 27 down. In order. No exceptions. You can understand how difficult this is to accomplish.
Baseball has a no-hitter, or even more than one, almost every year, but perfect games are pretty rare.

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perfect game - nobody reached base, 27 straight outs
no hitter - no one got a hit, but men reached base by errors, walks, being hit by pitch.

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Perfect game means no batter reaches base in any way. No walks, hits, errors, hit batters.nothing. In a no hitter it simply means the pitcher didn't give up any hits.

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A perfect game is where the pitcher throws to only 27 batters(the fewest possible), retiring everyone he faces with noone reaching 1st base fro any reason. The no- hitter is precisely that=no hits.

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In a perfect game, no runner reaches base by any means.

In a no-hitter, a batter-runner can reach by a walk, an error, being hit by a pitch, etc. Just as long as that etc isn't a hit.

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