what happens if a baseball player hits a home run then breks his leg going to first base and cant run anymore?

Answer 1

still a homer

Answer 2

A substitute runner can be placed! Excerpt from MLB's Official Baseball Rules:

"5.10
The ball becomes dead when an umpire calls “Time.” The umpire-inchief shall call “Time” --
[skips irrelevant (a) and (b)]
(c) When an accident incapacitates a player or an umpire;
(1) If an accident to a runner is such as to prevent him from proceeding to a base to which he is entitled, as on a home run hit out of the playing field, or an award of one or more bases, a substitute runner shall be permitted to complete the play."

The substitute runner stays in the game at the injured runner's spot in the batting order, the same as any other substitute. The injured player leaves the game.

This has happened before; the example mentioned above, with Gabe Kapler, is a perfect example. He was a baserunner, not the batter, but the same rule applies. He was running around the bases, and we was not sure if it was going over the fence. While running, an odd step around second base produced horrific results, and he had to leave the game.

Answer 3

From the MLB rule book - "6.09 The batter becomes a runner when—" (d) A fair ball passes over a fence or into the stands at a distance from home base of 250 feet or more. Such hit entitles the batter to a home run when he shall have TOUCHED ALL BASES LEGALLY. A fair fly ball that passes out of the playing field at a point less than 250 feet from home base shall entitle the batter to advance to second base only;" You would have to have a pinch runner - someone has to touch the bases. The better question might be - how do you score that?!

Answer 4

A pinch-runner enters the game and completes the circuit of the bases, and gets credited the run scored. Since the ball is out of play and dead, all entitled bases can be taken.

Similar happened to the Red Sox, 2005 I think. Batter hit a home run and the runner from first -- I'm thinking it was Kapler -- tore his knee rounding second (yeah, it sounds lame, but he really did hurt himself). The batter-runner waited between first and second -- as not to pass his teammate baserunner -- while the wounded was tended and removed from the field, and a PR took his place. Ah! Found it -- 14-Sept-2005, bottom of the fifth, Graffanino homered with Kapler on first; Kapler went down; Machado came in, completed the trot, scored the run. Box: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2005/B09140TOR2005.htm

If the ball is still live and a runner goes down, however, he can be tagged out, no matter how embarassing this is, making a play on a fellow ballplayer in pain. Happened to Moises Alou when he tripped and broke his ankle between first and second; 1B Rolen (edit: sorry, Jefferies, not Rolen) got the ball, tagged him, and quickly moved aside (it was the first out) so trainers could attend to him. 16-Sept-1993, box: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1993/B09160SLN1993.htm

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PS. If you want to see the Alou injury, including Jefferies' tag, there is a YouTube link below, but first, fair warning. This is someone's "top ten" sports injuries, and it can be disturbing to watch, as these are real, fellow humans getting hurt, badly. Other baseball players included are Dave Dravecky, Geoff Jenkins, and Jason Kendall. The Alou clip starts about 02:10 and goes to 02:43. Watch for Jefferies (#25) trotting over, tagging, and backing off.

IMPORTANT warning: the last injury is hockey goalie Clint Malarchuk, whose throat was slashed by an errant skate; he bleeds profusely on the ice. He DID survive -- he was back playing within weeks -- but it's hard to watch, especially if you've never seen it before. Please don't if you don't like that sort of thing.

These are real, graphic, painful injuries. You decide if you can bear watching them. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y7CTdh6Ofk

Answer 5

The rule states that if a runner is hurt while running the bases in a homerun a pinch runner may be put in.

Answer 6

The rules state that an over-the-fence hit is a home run only when the batter has touched all four bases, but doesn't address what happens if he is unable to do so. It would be left to the discretion of the umpires, who would probably allow a pinch-runner.

Answer 7

A pinch runner is allowed on a home run. On any other hit he must at least make it to first base before a pinch runner is allowed.

Answer 8

still a home run but they would take him off the field and put in a pinch runner. the odds of that happening are very slim though

Answer 9

Simple they use a pinch runner for him, or use a substitute to go into the game for him

Answer 10

Then it's not a homerun anymore. You have to touch every base when you hit one or else the run doesn't count. If there were runners on base at the time of the injury, they are allowed to score. The player could always try crawling home. And to be realistic, it's really not possible to break your leg while running, but if they did get injured, it's not that hard to suck it up and finish your trot home. I might be wrong though, I'm just assuming.

Answer 11

h0ow would that happen? but it would still be a homer. they might have to get a pinch runner but it still counts