Tricky baseball question...?

Question

Ok, let's say your American League Baseball team has a reliever who hits better than most of your regular guys, you use him as your DH.

Late in the game you need him as a specialist for a particular batter. Can he enter the game as the pitcher? If so, can he come to bat the next time that spot is up? I assume so.

So what if he gets his guy, and another reliever is put in. Does that guy HAVE to hit in the DH/pitcher spot, or could you pinch-hit for the pitcher spot, and go to another reliever?

Last question: Would there be any way to use a position player/ hitter AFTER your DH/ pitcher entered the game as a pitcher? Or would it turn into NL rules?

Think about it and give me your thoughts, opinions, or knowledge on the subject.

Answer 1

MLB Rule 6.10, the DH rule (slightly abridged):

A hitter may be designated to bat for the starting pitcher and all subsequent pitchers in any game without otherwise affecting the status of the pitcher(s) in the game. A Designated Hitter for the pitcher must be selected prior to the game and must be includedin the lineup cards presented to the Umpire in Chief.

The designated hitter named in the starting lineup must come to bat at least one time, unless the opposing club changes pitchers.

It is not mandatory that a club designate a hitter for the pitcher, but failure to do so prior to the game precludes the use of a Designated Hitter for that game.

Pinch hitters for a Designated Hitter may be used. Any substitute hitter for a Designated Hitter becomes the Designated Hitter. A replaced Designated Hitter shall not re-enter the game in any capacity.

The Designated Hitter may be used defensively, continuing to bat in the same position in the batting order, but the pitcher must then bat in the place of the substituted defensive player, unless more than one substitution is made, and the manager then must designate their spots in the batting order.

A Designated Hitter is “locked” into the batting order. No multiple substitutions may be made that will alter the batting rotation of the Designated Hitter.

Once the game pitcher is switched from the mound to a defensive position this move shall terminate the Designated Hitter role for the remainder of the game.

Once a pinch hitter bats for any player in the batting order and then enters the game to pitch, this move shall terminate the Designated Hitter role for the remainder of the game.
Once the game pitcher bats for the Designated Hitter this move shall terminate the Designated Hitter role for the remainder of the game. (The game pitcher may only pinch-hit for the Designated Hitter.)

Once a Designated Hitter assumes a defensive position this move shall terminate the Designated Hitter role for the remainder of the game. A substitute for the Designated Hitter need not be announced until it is the Designated Hitter’s turn to bat.

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I don't see where the DH cannot move to the pitcher position. He would retain his position in the batting order, but if he is subsequently removed for another reliever, that reliever would also have to bat (or be removed/pinch-hit for), and the DH is forfeited by that team for the rest of the game. The original DH/pitcher would either leave the game or be moved to a different defensive position, in which case the subsequent reliever would take the batting order slot of the removed fielder.

I'm not fully grasping the last question (use a position player as what?), but basically yes, once the DH does anything else in the game, there is no more DH for that team, so "NL rules" is a reasonable description.

Answer 2

If you remove a DH (no matter what position that DH is listed at, if he's batting in the DH spot, he's a DH) for a pitcher, the pitcher has to stay in to bat, going to NL rules.

Answer 3

Yes, the DH can be put in as a pitcher, but you lose the DH spot in the lineup.

Meaning, whoever comes in to relive that pitcher, must bat in that spot the next time it comes up in the order, or he may be pinch-hit for at that time.
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Answer 4

a pitcher cant hit as dh or as a pitcher in the batting spot..he can play the field but he cant enter as a pitcher after being entered as a dh

Answer 5

a pitcher can DH, but once he comes in to pitch you lose the DH for the rest of the game. it is in the mlb rules section 6.10 last paragraph.

Answer 6

a player listed as a pitcher cant be a Dh.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

pitchers cannot hit in the AL if he DHs he can not enter the game to pitch but he can play the field and thewe rules dont just change in NL rules ..wow...

Answer 9

i guess you can do that you said, and yes you can do what your last question says, i think so.