# Assisted catch in baseball

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-catch-in-baseball/815793>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 10, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-catch-in-baseball/815793 "2018-06-10T01:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-catch-in-baseball/815793/21 "2018-07-06T13:15:18Z")

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> [@Dead\_Cat](#):
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> You are quite right, my apologies - I totally hijacked the thread, there. Maybe one of our knowledgable baseball Dopers like RickJay or OldGuy will pop back in with the answer.

Just to confirm OldGuy’s answer - one never knows what he scoring conventions might be for weird plays - I looked up the box score for Game 6 of the 1980 World Series, the one with the famous Boone-to-Rose assisted catch that helped save the game for the Phillies. (I had forgotten how crucial the play was; it was the ninth inning and the Royals had the bases loaded.) Indeed, that play was scored 2-3, and Boone was credited with an assist, so yes, you get an assist if you bounce a fly ball to someone else.

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