Names for the number 0 in English Names for the number 0 in English Zero is the usual name for the number 0 in English. In British English "nought" is also used. In American English "naught" is used occasionally for zero, but as with British English, "naught" is more often used as an archaic word for nothing. "Nil", "love", and "duck" are used by different sports for scores of zero. It is quite common in English to describe decades with a plural of the first year of the decade for example "the nineties" which can be written as "the 90s". There was a debate on what to
Game score to remain in games longer than today; four of the top six all-time game scores were accomplished in stints of 21 innings or more. Fourteen times in Major League Baseball history, a pitcher has achieved a game score of 100 or higher in a 9-inning game, as detailed here. Also included in the table is the game score according to version 2.0, which is described below. Results from this formula tend to be higher and must not be confused with those from the original Bill James formula. The total number of game scores listed for each pitcher are starts in