quality at bat definition?

Grogger31 said:

I revived this thread and everyone ignored me ... haha ... kind of what it's like being in my house with all females.

So I'll try again ...

Do you guys consider ANY hit a quality at bat? Is a weak blooper over the second baseman considered a quality at bat in your opinion or only balls that are hit hard? I've seen a few differing opinions on this.

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I most certainly consider any hit a quality at-bat.

We were in a tight game not long ago and our opponents pulled their IF in when we had a runner on 3B and one out. Our hitter reached out and poked a low and away pitch and lofted a very weak liner just over the pitcher's head that landed about 3' in front of 2B then trickled out into very shallow CF for a base hit. If the IF was at normal depth, she is out. However, in that situation, all we needed her to do was get the ball past a pulled-in IF, and she did her job. QAB, as far as I am concerned even though it was about the weakest hit she could have possibly gotten that result from.

Grogger31 said:

I revived this thread and everyone ignored me ... haha ... kind of what it's like being in my house with all females.

So I'll try again ...

Do you guys consider ANY hit a quality at bat? Is a weak blooper over the second baseman considered a quality at bat in your opinion or only balls that are hit hard? I've seen a few differing opinions on this.

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If it is an actual hit, then YES I would consider it a quality at bat... Also, a hard hit ball that causes an error (scored as an error not a hit) would be a quality at bat... A hit that results in an out but drives a run in would be considered a quality at bat... An unforced error would not be a quality at bat...

CoogansBluff said:

I don't get the idea that seeing a bunch of pitches makes an at-bat 'quality.' ...

If you see 8 pitches, that means you swung and failed to put the ball in play at least 2 times, if not 8 times. It also means you had 2 strikes on you for at least 3 pitches, if not 8. Quality hitters avoid 2-strike situations more often than poor hitters do. It's also possible that the 8-pitch at-bat should've been a walk but that you swung at a bunch of bad pitches, fouling many off.

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A skilled hitter can foul off tough pitches trying to get a good one. http://m.angels.mlb.com/nym/video/t...b-tonight-avoiding-strikeouts-with-foul-balls

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Tracy Klein said:

A skilled hitter can foul off tough pitches trying to get a good one. The Art of the Foul Ball | MLB.com

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I don't see that skill on display in the travel ball that I watch. Not saying that certain hitters don't protect the plate better than others and foul off balls that others might miss, but I don't see any TB players that intentionally do it. I also think that it is exaggerated as a skill in MLB. I think MLB hitters at the last split second are thinking, 'just get a piece and stay alive,' but I don't think they are routinely fouling off tough 2-strike pitches as a strategy to induce a better pitch. Just my opinion, though.