What does it mean when the announcer says, "That's a six, four, three double play?"?

Question

I've been watching baseball since I was 10. I've heard the anouncer say during double plays thousands of times. "That's a six, four, three double play..." or sometimes during a double play, the numbers change. What's the meaning?

Answer 1

On a scorecard players are denoted as numbers to make scorekeeping shorter. 1is the pitcher, 2 is the catcher, 3 is 1st, 4 is second, 5is third, 6 is shortstop, 7 is left field, 8 is center, 9 is right. A 6 4 3 double play would be the shortstop (6) throwing to the second baseman (4) for the first out who then throws to the first baseman (3) for the second out.

Answer 2

The #'s correlate to a position on the field. 1 is the pitcher 2 is the catcher 3 is the first baseman 4 is the second baseman 5 is the third baseman 6 is the shortstop 7 is the leftfielder 8 is the centerfielder 9 is the right fielder

Answer 3

The numbers refer to the scoring of the play.

1 = Pitcher
2 = Catcher
3 = First Baseman
4 = Second Baseman
5 = Third Baseman
6 = Shortstop
7 = Left-Fielder
8 = Center-Fielder
9 = Right-Fielder

Answer 4

yep, ss to 2b to 1b, each position is a number, and the play is 6-4-3 because the ss fielded it, threw it to the 2b, and the 2b threw it to the 1b. As for the numbers, Pitcher-1 Catcher-2 first baseman-3 second baseman-4 third baseman-5 shortstop-6 left field-7 center field-8 and right field-9.

Answer 5

The numbers are for the different positions on the field and infield. So they are saying that was a shortstop to second baseman to first baseman double play or that's a right field to third base to second base double play.

Answer 6

Those are position numbers - I believe it goes (1) pitcher (2) catcher (3) first baseman (4) second baseman (5) third baseman (6) shortstop (7) left fielder (8) center fielder (9) right fielder

Answer 7

It means the dp went from the shortstop (6) to the 2B (4) for the first out and then from 2B onto 1B (3) for the final out. All nine positions have a number corresponding to them. They are:

1-P
2-C
3-1B
4-2B
5-3B
6-SS
7-LF
8-CF
9-RF

Another example. Let's say the batter grounds to the third baseman who throws to first baseman for the putout. That play would be scored 5-3.

Answer 8

Six = Shortstop
Four = 2nd Baseman
Three = 1st Baseman

Each of the 9 fielders is assigned a number from 1 (pitcher) to 9 (right fielder). When a putout is recorded, the number of the fielder making the putout is indicated on the scorecard.

Answer 9

i'm just going 2 repeat cuz by this time u already know, so here goes:
shortstop (6) to 2nd baseman (4) 1 out, to 1st baseman (3) 2 outs, there 4 double play : )

Answer 10

ss to the 2 baseman to the first baseman each player on the field has a different number and when he makes a play his number goes in the scorecard