I just went on mlb.com and I found out that 46 pitchers had 4 K's in an inning! How can they do that?
2007-05-26 12:22:22 · 9 answers · asked by Go A's and Raiders! 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
On a dropped 3rd strike with no runners on, with first base unoccupied or with 2 out.
When the catcher drops the third strike under those circumstances, he must recover the ball and either tag the batter-runner out or throw down to 1B to complete the K. IF the batter-runner reached safely, it's a K for the pitcher and against the batter, but not an out.
Of course, the three outs of that inning are on strikeouts.
2007-05-26 12:29:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Strike out three guys, then come up to bat in the other half of the inning and whiff. It's probably happened a lot, actually.
But you mean four strikeouts in one defensive half-inning. As described, the catcher has to mishandle the strike-three pitch enough for the batter to reach first base safely. This "dropped third strike" option only exists if (a) first base is unoccupied (otherwise the catcher may be tempted to deliberately muff the pitch and try for a double-play; can't have that sort of chicanery) or (b) there are two outs, regardless of baserunners. Yeah, it's happened some 49 times through 2006, by 47 pitchers -- Chuck Finley accomplished this quirky feat three times.
2007-05-26 14:25:06 · answer #2 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you throw a wild pitch on strike three or the catcher drops strike three and the batter runs to first before being tagged, the official scoring is a strike out for the pitcher but no out toward ending the inning.
2007-05-26 14:21:22 · answer #3 · answered by mjmounce 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the catcher drops the third strike with first base unoccupied the batter may attempt to take first base. Theoretically there is no limit to the number of K's you can have in an inning. I have seen 5 once, followed by a new catcher the next inning
2007-05-26 13:44:58 · answer #4 · answered by yanks_r_us 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you strike out a batter, but the ball gets away from the catcher and the batter makes it to first base; and then you get three more strikeouts in the same inning.
2007-05-26 12:31:32 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sports dude,
in american baseball, if on a batters third strike , the catcher fails to catch the ball and first base is unoccupied, the batter may attempt to run to first base. the defense must either tag the batter with the ball or complete a force out at first base before he reaches in order to complete the out.
if they fail to do so, the pitcher is credited with the "k", but the out is not scored.
2007-05-26 12:37:10 · answer #6 · answered by james h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if a pitcher strikes out a batter and the catcher misses it and he runs to first before they throw him out he is safe but the pitcher still gets credit for a strikeout. then he strikes out the next three batters he has four for the inning.
2007-05-26 12:29:11 · answer #7 · answered by chris t 1 · 4⤊ 1⤋
In theory, a pitcher could have 6-7-8-strikeouts in an inning.But to do this, a catcher or pitcher would be really having a bad, bad day.
2007-05-26 13:14:28 · answer #8 · answered by TedEx 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If a batter swings at a past ball for strike 3 and is safe at first
2007-05-26 12:27:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋