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In [[baseball]], an '''error''' is the act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a [[batter]] or runner to reach one or more additional bases, on a play that would normally be completed successfully with ordinary effort. It normally does not count as a [[hit (baseball statistics)|hit]] unless, in the scorer's judgement, the batter would have reached first base safely but one or more of the additional base(s) reached was the result of the fielder's mistake - in that case the play will be scored as a hit ''and'' an error. |
In [[baseball]], an '''error''' is the act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a [[batter]] or runner to reach one or more additional bases, on a play that would normally be completed successfully with ordinary effort. It normally does not count as a [[hit (baseball statistics)|hit]] unless, in the scorer's judgement, the batter would have reached first base safely but one or more of the additional base(s) reached was the result of the fielder's mistake - in that case the play will be scored as a hit (for whatever number of bases the fielders should have limited the batter to) ''and'' an error. |
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A [[passed ball]] or a [[wild pitch]] is not considered an error. |
A [[passed ball]] or a [[wild pitch]] is not considered an error. |
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Revision as of 03:11, 19 May 2004
In baseball, an error is the act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or runner to reach one or more additional bases, on a play that would normally be completed successfully with ordinary effort. It normally does not count as a hit unless, in the scorer's judgement, the batter would have reached first base safely but one or more of the additional base(s) reached was the result of the fielder's mistake - in that case the play will be scored as a hit (for whatever number of bases the fielders should have limited the batter to) and an error.
A passed ball or a wild pitch is not considered an error.