Editing Batters faced (section)

==No batters faced==
It is possible for a pitcher to participate in a game without officially facing a batter. This can happen when a baserunner is [[pickoff|picked off]] or [[caught stealing]] to end either the inning or the game. For example, in a game between the [[San Francisco Giants]] and [[Philadelphia Phillies]] on August 4, 2016, San Francisco's [[Sergio Romo]] entered the game in the bottom of the 9th inning with the game tied and 2 out. Romo threw four pitches to [[Aaron Altherr]] before [[César Hernández (infielder)|César Hernández]] was caught stealing second base to end the inning, after which Romo was replaced. The Giants went on to win the game in [[extra innings]] and Romo was the [[winning pitcher]] despite never officially facing a batter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI201608040.shtml|title=San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score, August 4, 2016 |website=Baseball Reference |access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref>

A pitcher could also not record a batter faced if he gets injured and has to be replaced before the completion of a plate appearance. [[Larry Yount]] holds the distinction of being the only pitcher in major league history to appear in the record books without ever having officially faced a batter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stathead.com/tiny/5C12A |title=Pitching Season & Career Finder: Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1871 to 2020, (requiring BFP=0), sorted by most recent date |publisher=Stathead |access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> In Yount's case this was also true in a literal sense as he was injured while throwing a warm-up pitch on his debut and never entered the game, but was credited with doing so due to having already been announced.<ref>{{cite web |first=Tyler |last=Kepner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/sports/baseball/padres-count-on-a-career-200-hitter-to-guide-them-to-contention.html |title=Padres Count on a Career .200 Hitter to Guide Them to Contention| newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 30, 2016 |access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref>