Yes an error counts as an at bat, but not a hit. You would be 0 for 1 on the play, but your on base percentage goes up because you have reached base safely. Errors can be committed on sacrifice bunts and sacrifice flies. If the official scorer rules a play a sacrifice bunt/fly and an error, the batter is not charged with a time at bat. On base percentage goes down when reaching base on an straight error.

A pitch which hits the dirt often becomes discolored or has scuff marks on it due to the nature of the soil material around home plate. This happens at a fairly high rate of speed A batted ball in the infield usually hits grass first and at an angle that these scuff marks do not occur. A ball that is chopped and hits the HP circle is taken out of play. This is more so in the major league ranks, then in HS, college, or low minor leagues, where baseballs are at a premium.

What makes a good baseball player? To have a good baseball player takes 5 things: 1.To always have a positive attitude. 2.Always showing leadership. 3.Doing the best he can do. 4.Practicing everyday even when there is no team practice or game 5.Finally,having pride whether you lose or win and having great sportsmanship. Its not about skill its about the 5 things i said and you may think im like a hippie trying to make peace but look these things are true.It doesnt matter if you can pitch 103MPPH like Stephen Stratsburgh or pitch 62MPH like me.

Not as far as I know. In the 1960's I observed a Major League game where a batter fouled off 21 consecutive pitches.

Yes.

However, rules state a pitcher must pitch one complete at bat before being taken out of the game (unless the pitcher gets injured and cannot continue). So, as long as the batter being pitched to is not the first batter the pitcher is facing, the pitcher may be removed in the middle of the count.

The distance between the pitcher's mound to the baseball diamond is roughly 60.5 ft. The distance from homeplate to first base is around 90ft. So basically, the homeplate portion of the baseball diamond is 90 degrees. So if you break that in half that's roughly 45 degrees. Then using law of cosine and using the variable C in place of the distance between the pitcher's mound to first base, you get c^2=(60.5)^2+90^2-2(60.5)(90)(Cos 45) which turns out to be c^2=4059.86. Square that and C= roughly 63.717 and that is the distance between the pitcher's mound to first base.

The distance between the pitcher's mound and home plate is exactly, not roughly, 60.5 feet. Another respondent asked why it is not a simple 45-45-90 triangle, and the answer to that is because the pitcher's mound is NOT located in the exact center of the diamond. The pitcher's mound is closer to home plate than it is to second base.

46 feet

In Major League Baseball, College baseball and High School baseball, the distance between the bases is 90 feet.

There is no set time a player must hold on to a ball after catching either a batted or a thrown ball - the rule only states that he must maintain "control" of the ball.

If the umpire rules that a fielder has control of the ball and then tagged a runner that was off-base, that runner is instantly 'Out' and the fielder need not maintain control of the ball after that. He can immediately throw the ball elsewhere, or even drop it, and the runner would still be out.

Any player under contract may be placed on waivers at any time. If a player is waived, any team may claim him. If more than one team claims the player from waivers, the team with the weakest record in the player's league gets preference. If no team in the player's league claims him, the claiming team with the weakest record in the other league gets preference. In the first month of the season, preference is determined using the previous year's standings. If a team claims a player off waivers and has the viable claim as described above, his current team (the "waiving team") may choose one of the following options: * arrange a trade with the claiming team for that player within two business days of the claim; or * rescind the request and keep the player on its major league roster, effectively canceling the waiver; or * do nothing and allow the claiming team to (1) assume the player's existing contract, (2) pay the waiving team a waiver fee, and (3) place the player on its active major league roster. If a player is claimed and the waiving team exercises its rescission option, the waiving team may not use the option again for that player in that season. If no team claims a player from waivers in three business days, the player has cleared waivers and may be assigned to a minor league team, traded, or released outright. The waiver "wire" is a secret within the personnel of the Major League Baseball clubs; no announcement of a waiver is made until a transaction actually occurs. Many players are often quietly waived during the August "waiver-required" trading period to gauge trade interest in a particular player. Usually, when the player is claimed, the waiving team will rescind the waiver to avoid losing the player unless a trade can be worked out with the claiming team

If it is a batted ball, the batter and all runners are awarded 3 bases.

If it is a thrown ball, the batter and all runners are awarded 2 bases from whatever base they had occupied when the ball was thrown.

Top half of the inning: B1 - single but gets picked off by the pitcher. One out. B2 - Triple but gets picked off by the pitcher. Two outs. B3 - Triple. B4 grounds out. Three outs and no runs in. Bottom half of the same inning: B1 - single but gets picked off by the pitcher. One out. B2 - triple but on the next pitch tries to steal home and is thrown out by the pitcher. Two outs.B3 - single but is thrown out on the next pitch trying to steal second base. Three outs and no runs in. ________________________________________________________________ This is my first time doing this so I'm not really sure how this all works. I just stumbled across this question and noticed that the answer above is incorrect so apparantly anyone can answer anything whether or not they are correct. Here's the CORRECT answer: B1 - hits a triple but gets thrown out at the plate, out 1. B2 - also hits a triple and is thrown out at the plate, out 2. B3 - safetly hits a triple. So far we've got 3 triples, 2 outs, and a runner on third. B4 - hits an infield single and runner on third does not score. B5 - also hits an infield single advancing B4 to second yet runner on 3rd is still unable to score. So far bases are loaded, 2 outs, 3 triples and 2 singles hit leaving the remaining single. B6 then hits a grounder (or line drive) that strikes one of the base-runners. The base-runner is automatically ruled "out" and the batter is automatically credited with a hit.

It's the base running line. As the batter runs towards first base, s/he must stay between those two lines.

This prevents the batter, when running towards first base, from "accidentally" getting between the first baseman and the person with the ball; and thus "unintentionally" interfering with the throw to first.

Check the event starting about 6:50 into the video below -- it shows a runner leaving these lines and "accidentally" getting in the way of such a throw. Incredibly, the umps didn't call the play -- they blew it on the winning run of a World Series game!

Because if it has scuffs on it, it is considered a "bad" ball and it cannot be put back in play. That's why they check it & the umpire sometimes puts it back in play. ...and the reason a scuffed ball should not be used is that you can get more 'action' out of your pitches on a scuffed ball. The pitcher can get a better grip on a scuffed ball, and the scuffs provide more 'bite' on the air allowing a curve to have more snap or a sinker to drop more dramatically, for example.

He doesn't HAVE to, he probably just does it as a sort of knee-jerk reaction - field a ball, throw it to first. It doesn't affect the play in any way. This answer is correct. In baseball, after an out is recorded with no one on base, the team will normally throw the ball around the infield and return to the pitcher by the thirdbaseman..It is more of a traditional ritual than anything else.

It is two 7 feet by 3 feet boxes (one on each side of home plate) that the batter must stand in to attempt to hit a pitched ball.

If a team has all its pitchers ejected in a game, a position player will have to take the mound, assuming they have enough position players left to finish a game. Generally speaking, catchers have the strongest, most accurate arms of the position players, so I would assume the backup catcher would come in and finish the game to the best of his ability. If a team is unable to put at least 8 players on the field, the game is forfeited.

In the infield, a pop up has a natural tendency to move back towards the infield, happens down either line and in the area around the plate. So to compensate for the ball moving towards the infield, the catchers glove is positioned so it can move with the ball, rather than stabbing at it.

Runner is out. Other runners must return to the base they occupied at the instant of the interference. If the runner was trying to break up a double play, the other runner is also out.

No. The only way it is a sacrifice is if the ball is hit in the air and the runner has to tag-up to advance home. The batter is only given an rbi because he did not sacrifice his at bat to score the runner from 3rd.

A wild pitch is considered part of pitching, and therefore a wild pitch contributing to a run does not make that run unearned. Had the runner advanced on a passed ball, or on an error on the pitcher, the run would be unearned, assuming that the run would not have scored anyway had the inning played out the way it did (this sometimes involves a judgment call by the official scorer). For example, if the runner reached second on a passed ball, scored on a single, and there were no further hits in the inning, the run would be unearned. However if after reaching second on the passed ball there were a pair of singles, or an extra base hit, the run probably would be scored as an earned run.

Yes, any age. If you were 5 years old and was good enough to play, they would let you.

It is 60' 6" from the back of the plate to the front of the rubber.

According to MLB Rule 7.03:

" Two runners may not occupy a base, but if, while the ball is alive, two runners are touching a base, the following runner shall be out when tagged. The preceding runner is entitled to the base. "

If two runners are on a base and both are tagged, the runner that got to the base first is safe and the runner that got to the base second is out.

Another name for home plate is the 'dish'.