thrown out at third how is it scored?

and the correct response is...


Scoring a hit

To achieve a hit, the batter must reach first base before any fielder can either tag him with the ball, throw to another player protecting the base before the batter reaches it, or tag first base while carrying the ball. The hit is scored the moment the batter reaches first base safely - if the runner is put out while attempting a double or triple on the same play, he still gets credit for the hit.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_%28baseball%29

It is definitely scored a double as long as there was no error on the hit ball. Don't know who "they" are but they are wrong as there are numerous scenerios where a batter gets a hit and is out trying to stretch it a base.

Double all the way...

I worked for the sports information office in college and we kept official ncaa stats: its a double to the bitter, an assist to the OF and a put out to the person who applied the tag.

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Originally posted by showme:
Batter hit it in the gap takes off make it to second is thrown out at third, how is it scored for the batter?

I say scored a double, assist to out fielder.

they say....

that it was not a hit as you cannot have a successful hit and an out on the same at bat(pitched
ball).

Had he stopped on second and then the next pitched ball been caught stealing, then it would have been scored a double and then caught stealing.

Obviously “THEY” have a person keeping score who doesn’t understand the scoring rules of the game. Trust me, that’s not at all uncommon. A lot of “issues” like that can easily be resolved when any given at bat is thought of in terms of “The Play”, “Before the Play”, and “After the Play”. The following are excerpts from “Scoring a Baseball Game the Project Scoresheet Way”, http://dcortesi.home.mindsprin.../scoring/scoring.pdf

If you haven’t seen it before, it looks very complicated, but once you read through it, you wonder why everyone doesn’t see how much sense it makes.

The Play
The middle line of the three holds “the play,” meaning the action that ends this at-bat— the action that either puts the batter on base or makes him out. Here are all the things that might be noted in that middle section:

a hit, either a single, double, triple or homer
a free pass to first: a walk, hit-by-pitch, catcher interference
an error by a fielder allowing the batter to reach base
a force-out or fielder’s choice (another runner is out, but the batter reaches base)
making out by hitting a ball in the air that is caught
grounding out
striking out

Before the Play
When there are runners on base, things can happen before the end of the at-bat, while the batter still remains at the plate. The top line is where you record these events that happen before the play, including:

a runner steals a base
a runner is caught stealing or picked off
a balk, wild pitch, passed ball or error advances the runner(s)

After the Play
When “the play” finally occurs, additional things can happen on the basepaths. The third line is for events that happen during and after the play, including:

runners ahead of the batter advance and perhaps score
the runners, or the batter, run themselves into outs
a fielder makes an error that lets the batter advance or score
the batter gets to first after a third strike, due to a wild pitch, passed ball or error
on the third strike or fourth ball, runners advance on a wild pitch, passed ball or error
a runner attempts a steal on a third strike

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Originally posted by kdog:
I worked for the sports information office in college and we kept official ncaa stats: its a double to the bitter, an assist to the OF and a put out to the person who applied the tag.

Is there one place anyone can go to see all NCAA stats online?

To see NCAA stats go to the school you are interested in and there should be a stat icon. Sometimes you can find the conference stats as well. To find one web site with all stats from all conferences: idk of one.

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Originally posted by kdog:
To see NCAA stats go to the school you are interested in and there should be a stat icon. Sometimes you can find the conference stats as well. To find one web site with all stats from all conferences: idk of one.

I was hoping things had changed since my boy threw in college, but I see they haven’t.

The reason I keep hoping that one day there will be a central spot for both college and HS, is that if it were to happen, a lot of the baseball “myths” would either be proven true, or debunked and allowed to disappear. Also, until then, all the “Top *** Player” lists, are pretty much worth about what the paper they’re written on is worth.