Not sure if this is the right place for this thread, but I have a question for anyone who uses iScore. We just finished up our TB season and I was looking at the pitching stats for our team. I noticed a discrepancy between "batters faced" and the total number of first pitches (sum of 1st pitch balls and 1st pitch strikes). We had 2 pitchers carry the bulk of the load this season, and both of them show more "first pitches" than the number of batters faced. Any ideas on what would account for this or do you think it's just a software glitch of some sort?
iScore discrepancy
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If a player is thrown out stealing for the third out (or picked off by the catcher, etc.), you'd have a first pitch but not a batter faced. You must complete a plate appearance for there to be a batter faced.
- Jul 28, 2008
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I wonder if it's counting AB's and not PA's for the calculations.
Ok, thanks. I suspected something like that, but didn't know for sure there was a distinction in the books. I always thought it was recorded as a batter faced whether the at-bat was completed or not. Always thought the distinction between plate appearance and at-bat applied to batting stats only.
No, I think CB has it right. I don't remember the 3rd out ever coming by way of a baserunner instead of a batter, but I'm sure it happened. I'm getting old and my memory fails me.
