Nowadays, walks and Hit by pitch are added to get the on-base-average, which is slowly supplanting batting average; in 20 years, the OBA will probably be listed instead of the BA.
I’ve never heard being hit by a pitch being called a walk, and it would not be counted under the “BB” statistics. There’s a separate listing for HBP (hit by pitch). The commentator probably forgot the HBP or misread or mismarked his scorecard.
Not quite. If the runner hits the ball but the defence commits an error that results in the batter reaching base, it’s not a hit.
And not an At Bat, but that is just to stop the nit pickers.
Sgt Schwartz
/More nitpicking
It’s the official scorekeeper, not an umpire that makes the determination.
/Nitpicking
Reaching on an error still counts as an At Bat.
You can never stop the nit pickers.
And, of course, a fielder’s choice that results in the batter reaching 1st is also an at-bat, but not a hit.
Casey Stengel tipped his has as he went up to bat and a bird flew out. Lefty Gomez once carried a lantern to the plate with Bob Feller pitching. Gomez had been protesting that it was getting too dark. The umpire told Gomez that he could see OK, and Gomez peplied that he just wanted to make sure that Feller could see him.
Piersall did a lot of nutty things, all of which were the result of his bipolar disorder that finally put him out of the game.
I gotta call foul ball on the Gomez story.
Actually,Gomez lit a match.
Yep. Baseball is 90% mental.
The other half is physical.
Definintely.
Q. Is it possible to get a hit in baseball without getting an at-bat?
A. Yes. If you lay down a sacrifice bunt, or hit a sacrifice grounder, intending to be put out but to advance the runner to score or into scoring position, and are able to outrun the play at first, it’s adjudged a sacrifice hit, and credited as a hit but also a sacrifice, counting as a plate appearance that is not an at-bat. Quite difficult to do without an error on the defense’s part that obviates the situation, but it has been done.
No. A bunt can either be a hit or a sacrifice, but never both.
I think there are very good grounds for the entire England Cricket team for the past several decades being found guilty of making the game of cricket a travesty.
Leaving out the comical response they they typically generate that is.
According to Peter Morris’s book “Game of Inches”, there were several documented cases of runner “stealing first” prior to Germany Schaefer doing it in 1908. There are at least four documented cases of runner stealing second and then “stealing first” for the express purpose of trying to get a runner on third to score on a double steal. It only worked once in those four attempts.
However, the play was not outlawed until 1920.
By that measure the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves of the 1930’s should all have been sanctioned.
This does not appear to be possible under the rules. 10.09 allows for a sacrifice to be credited only if the batter is out out at first base (which can’t be a hit) or attempts a sacrifice and reaches as the result of an error, which is also not a hit.