Stats Question

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Originally posted by Out in the sticks:
If a player comes up to bat in an inning, gets on base via hit/walk/error/etc.... and then is pinch run for. If that runner scores, doesn't the original player who had the AB get credit for the "run scored", and not the courtesy runner?

Nope!

Not the run ---- not the stolen base (if one is stolen) --- not the applause. The original hitter is replaced because he is normally slower and would have been a liability on the base path. The “courtesy runner” rule and phrase was probably devised and coined by the parent of a slow running catcher that used the excuse of “he needs to put on his catching equipment” whenever his son was replaced by a pinch (courtesy) runner. In college the “courtesy runner” provision didn’t exist so whenever the pinch runner entered the game the hitter’s day was done.

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The original hitter is replaced because he is normally slower and would have been a liability on the base path

Not always the case -- on my son's high school team, the pitchers and catcher are always replaced by a pinch runner even though they run fast. The coach does this to give opportunities to those who are not starting in the game.