How are walks counted?

softgabby said:

There is something that I've been wondeing. I know for an at bat it's counted in most situations. Hits are counted however with the exception of on an error. But...how are walks, hits batsmen, reach on a strike 3 and intentional walks counted? I know it's not counted as a hit but what happens because the player did reach base.

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TexAg1998 said:

Reaching on dropped 3rd strike counts as a ROE (reached on error). Score it as E2 in your book.

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CoogansBluff said:

TexAg1998 is correct.

Also, reaching base on a strikeout is still counts as a strikeout for both batter and pitcher.

Note that you have batting average (hits/at-bats) and on-base average (hits+walks+HBP/plate appearances).

So, you might have 2 hits in 6 at-bats and walk 4 times. Your batting average is .333 (2/6) and your on-base average is .600 (6/10)

A sac fly is counted as a plate appearance, but not an at-bat. A sac bunt is counted as neither. Or, perhaps it is subtracted from PA when determining on-base average, I can't remember.

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SoCal_Dad said:

I'm guessing your DD isn't a catcher...

Reaching on a dropped 3rd strike can be a lot of things (e.g. error, FC, passed ball or wild pitch).
- E2 is usually when catcher has a play on a runner and makes a bad throw. The error would be on another fielder if the throw is good, in time and the fielder misses it.
- FC would be if they retired another runner or made an attempt on one instead of getting the batter-runner out.
- Passed balls are not scored as an error, however they are treated like one when determining earned runs.
- Wild pitches are neither scored as an error or treated like one when determining earned runs.

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