A pitcher is given a pitch count once he leaves the game. Say for instance
pitches 90
strikes 44
balls 46
My question is this. If the batter swings and fouls it off, do they take into account WHERE THE PITCH is in the strikezone???? Or are all fouled off pitches considered to be 'strikes' in the pitchers pitch count ????
Thank you
2007-01-03 15:36:59 · 11 answers · asked by matthew654654 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The assumption is a MLB player is not going to swing at a ball out of strike (most of the time) and connect even fewer. Since the official ruling on a foul is strike (exception third strike) then it is considered a strike in "pitch count"
2007-01-03 15:42:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Makes me happy I grew up once I did. watching baseball in the Seventies, shall we tell whilst a beginning pitcher replaced into dropping his stuff via the way the fighters might initiate hitting against him. We by no ability had any concept how many pitches everybody threw in a interest... now and back we'd initiate counting and can lose song halfway in the path of the interest because of the fact of all the different stuff that replaced into occurring... i don't think of we ever comprehensive counting pitches. As for commentators, definite, they're following healthful of the managers and coaches, who're truly those captivated with this pitch count quantity stuff...yet what are pitch counts, whilst it comes right down to it, from an announcer's point of view...yup, you guessed it...yet another STAT.
2016-10-19 10:48:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question but anything fouled off backwards or ripped down the line just foul counts as a strike just as in the count on a batter.
2007-01-03 16:00:31 · answer #3 · answered by goldenglove1811 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Good question. I didn't know the answer either until I looked it up two years ago. Every pitch, whether it's fouled or it hits the batter, it is considered a pitch.
2007-01-03 17:12:20 · answer #4 · answered by Robert R 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Any pitch which is not called a "ball" by the umpire is considered a strike for the pitch count. Also, pitches that hit a batter are not a strtike.
2007-01-03 15:41:52 · answer #5 · answered by Pizzaman 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If it is not considered a ball, it will go in his strike count, even if it was fouled off. So any foul ball will up a strike count.
2007-01-04 02:19:15 · answer #6 · answered by ShouldBeWorking 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All fouls and balls hit in play are considered strikes. Its general knowledge over here in Australia for the people that play.
2007-01-03 22:02:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is considered a strike. every pitch the pitcher throws will go against his pitch count
2007-01-03 15:44:17 · answer #8 · answered by Josh 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
All pitches fouled off no matter where they are located are considered strikes. Good question.
2007-01-03 15:39:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
All pitches fouled off no matter where they are at are considered strikes nomatter where they are
2007-01-03 16:09:00 · answer #10 · answered by lauren 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋