perfect game

A perfect game in baseball is a rare and exceptional achievement where a pitcher faces the minimum of 27 batters across nine innings without allowing any of them to reach base. This means no hits, no walks, and no batters reaching base due to errors. It is a more difficult feat than a no-hitter, which allows for at least one baserunner.12

In the entire history of Major League Baseball (MLB), there have only been 24 perfect games recorded. The New York Yankees hold the record for the most perfect games pitched by their players, with four instances. Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series is particularly famous as the first of its kind in that championship series.2