PERFECT GAME Definition & Meaning

perfect game

noun

a baseball game in which the same player pitches throughout the full game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base by a base hit, base on balls, error, or any other means. Compare no-hitter.
a game in bowling of 12 consecutive strikes.

perfect game

noun

baseball a game in which no batter on the opposing team reaches first base
tenpin bowling a game in which a bowler scores twelve consecutive strikes

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Origin of perfect game¹

First recorded in 1945–50

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Still, his perfect game on the final day of the 1963 season got him invited back to spring training the following year to compete for the starting job in center field.

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Even with City's injury problems, they have quality, and Chelsea know a "perfect game" will be necessary.

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He was later drafted by the Chiba Lotte Marines, for whom he pitched a perfect game.

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The perfect game was broken up by a hit batsman.

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It was similar to Paris last week, when they played the perfect game and didn't score.

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