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Originally posted by Kovina Kris:
O.K., that makes sense but is there any scorer's judgment involved here insofar as crediting the hitter with a 1B? In other words, does it matter whether or not it looks like the batted ball would have been a hit had it not hit the runner or is it scored a 1B without respect to the scorer's judgment in that regard?
None at all. How the play is scored comes directly out of the rule book, and gives no options.
OBR - 10.05 BASE HITS
A base hit is a statistic credited to a batter when such batter reaches base safely, as
set forth in this Rule 10.05.
(a) The official scorer shall credit a batter with a base hit when:
…(5) a fair ball that has not been touched by a fielder touches a runner or an umpire, unless a runner is called out for having been touched by an Infield Fly, in which case the official scorer shall not score a hit; or …
