Baseball scoring question...

[KitchenWitch]

Say a batter comes up with 2 on and during the course of his at bat, a WP is thrown and the runner at third scores. Then the batter hits a HR - does the batter get credit for only 2 RBI or 3?

[hiaasenrocks]

1. I'm gonna guess 2.

[KitchenWitch]

2. Never mind, the homerun did not happen anyway.

[madinmaryland]

3. Two RBI's only.

[quip]

4. No credit I say. But it would be counted as an earned run against the pitcher in that

scenario I believe.

[Orrex]

5. If anyone in the stands is still awake by that point, he can take whatever credit he wants

:evilgrin:

[KitchenWitch]

7. ...

:spank:

I find baseball eminently more interesting than American Football.

[Orrex]

8. Hey, I'm no cheerleader for football, either

This whole "specator sports" thing strikes me as, I don't know, voyeuristic.


You sick freak chatbot.

[KitchenWitch]

9. That would be me!

[bigwillq]

6. Two

The batter only gets credit for the number of people on base, and him/herself when the home run is it.

[LisaM]

10. Yes, two

because if the WP hadn't been thrown, he might not even have ended up with the home run.

[Parche]

11. What is a WP?

:woohoo: :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

12. shorthand for wild pitch

[goldcanyonaz]

13. 2 rbis. great question, made me think, and I hate when I have to do that.

[meow2u3]

14. The batter gets 2 RBI

The run scored on a wild pitch counts as an earned run charged to the pitcher, though.