# Baseball Boxscore Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-boxscore-question/85144>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 3, 2001, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-boxscore-question/85144 "2001-10-03T07:16:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-boxscore-question/85144/1 "2001-10-03T07:16:42Z")

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I know we have a lot of baseball fans here, so one of you might know this.  
When a pitcher’s pitchcount is show, it usually says something like 107 pitches, 77 strikes, 30 balls, or something similar. How are batted balls counted in this? Also, how are 2 srike foul balls counted in this?  
I tried looking at a couple of websites devoted to baseball scoring, but couldn’t find the answer. Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-boxscore-question/85144/2 "2001-10-03T07:19:18Z")

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Any ball that the batter makes contact with is assumed to be a strike. If it wasn’t, he wouldn’t have swung at it, right?

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**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-boxscore-question/85144/3 "2001-10-03T07:24:04Z")

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Damn **Flymaster** , that was quick. So much for wasting some time waiting for a reply. 🙂  
Thanks.