Is it considered a perfect game if, say in the bottom of the 8th an infielder waits on a routine pop up in FOUL GROUND, and drops the ball after making contact with it, with his glove. A normal pop up, very easy play, in foul ground. The batter is therefore deducted a strike, instead of him being out. But is it still a perfect game?
2006-07-03 22:31:32 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Forgot to mention, -- the official scorer credit's the fielder who failed to make the play with an error.
2006-07-03 22:32:19 · update #1
As long as the pitcher gets the guy out, then yes. A perfect game is a statistic for the pitcher, and is defined as a game where all 27 batters are retired and nobody reaches first base. A dropped foul ball would affect neither of those criteria.
2006-07-04 17:42:36 · answer #1 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The 27 up 27 down answers are wrong. You can give up plenty of hits and still only face 27 batters. Your team can turn double plays. To pitch a perfect game you must pitch a no-hitter, not walk a batter, hit a batter, or have a batter reach base on an error. For this reason it is a perfect game.
2006-07-04 08:15:19 · answer #2 · answered by kenway1023 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That could happen 39 times in a game, and it's still a perfect game. A perfect game is a game in which the pitcher allows no baserunners whether it be via a hit, walk or error. That's just a dropped foul ball. It's a strike and they keep going. It doesn't count against the pitcher.
2006-07-04 10:45:59 · answer #3 · answered by spudric13 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the player got charged an error, then there is no perfect game (no hits/runs/errors). But I'm not sure a fielder should be scored an error for dropping a foul pop up?!?!
2006-07-04 05:39:49 · answer #4 · answered by druid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it considered a perfect game if lets say in one inning with one out a guy gets walked and then the next batter grounds into a double play? The pitcher still faces twenty seven batters in the game even though he did walk one. If you know the answer please contact me.
2006-07-10 14:02:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would not be.
You can be charged an error on a foul pop, or atleast I saw it done this season. One was charged on Chase Utley while he was running over and the ball hit his glove. I personally think it is crap, but its what would happen.
2006-07-04 08:37:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as the runner doesn"t reach a base its perfect, if a catcher misses a third strike and the hitter strikes out and reaches first on the passed ball then the perfect game is over
2006-07-05 13:39:37 · answer #7 · answered by shoeman425 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no if their is an error its not a perfect game cause the boards gotta read 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors
2006-07-05 12:29:36 · answer #8 · answered by CubsFan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kenway1023 is absolutely correct. Since the runner did not reach base, the perfect game was still in tact. He's earned the 10 points.
I hope he gets them!!
2006-07-04 17:58:25 · answer #9 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A perfect game is just what it states:
A Perfect Game.
27 men up
27 men down.
Plain & Simple.
2006-07-04 07:22:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋