the ball is in the air, it is caught, its an out. so why all the different outs.
2006-06-29 17:55:57 · 10 answers · asked by bobloyed 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Ian M was close. Popups are batter mistakes. They can be caused by good pitching or bad hitting or a combination. Line drives are normally hits that just happened to be right at somebody or were snared by good defense. Fly outs are usually also hitter mistakes. Though some well hit balls wind up in this catagory as well. Ones that didn't quite make it out of the park or that happened to be right at an outfielder. So a fly out is not a negitive against a hitter unless they are struggling and they are seeing a large number of lazy flyouts.
The reason they are called different things is it effects the play of the game. A good flyball pitcher for example is one that gets hitters under the ball thus a nice lazy flyout. If the hitter isn't fooled then flyball pitchers tend to produce quite a few home runs. Why is this important. Well you don't want a fly ball pitcher if you are the GM for teams like the Rockies, Cubs, Redsox. So it is signifcant in what kind of pitcher you are. Groundball pitchers are usually guys with good stuff who fool the batters consistantly into being on top of the ball, thus driving it into the dirt for normally easy outs. Pitchers that give up line drives are going to get hurt. They can get lucky for a time but those line drives are going to start falling in for hits sooner or later. So it is a diagnostic stat for pitching coaches and managers. They can watch how many line drives a pitcher is giving up and see warning signs even if the pitcher is still doing well at the time.
It is also a diagnostic for hitters. For example you have two hitters both hitting .260 who are not skilled posisition players. Anybody hitting below .270 who plays 1st, 3rd, LF, RF or DH is not doing thier job. Doesn't matter how many HRs they have. One player is hitting .260 but has hit alot of line drives that were snared. That's a player who will see thier BA improve because those line drives will start dropping in for hits sooner or later. It means the hitter is getting a good bead on the ball and driving it. The other hitter is KOing alot, when not KOing is hitting lazy fly balls, pop ups and such. That is a hitter who is in a serious funk or one that's going back to the minors very soon.
The types of outs are also distinguished because of the level of difficulty for the defenders. A defender who drops a fly out is probably going to get an error. One who drops a line drive might be ruled a hit because of the velocity of the ball. Popups also signify the infield fly rule if they qualify. So you have to distinguish a popup in the infield to denote the effects on existing baserunners.
Ground outs are the other significant catagory you left out. Those are typically hitter mistakes as well. On top of the ball means a ground out, under the ball fly out, partial contact equal foul ball or pop up. Dead on with the meat of the bat means line drives, hits and well hit balls.
2006-06-29 18:25:44 · answer #1 · answered by draciron 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A pop out goes high in the air A lineout has a less steep trajectory.Both are flyouts as they get caught before they hit the ground.
2006-06-29 18:00:14 · answer #2 · answered by David S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, a pop-out is the batters fault, so he feels bad. A line-out is a great play by an infielder, so he gets to feel good about himself. The flyout means the hitter should have worked a bit harder in batting practice to get the extra distance over the fence.
It's a good point really. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the scorekeepers.
2006-06-29 18:00:14 · answer #3 · answered by Ian M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To answer this question....ask yourself a question. If you were the batter, and you were describing your hits, how would you describe them? If you hit a ground ball, would you call it a line drive?? Probably not. They have different names in order to give a person who does not see the hit a good idea of what actually happened. There is a scoring log of every game, and accuracy is very important for historical reasons.
2006-06-29 18:12:09 · answer #4 · answered by bdetraz2112 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lineout= hard hit ball not hit high, like eye level, popout= hit high but not far, flyout= hit high and far
2006-06-29 17:59:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all describe how the batter hit the ball. when I am coaching I want to know how that hitter has hit the ball each time. lots of line outs or deep flies show me a hitter is more of a threat. lots of popflies show me we have had success pitching that hitter a certain way and should continue what has worked for us.
2006-06-29 18:00:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they're different ways of hitting into an out. They all look different and are different ways to have the ball travel and be hit.
2006-06-29 18:01:23 · answer #7 · answered by jjc92787 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is named according to the action of the ball.
2006-06-29 17:59:07 · answer #8 · answered by doodad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ANGLE OR TRAJECTORY THAT SAID BALL IS HIT INTO THE AIR.
2006-06-29 18:18:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is part of baseball's charm.
You have to a fan to appreciate it's beauty.
2006-06-29 19:57:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋