In baseball
can a pitcher be brought into the game as a pinch hitter?
then go onto pitch the next inning?
is that allowed?
2006-10-29 15:39:26 · 9 answers · asked by alooz 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
so i could take a pitcher and put him the outfield bring in another pitcher have him pitch out the inning then bring in the pitcher from the outfield and have him pitch the following inning?
2006-10-29 15:55:25 · update #1
Ok think of the player as a sub coming in for someone else... lets say a benched player coming in for third base. at any time he can be moved to a different position. so lets say he gets moved to left field. its perfectly legal. same if he came in to bat. technically he is taking over for the position, not for the bat. so if he came in when the third baseman was hitting, he is part of the lineup, and thus can move to any position. this applies to pitching as well. Pinch hitters are not technically one-time-at-bat players. (although they are generally used for one at bat).
2006-10-29 15:55:46 · answer #1 · answered by i am me 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, he can. There are no rules prohibiting a player from being pinch hitter, then pitching in relief. Or as a pinch runner, and staying in the game.
In the National League, you see a few pitchers (Jason Marquis, Greg Maddux, Bronson Arroyo are examples) who are very good batters. However they are starters. RELIEF pitchers, on the other hand, bat so infrequently, therefore they are poor choices as a pinch hitter.
In the American League, since pitchers don't come to bat at all, I can only imagine a pitcher batting as a PH, in long, extra-inning games, when the rest of a team's bench has been used up earlier in the game.
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2006-10-30 06:27:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a pitcher is allowed to do that. For example, Roger Clemens entered Game 5 of the 2005 Division Series against the Braves as a pinch-hitter in the 15th inning and pitched the final three innings.
2006-10-29 23:52:24 · answer #3 · answered by arkguy20 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I've seen a pitcher go out into the outfield for an inning so he could come back and pitch in the next inning.
It's all about defensive alignment substitutions.
2006-10-29 23:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by yblur 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can do that. Moving from a defensive position to pitcher is no different than any other position except you can't do infinitely like the other 8 spots. You can move a pitcher off the mound to a defensive position and back once an inning, as long as you do it on the first visit.
2006-10-30 08:45:31 · answer #5 · answered by Michael T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. A couple years ago, the Brewers had a relief pitcher named Brooks Kieschnick that they used to do that with. Kieschnick had originally come up as an outfielder and later converted to pitching; he was a good enough hitter (.248 lifetime average - not great, obviously, but better than most pitchers) that they were willing to use him as a pinch-hitter in non-critical situations.
2006-10-30 01:47:20 · answer #6 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but why would you want a pitcher to be a pinch hitter?
2006-10-29 23:43:56 · answer #7 · answered by futureastronaut1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. pretty sure it is and you don't even have to bat in the pithcers spot. you'd have to sit whoever was in the lineup when the pithcer came to bat replace him the next inning with a new player and take out the pitcher from the previos inning. the new fielder would then bat in the pithcer's spot, it's rarely done, but dusty baker did it once with carlose zambrano 2 years ago if i remember correctly.
2006-10-30 10:16:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can!!!
2006-10-30 00:18:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋