* HB — Hit batsman: times hit a batter with pitch, allowing runner to advance to first base

If the batter gets a base hit, which would have scored the runner anyway, the run now becomes earned.

The hit is scored the moment the batter reaches first base safely-if the runner is put out while attempting a double or triple on the same play, he still gets credit for the hit.

If a batter reaches first base because of offensive interference by a preceding runner ( including if a preceding runner is hit by a batted ball ), he is also credited with a hit.

:( 2 ) batter apparently hits safely and a runner who is forced to advance by reason of the batter becoming a runner fails to touch the first base to which such runner is advancing and is called out on appeal.

* The batter is put out because an outfielder ( or an infielder running in the outfield, or foul territory ) catches the ball on the fly ( alternatively if the batter would have been out if not for an error or if the outfielder drops the ball and another runner is put out ).

Therefore, when a runner on first or second base tags on a fly ball and advances no further than third base, no sacrifice is given and the batter is charged with an at-bat.

Note that, although rarely occurring, if a runner tags and advances from second base ( or, theoretically, from first base ) all the way to home and scores ( without an intervening error ) the batter is credited with a sacrifice fly.

A batter is not charged with a plate appearance if, while he was at bat, a preceding runner is put out on the basepaths for the third out in a way other than by the batter putting the ball into play ( i. e., picked off, caught stealing ).

After that runner was caught stealing, no other batter reached base.

When a home run is scored, the batter is also credited with a hit and a run scored, and an RBI for each runner that scores, including himself.

Likewise, the pitcher is recorded as having given up a hit, a run for each runner that scores including the batter, and an earned run each for the batter and for all baserunners who did not initially reach base on error, except that the runs scored by any runners who reached base while facing an earlier pitcher are charged to that pitcher.

* Out ( baseball ), play which retires the batter or a base runner

When, as a result of this loss of control, the batter or a runner on base advances, the catcher is thereby charged with a passed ball.

When a batter leaves the post, each runner on a post may run to the next and succeeding posts.

1904 saw an attempt to reduce the already wordy slew of rules governing stolen bases, with the stolen base now credited when "... the advances a base unaided by a base hit, a put out, ( or ) a fielding or batter error.

In this case, if the runner advances and the batter is thrown out, and if the official scorer judges that the intention of the batter was to bunt for a base hit, then the batter will not receive credit for a sacrifice bunt.

A batter who reaches first base safely but advances on the same play as the result of fielder's choice is credited with a hit for the number of bases he would have reached safely with no other runners on base, and is said to have taken the additional base ( s ) on the throw.

For example, if a runner on second attempts to score after a soft hit to center field and the center fielder chooses to throw to home while the batter advances to second, the official scorer must decide the value of the hit.

If the batter who just finished batting does not follow the previous batter in the written order, his plate appearance was improper, any advances or scores due to his action are nullified, he is removed from the bases if he reached, and the proper batter is called out.

If a batter advances to the third base on his own fair hit, he scores a home run.

* If a batter gets a base hit then in the same play advances due to a fielding error by the second baseman, these are written as two events.

When a runner advances due to a following batter, it can be noted by the batting position or the uniform number of the batter that advanced the runner.

* 6th batter, # 23 Ellis Burks ( the Giants ' Right Fielder ) grounds out 5-3 ( 3rd baseman to 1st baseman ), but in the process, advances J. T.

Intentional walks are a strategic defensive maneuver, usually done to bypass one hitter for one the defensive team believes is less likely to initiate a run-scoring play ( e. g., a home run, sacrifice fly, or RBI base hit ), or to set up a double play or force out situation for the next batter.

An intentional walk is signaled by the catcher standing and extending one arm to the side away from the batter.

One of them is instructing one of his players ( Rudi Stein in the 1976 original and Daragabrigadien in the remake ) to get hit on purpose in order to load the bases, knowing he has a very good batter coming up next ( Engelberg and Leak, respectively ).

The sacrifice fly is one of two instances in baseball where a batter is not charged with a time at bat after putting a ball in play ; the other is the sacrifice hit ( also known as a sacrifice bunt ).

In baseball, a home run ( abbreviated HR ) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process.

Williams said that the " only real fun " he had in 1940 was being able to pitch once on August 24, when he pitched the last two innings in a 12-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers, allowing one earned run on three hits, while striking out one batter, Rudy York.

The bases are marked with long poles, which batters must keep in contact with and fielders must ' stump ', and only one ' good ' ball need normally be thrown before a batter must run.

Each batter, except the last in each inning, is entitled to receive one good ball: the last batter is entitled to receive three good balls unless he or she is caught out.

If a batter receives three bad balls then a ' walk-on ' is called and all runners advance one base.

Normally, one batter may not overtake another while running between bases, although there are exceptions to this rule.

The main differences between baseball and the NRA version of the game are that the bat is much shorter and is usually swung one-handed ; misses or strikes are not called, so there are no walks or strike-outs ; each batter receives only one good ball and must run whether he or she hits it or not.

A pitch thrown completely without spin is actually less desirable, however, than one with only a very slight spin ( so that the ball completes perhaps between one-quarter and one-half a rotation on its way from the pitcher to the batter ).

* Electronic wickets or Electrics-a rule which states that if there is only one set of stumps, and one batsman, the batter may be run out at the end where the stumps are even if running to the end where there are no stumps.

More than one online survey incorrectly lists the game pitched by the Los Angeles Dodgers ' Bill Singer against the Phillies on July 20, 1970, as perfect aside from two throwing errors by Singer ; in fact, he also hit batter Oscar Gamble in the first inning.

The program ranged from a US $ 10 fine for a pitcher walking a batter with one on and two outs to a US $ 100 fine for missing curfew.

However, critics, particularly within the field of sabermetrics, argue that RBI measures the quality of the lineup more than it does the player himself since an RBI can only be credited to a player if one or more batters preceding him in the batting order reached base ( the exception to this being a solo home run, in which the batter is credited with driving himself in ).

The bunt is often characterized by the batter turning his body toward the pitcher and sliding one hand up the barrel of the bat to help steady it.

A pitcher receives credit for ( and a batter is charged with ) a strikeout on any third strike, but a batter is out only if one of the following is true:

Cooked on a rangetop, one frying method involves pouring a small amount of liquid batter made with boiling water and self-rising cornmeal ( cornmeal with soda or some other chemical leavener added ) into a skillet of hot oil, and allowing the crust to turn golden and crunchy while the center of the batter cooks into a crumbly, mushy bread.