This will settle a bet. Jacoby Ellsbury of the Red Sox scored from second base on a wild pitch in a game against the Rangers on 7/03/07. My buddy says that it was the first time ever. I say "no way" but can't find evidence either way searching online. Can anyone help?
2007-10-26 07:12:08 · 9 answers · asked by bsxfn 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The Lofton one was a passed ball. That won't win me the bet. Need a specific instance.
2007-10-26 07:33:57 · update #1
Your buddy is wrong, and you only have to go back to August to prove him wrong.
On August 4th, Miguel Cabrera scored from second on a wild pitch against the Astros:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270804128
Or here's another example - Barry Larkin did it in this game back in 1998:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN199805130.shtml
Bob - Dumb of me for that one.....not sure why I didn't realize it came after Ellsbury's play.
2007-10-26 07:46:18 · answer #1 · answered by Craig S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
CraigS's first example wouldn't do you any good since it occurred after Ellsbury's play, but what a great find on the '98 game!
I can't remember what game it was since the result of the play wasn't anything spectacular, but I just remember there being two strikes and the announcers saying how tough it was to strike out this particular batter. The next pitch, the batter swung and missed a pitched that hit the dirt about 10 feet outside the plate. The announcer's reply: "Except for that pitch. He's a sucker for the curve ball 10 feet outside and in the dirt."
It always made me wonder why you almost never see a batter swing at a 2-strike pitch so incredibly bad that no catcher in the world could stop it from bouncing to the backstop, since it's virtually an assured safe trip to first base. (Well, aside from the fact that you almost never see a 2-strike pitch quite that bad.)
2007-10-26 14:59:21 · answer #2 · answered by Bob G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kenny Lofton did it in a playoff game. Someone threw a wild pitch and he stole third. Then he ran home and he scored. He was playing for the Indians at the time. Sorry, it was a passed ball which I guess is the same as a wild pitch. He did score all the way from second. Go to this link and then read it under Postseason Play.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Lofton
2007-10-26 14:16:16 · answer #3 · answered by alomew_rocks 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think this had happened before. If a ball (in this case a wild pitch) goes out of play (i.e. in the stands or dugout) you get 2 bases. So ya this prob did happen before. I looked in some of my baseball books i have but couldn't find anything but I'm sure this did happen more then once already.
2007-10-26 14:19:20 · answer #4 · answered by WR 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's happened. Stick around long enough and you'll see everything. In the Milwaukee/St. Louis world series, the Cardinal's got 2 RBIs on one sac fly once. The center fielder slid on the warning track because it was wet and fell down. Ain't baseball great for all the weird stuff that happens?
2007-10-26 15:01:47 · answer #5 · answered by Sarrafzedehkhoee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am pretty sure this has happened several times.
He might have been the first rookie to do it.
I couldn't find anything either.
Ty Cobb stole home 48 times in his career.I bet one of those times he stole home from second base.
2007-10-26 14:20:08 · answer #6 · answered by Carlin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but it's probably been a REALLY bad pitch.
2007-10-26 14:37:44 · answer #7 · answered by Chris Stewart 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its happened before but i dont know who by.
2007-10-26 15:12:25 · answer #8 · answered by JT 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it has I get home every day after work.
Just Kidding.
Good question.
2007-10-26 14:16:25 · answer #9 · answered by Let's go Red Sox! 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋