Why do a batting team sometimes celebrate when a player hits the ball towards first base and gets himself out?

Question

When this has happened the comentator uses the expression RBI. I presume this stands for "Real Bloody Idiot".

Answer 1

If there is an RBI involved, the batter has give up a "sacrifice hit". He (batter) is out, but the run scores. Runs are good! it may be the winning run!

I called a HS baseball game the other day where one team was being beaten badly. One of the teams kids would cheer when they hit into an out! They just wanted to go home!

Answer 2

First of all, if a runner scored on the hitters ground ball, the team has added to its run total and the hitter gets an RBI
(run batted in). The reason to cheer should be obvious.

Secondly. MLB no longer gives sacrifice hits if the only runner is the one on 3rd that scores. The hitter get an RBI, but is also charged with an At Bat. If the ball was bunted or a fly ball was hit that a runner scores on after tagging up then its a sac aand there is no AB

Finally. If a runner on 2nd is moved to 3rd with less than 2 out because of a grounder to the right side, then a SAC Hit is awarded. This is a reason to cheer that is less obvious to the casual fan

The reason for the no AB on a SAC is to not penalize a players Batting Ave. with an 0 for 1

Answer 3

RBI stands for "Run Batted In" and even though a player may get himself out, if there is less that 3 outs when he hits the ground ball, and the runner on third comes home, he gets credit for batting in the run. Another time when hitting the ball to the right side of the infield is applauded, even tho the batter is out, is when trying to sacrifice, or move the runner along from 2nd to 3rd base, thus setting him up to be driven home by the next batter. Typically poor hitters, such as pitchers do this. In that case, the hitter is said to be "giving himself up" for the good of the team. That is, he's not worried about his statistics so much, since he gets credited with making an out and thus doesn't make him any money, he's simply being a good teammate and helping the team win.

Answer 4

Any time that you advance a runner, you're doing something positive for your team.

Ken Singleton frequently says that when he was playing and drove in a runner, he would go back to the dugout after the inning and thank not just the runner for the RBI, but the batter who moved the runner into scoring position. giving him that much better of a chance at that RBI.

AKA, it's a team sport and that Run Batted In really is not so much an individual stat as it is a team generated one.

Answer 5

The batter sometimes gives himself up,either to move a runner up or get a rbi,this is what baseball is all about its not just HR's.When this happens the team recognizes the job being done with the glad hand

Answer 6

No it doesn`t stand for idiot. In your situation there had to be a runner on 3rd base, who scored on the groundout. Every team will trade a run for an out. I`m sure the player would like to get a hit, but if you have to make an out, get something for it. It`s good team ball.

Answer 7

RBI stands for "Run Batted In". That means he got a sacrifice hit and the runner who was on base scored. The team is celebrating because they just scored.

Answer 8

(a million. Hits the ball (2. Glorys at his hit (3. Pumps his fist in his air (4. Rounds the bases (5. Touches the plate (6. both jumps right into a large dogpile or receives dogpiled on.

Answer 9

RBI meams run batted in. the guy who was out, gave himself up as a runner, and allowed his teammate to score. thus giving your team a run. So the out doesn't mean anything. the goal in baseball is to score runs. the one with the most wins.

Answer 10

Run Batted In(RBI) and it was perhaps one of the scenarios that the batting team desired so they could score that run.