Look at the stats of any team at any level and you will see players with just a few at-bats or innings.
I get confused by some of this, maybe someone can explain:
- if you are on athletic scholarship at a D1, and you practice with the team but are never put in a game, do you use a year of eligibility? I feel that I saw somewhere that practicing with a team counts as participation, maybe that's D3?
- if you are on athletic scholarship, practice and are in the dugout, why - barring injury - would a coach never put you in the game? I guess if he's being nice and preserving your year of eligibility as "redshirting"?
- if you are not on athletic scholarship, you practice with the team and go to games, but are never put in a game, do you use a year of eligibility?
- if you are not on athletic scholarship and you are told you are "redshirting" and do not practice with the team, then you don't use a year of eligibility. But basically in that case you are not on the team.