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perfect game

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a game in bowling of 12 consecutive strikes.


perfect game

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of perfect game1

First recorded in 1945–50

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Example Sentences

Each situation calls for the perfect game, and while the list of best Nintendo Switch games is long, you can easily find the title for you with a little help.

As the number of games increased, the expected number of perfect games also increased.

However, each game had two pitchers who could each potentially pitch a perfect game, meaning there could be as many as 4,860 perfect games in a season.

To achieve a perfect game, a pitcher must record 27 consecutive outs without allowing anyone from the opposing team on base.

However, to achieve a perfect game, a pitcher must record 27 consecutive outs without allowing anyone from the opposing team on base.

David Roth is absolutely right that there is no perfect game.

And just as there is no perfect game, very rarely is there a perfect witness in an illegal drugs case.

It was like watching the pitcher for the team you hate pitch a perfect game.

Five minutes had not passed before the boys had things adjusted and old Irons O was ready to pitch a perfect game.

They are in every respect the most important and the most perfect game birds of the district which they inhabit.

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