During the course of a baseball game we know that a pitch count is accumulated comparing balls to strikes. My question is what are hits counted as. For example if a pitcher gives up 8 hits in a game, where do those 8 pitches show up in his pitch count.
2007-06-04 20:21:04 · 9 answers · asked by purplepurplesage 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
dpgdawg, sorry if I wasn't clear but I wasn't talking about batter pitch counts at all. I know the difference. The first two answers actually gave me what I was looking for.
2007-06-04 20:40:21 · update #1
Hits are counted as strikes in the pitch count. Basically, there are balls and everything else is a strike. There are no wasted pitches in the pitch count.
2007-06-04 20:27:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It seems that you're trying to look at two
separate issues and come up with the answer.
I think that when you speak of COMPARING
balls to strikes , you're speaking of when there
is a batter at the plate and he has a count of 2-1.
Then you add in a pitcher gives up 8 hits.
That's in the Pitch Count and is a separate statistic.
The Pitch Count includes EVERY pitch that a pitcher
throws regardless of what happens to it.
Strike , Ball , Foul , Bunt , HR , Triple , w/e.
Every pitch is counted and that is the Pitchers
Pitch Count.
It is a totally separate thing from the Batter Pitch Count.
Coaches like to keep track of the Pitchers total pitch
count so that they don't overuse a pitcher and wear his arm out.
2007-06-05 03:36:29 · answer #2 · answered by dpgdawg 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Pitch count is so bogus.
Look at Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax.
No pitch counts. Played 9 innings This is one of the worst stats in the game and going to destroy it as a game of baseball.
2007-06-05 08:36:52 · answer #3 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hits are counted as strikes, just like foul balls, and swing and miss pitches.
2007-06-05 11:57:48 · answer #4 · answered by Mr_Blue_Eyes_27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a ball is a ball... obviously...
a strike is a strike... again, obviously....
a foul ball... is a strike... again, obviously because it goes foul...
a hit is considered a strike for the same reason as a foul... simply because you can't condsider a batted ball a ball, as you can't advance the count from 2b-1s to 3b-1s when the ball is live in play or even if it goes foul...
2007-06-05 04:23:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Strikes i believe, they call the foul balls strikes, and those are hit... so why not call fair balls strikes. I am 99.99999999% sure they are strikes, great question!
2007-06-05 03:24:41 · answer #6 · answered by xjrich5 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Some coaches actually include pickoff attempts, too.
2007-06-05 04:16:25 · answer #7 · answered by teddyballgame 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
tricky problem. query onto google or bing. it can assist!
2014-11-19 04:08:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
strikes...
2007-06-05 05:56:24 · answer #9 · answered by Lefty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋