a sacrifice

One of those quirly things..I'm intersted in the answer.

Probably along the same lines as the reason you don't get an RBI on a GIDP

Simple answer is it in the rules!?

That's not his question.....The question is why is it not in the scoring rules as such???

I would then say that a sac bunt is a very obvious event, where a fly ball is probably just something that happened. I'd say a sac fly is just a way to give a batter a break for scoring a run. I'd rather see the sac fly done away with rather than add a sac fly to move a runner.

There are many strange rulings in baseball, but the poster is right "That's the way it is." How about the following.

A 12 pitch at-bat resulting in a strike out. 0 for 1.

A sacrifice fly goes against on-base but is not a plate appearance for purposes of batting average. The sac bunt is not a plate appearance and does not go as an at bat.

A ground ball to the right side also moves the runner over, is more valuable because it could go through, it could be an error, the runner could beat it out, but it is 0 for 1 and no sacrifice.

A great hustle by a player on a dropped third strike that got the player to first is still 0 for 1 with a K.

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That's why I believe in "quality at bats" as a stat that is off the books. It shows how a player contributes to winning outside of the traditional measures. A 7 pitch plate appearance, a ground ball that moves a runner, etc.