- move to a
subsequent base or to score. In statistics, the
number of
baserunners (for
example those allowed by a pitcher) is
denoted by the abbreviation...
-
strikes a player's leg and
bounces off him to
another fielder, who tags the
baserunner, the
first player is
credited with an ****ist. A
fielder can
receive a...
- an
injured baserunner to be substituted, and play then resumes. Two
known instances—occurring in 1977 and 2005—occurred when a
baserunner entitled to...
- softball, a tag out,
sometimes just
called a tag, is a play in
which a
baserunner is out
because a
fielder touches him with the ball or with the hand or...
-
player reaching a base due to the defense's
attempt to put out
another baserunner, or the
defensive team's
indifference to his advance. Fielder's choice...
-
decreasing its
chances to make an out or
increasing the
chance that a
baserunner will advance.
Whenever this
offensive interference occurs, the ball becomes...
- when the
baserunner is
stranded between two bases, also
known as no-man's land, and is in
jeopardy of
being tagged out. When the
baserunner attempts to...
- 1870. For a time in the 19th century,
stolen bases were
credited when a
baserunner reached an
extra base on a base hit from
another player. For example,...
- In baseball, to tag up is for a
baserunner to
retouch or
remain on
their starting base (the time-of-pitch base)
until (after) the ball is
first touched...
- In baseball, an out
occurs when the
umpire rules a
batter or
baserunner out. When a
batter or
runner is out, they lose
their ability to
score a run and...
