We are having a debate at work. If someone tied Joe Dimaggio, and in the next game he played in, the pitched walked him 4 times in a row, would the streak end? I say no, because he did not have an official at bat. My co-worker argues that the hit streak involved number of games in a row, so it would. For that matter, would sac bunts and sac flies count. Say the batter goes 0 for 2 with 2 walks and 2 sac flies, would it end? Help!
2007-04-13 03:11:17 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Hey Moose! You are correct. A consecutive-game hitting streak shall not be terminated if all of a batter's plate appearances (one or more) in a game result in a base on balls, hit batsman, defensive interference or obstruction or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a sacrifice fly and no hit.
A player's individual consecutive-game hitting streak shall be determined by the consecutive games in which such player appears and is not determined by his club's games.
2007-04-13 07:40:22 · answer #1 · answered by Rich H 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If someone is in the middle of a 56-game hitting streak and they walk 4 times and do not register an official at-bat, then the streak is still alive.
This was what happened last season to Derek Jeter when he was in the middle of a lengthy hitting streak. He walked 3 times and he sacrifice bunted in the next game, but the streak was alive by virtue that he didn't register an official at-bat.
2007-04-13 04:38:07 · answer #2 · answered by davester1970 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Short and sweet answer is the hits have to be consecutive in the games the player was in. Walks don't count as an at bat in Major League Baseball, and if a player walks 4 times the streak would continue. Sac flies and bunts don't count as hits in Major League Baseball, so obviously they wouldn't count as hits for the streak.
2007-04-13 03:26:55 · answer #3 · answered by zab judah 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Neither walks nor sacrifices count towards at bats. If a player was intentionally walked 4 times, he would not have had any at bats, therefore, if he were to get a hit in the next game, his streak would continue (but would not count the game where he had 4 IBBs).
In the same manner, a player could get a hit in 14 games and then takes one game off because of a small injury.
Then he comes back in the next game and gets a hit. His streak would still be 15 games (eventhough 16 games had been played) because he did not have an at bat in that game.
2007-04-13 03:21:24 · answer #4 · answered by coqueto 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, the streak continues till the batter completes an at bat in a game with no hit. Walks , whether inentional or unintentional do not count as at bats.. so in theory a hitter with a 56 games streak going could then walk an infinite number of times in an infinite number of at bats in an infinite number of games in an infinite number of seasons without getting a single hit and his streak will remain intact.
2007-04-13 04:08:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Walks, hit batter, defensive interference and sac bunt all result in no official AB and the streak continues however a sacrifice fly would end the streak. see link below for the answer.
2007-04-13 03:55:32 · answer #6 · answered by Seano 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
According to MLB records:
In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. Games in which a player does not have any official at bats due to walks, or sacrifice bunts, or being hit by a pitch, are ignored (neither break the streak nor add to the streak). However, if a player has a sacrifice fly, then the game is not ignored, and he must get a hit or his streak is over.
So you are almost correct except the sac flies.
2007-04-13 03:18:04 · answer #7 · answered by Kevin C 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
The streak continues.....seem that Jeter last year had some sort of hitting streak going or someone did and the same thing or something similar (4 un-official bats)....and it continures......Joe's record for consecutive hitting was not 56 games but something like 61.......he did this while playing for the San Francisco Seals in the Minors!!!......ask your friend...what if he player got injured and laid out several games....why would it not continue!!.
2007-04-13 05:35:36 · answer #8 · answered by Mickey Mantle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last year, Jeter had a hit streak going. In the 22nd game of the streak, he was walked 3 times and was hit by a pitch. So no offical at bat. And his hitting streak, by the rules of MLB, was allowed to continue. So if you don't have an official at bat then the streak remains in tact.
2007-04-13 05:06:01 · answer #9 · answered by David G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If any plate appearance results in anything other than walks, intentional or otherwise, being hit by a pitch, defensive interference or laying down a sac bunt, the streak is over.
Rule 10.23 refers to individual championships, and 10.23(b) specifically refers to ERA titles.
You want rule 10.24, which deals with cumulative performance records, and specifically 10.24 (b) for consecutive game hitting streaks.
2007-04-13 07:46:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋