* 1B — Single: hits on which the batter reaches first base safely without the contribution of a fielding error.

* 2B — Double: hits on which the batter reaches second base safely without the contribution of a fielding error.

* 3B — Triple: hits on which the batter reaches third base safely without the contribution of a fielding error.

* BABIP — Batting average on balls in play: frequency at which a batter reaches a base after putting the ball in the field of play.

* The batter reaches first base on a hit

* The batter reaches first base on an error

* A batter reaches base on an error ( including catcher's interference ), and later scores a run in that inning by any means.

* A batter reaches base on a fielder's choice which removes a baserunner who has reached base safely on an error or has remained on base as the result of an error, reaching first base on a passed ball on a called or swinging third strike, or remained on base on an error on a fielders ' choice play that should have retired him, and subsequently scores.

In the first two cases above, " on an error " includes situations where the batter makes a clean hit ( or walks, is hit by pitch, reaches base on a fielder's choice in which no out is made, or reaches base on a wild pitch on a called or swinging third strike ), but should have been out earlier in his at bat on a foul fly ball which was dropped by a fielder for an error.

In baseball statistics, a hit ( denoted by H ), also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice.

To achieve a hit, the batter must reach first base before any fielder can either tag him with the ball, throw to another player protecting the base before the batter reaches it, or tag first base while carrying the ball.

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.

:( 1 ) the batter reaches first base ( or any succeeding base ) safely on a fair ball that settles on the ground, that touches a fence before being touched by a fielder or that clears a fence ;

:( 2 ) the batter reaches first base safely on a fair ball hit with such force, or so slowly, that any fielder attempting to make a play with the ball has no opportunity to do so ;

:( 3 ) the batter reaches first base safely on a fair ball that takes an unnatural bounce so that a fielder cannot handle it with ordinary effort, or that touches the pitcher's plate or any base ( including home plate ) before being touched by a fielder and bounces so that a fielder cannot handle the ball with ordinary effort ;

:( 4 ) the batter reaches first base safely on a fair ball that has not been touched by a fielder and that is in fair territory when the ball reaches the outfield, unless in the scorer's judgment the ball could have been handled with ordinary effort ;

In baseball statistics, on-base percentage ( OBP ; sometimes referred to as on-base average / OBA, as the statistic is rarely presented as a true percentage ) is a measure of how often a batter reaches base for any reason other than a fielding error, fielder's choice, dropped / uncaught third strike, fielder's obstruction, or catcher's interference ( the latter two are ignored as either times-on-base ( TOB ) or plate appearances in calculating OBP ).

In a perfect game, no batter reaches any base during the course of the game.

There is also the " inside-the-park " home run, increasingly rare in modern baseball, where the batter reaches home safely while the baseball is in play on the field.

Lumpe worked a walk as the first batter to face Hyde and romped around as Siebern blasted Hyde's next toss 415 feet over the scoreboard in right center.

Catcher must catch the third strike or batter may attempt to run to first base.

* BB — Base on balls ( also called a " walk "): times pitching four balls, allowing the batter to take first base

* FPOM — First Pitch Outs Made: Number of outs earned where the batter ground or flies out on the first pitch.

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

A hit by pitch is not counted statistically as a walk, though the effect is mostly the same, with the batter receiving a free pass to first base.

As with any other walk, an intentional walk entitles the batter to first base without liability to be put out, and entitles any runners to advance if forced.

Outside the professional leagues, such as in high school or college baseball, the manager may simply request to the plate umpire to let the batter go to first instead of having the pitcher waste four outside pitches.

Per baseball official rule 6. 08 ( b ), a batter becomes a baserunner and is awarded first base when he or his equipment ( except for his bat ):

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

Neither the use of a pinch-runner to replace a baserunner who represents an unearned run nor the use of a pinch-hitter to continue the turn at bat of a batter who would be out except for an error transforms a run scored by such a person or his successors on base from an unearned run to an earned run.

A base on balls ( BB ) is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls.

Receiving a base on balls does not count as a hit or an at bat for a batter but does count as a time on base and a plate appearance.

* HR — Home runs: hits on which the batter successfully touched all four bases, without the contribution of a fielding error.

* RBI — Run batted in: number of runners who score due to a batters ' action, except when batter grounded into double play or reached on an error

In this case, the batter will come to bat again in the next inning, though he now has no balls or strikes on him.

* A batter or runner advances one or more bases on an error or passed ball and scores on a play that would otherwise not have provided the opportunity to score.

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.

A sacrifice by Eddie Mathews and an intentional walk to Hank Aaron followed ; the next batter, Joe Adcock, hit a home run that became a double when he passed Aaron on the bases.

It is possible to form the dumplings as the batter is passed through a special perforated halušky strainer forming small ( 1 / 2 X 2-3 cm ) irregularly-shaped lumps.

On March 9, Osterman struck out her 1, 200th batter to tie Lisa Ishikawa of Northwestern University for 10th place on the NCAA all-time strikeout list ; on March 11, she moved past Ishikawa and passed Jocelyn Forest of the University of California, Berkeley to take ninth place.