Editing Hit by pitch (section)

==Records==
{{See also|List of Major League Baseball career hit batsmen leaders|List of Major League Baseball career hit by pitch leaders}}
[[Korea Baseball Organization]] third baseman [[Choi Jeong]] holds the Korean Baseball Organization hit by pitch record with 348. It is also the world record. The all-time record for a player being hit by a pitch in [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] is held by [[Hughie Jennings]], who was hit by 287 pitches between 1891 and 1903. The modern-era{{clarify|date=August 2022}} record is held by [[Craig Biggio]] of the [[Houston Astros]], who had 285 as of the end of the 2007 season when he retired. Prior to Biggio, the modern-era record belonged to [[Don Baylor]], who was hit 267 times.

The all-time single-season record also belongs to Jennings, who was hit 51 times during the 1896 season. [[Ron Hunt]] of the 1971 [[Montreal Expos]] was hit 50 times during that year, the modern-era record. The single-game record is three, held by numerous players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_hbp2.shtml|title=Hit by a Pitch Records by Baseball Almanac|work=baseball-almanac.com}}</ref>

The all-time record for pitchers is held by [[Gus Weyhing]] with 277 (1887–1901). The modern-era career pitching record for most hit batsmen is 205 by Hall-of-Famer [[Walter Johnson]]. The season record is 54 by [[Phil Knell]] in 1891, and the game record is six, held by [[Ed Knouff]] and [[John Grimes (baseball)|John Grimes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_hbp.shtml|title=Hit Batsmen Records by Baseball Almanac|work=baseball-almanac.com}}</ref> On September 1, 2021, [[Austin Adams (baseball, born 1991)|Austin Adams]] became the first pitcher hitting batters 20 or more times with 120 or less IPs in a season. [[Ed Doheny]] hit batters 22 times in 133.2 IP in 1900.

A total of ten MLB players have been hit twice in a single inning; three in [[American League]] games, six in [[National League (baseball)|National League]] games, and one in an interleague game:{{cn|date=June 2025}}
* On April 26, 1959, [[Willard Schmidt]] of the [[Cincinnati Reds]] became the first such player in MLB history (and in a National League game), being hit twice in the bottom of the 3rd inning by [[Milwaukee Braves]] pitchers [[Lew Burdette]] and [[Bob Rush (baseball)|Bob Rush]].
* On April 29, 1962, [[Frank Thomas]] of the [[New York Mets]] was hit twice in the bottom of the 4th inning by [[Philadelphia Phillies]] pitchers [[Art Mahaffey]] and [[Frank Sullivan (baseball)|Frank Sullivan]].
* On July 12, 1996, [[Andrés Galarraga]] of the [[Colorado Rockies]] was hit twice in the bottom of the 7th inning by [[San Diego Padres]] pitchers [[Bryce Florie]] and [[Willie Blair]].
* On May 23, 1999, [[Brady Anderson]] of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] became the first such player in an American League game, getting hit twice in the bottom of the 1st inning by [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] pitcher [[Mike Morgan (baseball)|Mike Morgan]].
* On September 8, 2008, [[Mike Hessman]] of the [[Detroit Tigers]] was hit twice in the bottom of the 2nd inning by [[Oakland Athletics]] pitchers [[Gio González]] and [[Josh Outman]].
* On September 23, 2010, [[José Guillén]] of the [[San Francisco Giants]] was hit twice in the top of the 2nd inning by [[Chicago Cubs]] pitcher [[Ryan Dempster]].
* On June 18, 2012, [[David DeJesus]] of the Chicago Cubs became the first such player in an interleague game, getting hit twice in the top of the 7th inning by [[Chicago White Sox]] pitchers [[Will Ohman]] and [[Hector Santiago (baseball)|Hector Santiago]].
* On April 25, 2014, [[Brandon Moss]] of the Oakland Athletics was hit twice in the top of the 9th inning by [[Houston Astros]] pitchers [[Josh Fields (pitcher)|Josh Fields]] and [[Anthony Bass]].
* On April 28, 2025, [[Francisco Lindor]] of the New York Mets was hit twice in the top of the 7th inning by [[Washington Nationals]] pitcher [[Cole Henry]].
* On May 31, 2025, [[CJ Abrams]] of the Washington Nationals was hit twice in the top of the 1st inning by two different [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] pitchers: [[Brandon Pfaadt]] and [[Scott McGough]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com.au/mlb/playbyplay/_/gameId/401695779|title=Nationals 11-7 Diamondbacks|date=May 31 2025|publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref>

Three times has a perfect game been broken up by the 27th batter being hit by pitch. [[Hooks Wiltse]], [[Max Scherzer]], and [[Joe Musgrove]] hold this rare feat. All three finished with no-hitters after the hit by pitch. Scherzer's team was leading 6–0 and Musgrove's 3–0 when they pitched their no-hitters, but Wiltse's team was scoreless through 9; he pitched a 10-inning 1–0 no-hitter. The record for most hit batters in a no-hitter is three, held by [[Chris Heston]] of the San Francisco Giants for his 2015 effort against the New York Mets.<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Casella|title=The Most Unconventional No-Hitters|url=http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/129863414/edwin-jackson-aj-burnett-unusual-no-hitters-chris-heston|publisher=Sports on Earth|date=June 11, 2015|access-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref>

Postseason career records are held by [[Greg Maddux]] and [[Tim Wakefield]]—each of whom hit 9 batters—and [[Shane Victorino]], who was hit by pitch 11 times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/InigA|title=Postseason Pitching Event Finder: From 1903 to 2017, All Teams, Hit By Pitches|website=Baseball Reference|access-date=June 19, 2018}}</ref>