# Statistics for MLB rainouts. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 14, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-for-mlb-rainouts/195086 "2003-08-14T04:31:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jojothecannibal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jojothecannibal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jojothecannibal)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-for-mlb-rainouts/195086/1 "2003-08-14T04:31:56Z")
If a major league baseball game is rained out after, say, three innings so that there is no winner or loser, are other stats still recorded? Example: Joe Schmoe homers in the first inning. Is the homer going into the offical record? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-for-mlb-rainouts/195086/2 "2003-08-14T05:05:47Z")
No, stats aren’t kept from rained-out games. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-for-mlb-rainouts/195086/3 "2003-08-14T05:08:38Z")
Read about the [homeruns that didn’t happen](http://espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stark/545503.html) even to the Babe. ---
**Author:** ![jojothecannibal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jojothecannibal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jojothecannibal)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-for-mlb-rainouts/195086/4 "2003-08-15T06:27:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t ask \* > \*\*Read about the [homeruns that didn’t happen](http://espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stark/545503.html) even to the Babe. \*\* Woah. I am normally a baseball purist (I loathe the DH, I don’t like inter-league play [though I DO enjoy seeing the Cubs and White Sox play each-other…]), I completely agree with that article. Too bad nothing’s ever going to change. ---
**Author:** ![doctordoowop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@doctordoowop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doctordoowop)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-for-mlb-rainouts/195086/5 "2003-08-15T14:33:18Z")
With baseball now waiting 3-4 hours to resume after a rain delay, & improved drainage, & a few roofs (mostly retractable,one permanent), this is less a problem statistically than when games were called after just 30 minutes of rain. ---
**Author:** ![jojothecannibal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jojothecannibal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jojothecannibal)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-for-mlb-rainouts/195086/6 "2003-08-15T19:17:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by doctordoowop \* > \*\*With baseball now waiting 3-4 hours to resume after a rain delay, & improved drainage, & a few roofs (mostly retractable,one permanent), this is less a problem statistically than when games were called after just 30 minutes of rain. \*\* true, but there ARE occasionally games that are called early because forecasts predict no let-up. Of course, this would cause problems when dealing with rain-checks. How would it be handled? ---
**Author:** ![doctordoowop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@doctordoowop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doctordoowop)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-for-mlb-rainouts/195086/7 "2003-08-16T02:28:35Z")
I can’t wait for a day-night double header to have the 1st game go 20 innings.