2007-08-12 07:19:55 · 6 answers · asked by Arctic 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Strikeouts are strikeouts either way. The term just provides more specifics -- a "strikeout looking" is when the batter does not swing at strike three as opposed to a "strikeout swinging", when the hitter swings and misses the third strike.
Many scorers even differentiate in their official scorebooks -- using a "K" for a swinging strikeout and a backwards "K" for a strikeout looking.
2007-08-12 07:46:35 · answer #1 · answered by frenchy62 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most announcers will just say a "strike out, caught looking" or "called strike three". It basically means that the hitter got a strike and stood there without swinging the bat or the umpire felt it was a strike based on location of the pitch.
2007-08-12 18:30:18 · answer #2 · answered by DYankeeFan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's still a strike-out, the announcers just say strike out looking occasionally because they literally were looking at the ball go past them.
2007-08-12 14:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by Brian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By calling it a strike out looking the announcers make the pitcher look better and the batter look worse by implying that the pitcher's skill at pitching was able to fool the batter.
2007-08-12 14:28:11 · answer #4 · answered by YoungBeezy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually you score it differently. The offical strke outs still count the same, but in the score books, a strke out is designated as a K. For a batter who strikes out swinging the letter K is used in the scorebook for one who strikes out looking a backwards K is used.
2007-08-12 14:29:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's an unofficial term, it just means the batter didn't even try to swing at it.
2007-08-12 14:27:30 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋