Anyone up for a baseball brain teaser?

Question

What baseball game can a pitcher pitch a perfect game, but no-one’s batting average changes? (In season only, not including All star games or anything)

Answer 1

The first game, unless you count 0-0 a 1.000 batting average and 0-3 a .000 batting average.

Answer 2

FIRST GAME OF SEASON

Answer 3

1st game of the year, all stay at .000.

Answer 4

1st game of the season.

Answer 5

First game of the season. No one's been at bat yet before that game.

Answer 6

a perfect game does not have to be a no hitter, just 27 batters so there are any number of scenario's involving pickoffs, double plays, triple plays etc.

(okay i was reaching).

Answer 7

Well technically, it would go from 1.000 to .000 which is a complete different number.  0 - 0 is much different than 0 - 3.  I do not think the first game is correct.  Unless you start everyone's average at 0.0, which you shouldn't do because no one has had an at bat. So, it would have to be the second game of the year.  the game before everyone would have had to not get a hit, making all of their averages 0.000.  Then the next game, pitched perfectly would result in no one BA changing.

Do you not need a certain number of at bats to have a considered BA.  0 / 0 is, in fact, 0. But, with out any recorded at bats (now we are talking about baseball numbers) there is no batting average to change in the first game.  You do not start the season with a 1.000 average.  You start with - in the BA column.

Answer 8

i could say the first game of the year, like everyone else, but i'm not.

the second game of the year- with the identical line-up as the first game which was a no-hitter.

Answer 9

Well it can actually be any game of the year provided that none of the batters have gotten a hit yet. Like say for example, the first game all the batters went 0-4. Then the second game, a pitcher can still pitch a perfect game and no-one's batting average changes.

Answer 10

It cannot be opening day. 0-0 is considered no average, not .000

However, it could happen any day of the season after opening day, if all of the opponents batters have a .000 average. comming into the game. This could happen if a team gets no hits on opening day, and the entire team goes into game 2 with .000 averages.

It could happen at anytime. What if a team's bus was in an accident and the entire team was hurt. All of the players who come up from AAA had a few at-bats previously but no hits (which is why they got sent back to AAA). All the players have a .000 average, which doesn't change if the opposing pitcher gets a perfect game.

Answer 11

second game of the year.  They were no-hit the first game.

Sucks to be them.

Answer 12

1st game embiciles

Answer 13

ah you fooled me...

Answer 14

First Game.

Answer 15

opening day when everyone's batting average is .000   or first appearance of spring training

Answer 16

Technically it could be any game of the season as long as all the opposing hitters have not recorded a hit that season. Realistically, this would only happen on opening day.

No-one's batting average would change in a no hitter as well.

Bob Feller performed the feat (a no hitter, not a perfect game)  April 16, 1940 against the White Sox.