# In baseball, if a pitcher throws a wild pitch that hits the ground... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 18, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-baseball-if-a-pitcher-throws-a-wild-pitch-that-hits-the-ground/361194 "2006-06-18T20:15:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-baseball-if-a-pitcher-throws-a-wild-pitch-that-hits-the-ground/361194/21 "2015-04-10T14:57:23Z")
My best ever at-bat was off of a pitch like this. I managed to get a double, mostly because nobody was at all expecting me to swing. Though this was purely sandlot with a bunch of friends, not even little league. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-baseball-if-a-pitcher-throws-a-wild-pitch-that-hits-the-ground/361194/22 "2015-04-10T16:49:47Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > [Here are some examples](http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2014/04/21/72841392/sunday-was-a-banner-day-for-hitting-bounced-pitches), including Vlad Guerrero hitting a bloop single and Corey Dickerson whacking a double, off bounced pitches. > > It amazes me that Guerrero never struck out 100 times in a season, and only had 985 K’s over his 16 year career. There was a time when 100 Ks in a season was pretty terrible for a hitter. Now it’s probably about average. Vlad’s K numbers don’t surprise me. He was a great contact hitter and very frequently swung at the first pitch. That combo does not make for a lot of strikeouts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-baseball-if-a-pitcher-throws-a-wild-pitch-that-hits-the-ground/361194.md?page=1)