Three-Pitch Inning
There have been 313 three-pitch innings since 1988, measured across 87,617 games, an average of one occurrence every 279 games. The most recent was the San Diego Padres on 17 August 2026; the first was the San Diego Padres on 9 April 1988.
A complete half-inning requiring exactly three actual pitches; automatic intentional walks are not counted as thrown pitches.
Much rarer now: 127 since 2000, one every 503 games, against one every 279 across the whole record.
313recorded occurrences
1 in 279games · 1988+
1988first · San Diego Padres
2026-08-17most recent · San Diego Padres
By decade
Recorded occurrences in each decade within this page’s coverage.
Done it most
Every occurrence (313 of them) · 251–313 of 313
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