Why is the letter "K" used in baseball to show a strikeout?
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In scoring, a strikeout is recorded as a backward-facing K. Some scorers record strikeouts where the batter didn't swing at the last pitch with a backwards-facing K, also recorded as K-C. The use of "K" for a strikeout was invented by Henry Chadwick, a newspaper journalist. The letter "S" was used to coin "sacrifice" so Mr. Chadwick decided to use "K", with "K" being the last letter in "struck". Mr. Chadwick also invented many other baseball scoring abbreviations, such as using numbers to designate player positions.\n\nPlease choose as best if you like :)
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I dont really understand your question. You should have told us what it is for. Maybe about how hard you worked or someone hitting a game winner
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When a team closes the game, and they are WINNING, with any one of it's relievers based on matchups.  They do not have a dominant closer on their team like a Yankees team with Mariano Rivera.  Make sense?
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Generally it doesn't stand for anything. It's just that. "Okay."\n\n'kk' is just Net Speak. Half the time it doesn't mean anything. Just like saying "WOMG!" the 'W' doesn't stand for anything. It just makes saying 'OMG' more funny, especially if you are picking on internet newbies.
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the pitcher is credited with a strikeout, however the team batting is not charged with an out.  thus, a pitcher can have more than 3 strikeouts in a single inning!
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A backwards K means that person struck out looking, but a regular one means they swung.
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Easton made a bat called the Z-core several years ago...there were -5s and -8s...but i think that was before the rule changes only allowed the use of -3s in college and high school...after the rule change i think easton changed the model name to something else
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This happens when the baseball player has the option of getting the out in multiple places.  For example, a ball is hit to the short stop and there was a man on first.  In this case, the short stop could throw the ball to second or first base and get the out.
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It is a power rating indicator. This is the quick way I was taught, back when I was 7 years old...this helped me with my math skills quite a lot. Assign 1 Total Base (TB) for every single, 2 for every double, 3 for every triple and 4 for every HR, add all 4 #'s together and divide by the total # of at  bats (TB/AB=SLG) Really all a Slg Pct will tell you is, the # of Total bases per At Bat
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Lol..why is this in the baseball section?
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Why is this question in the BASEBALL category?
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The "Mendoza Line" is named after Mario Mendoza, a slick-fielding but weak-hitting shortstop who played for nearly a decade at the major-league level because of his glove and not his bat.\nMendoza's career average finished at .215 - which established the benchmark for mediocrity in hitting (though most use the simpler .200 marker).  An everyday player who cannot cross the Mendoza Line may find themselves back on the bus to the minors or headed to the waiver wire...
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The ball becomes scuffed.  A ball with any flaws on it will have more break on it.  This is an advantage to the pitcher.
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They are negated, a game and it's accompaning stats are not official until after the fifth inning.\nI hope that helps.
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do u mean like where the guy tags the base after the ball has been caught and advances?\nif this is what u mean, then no. because if there are two outs and the ball is caught then that makes it three outs and that half of the inning is over so it would be pointless to tag
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Hits&#92;at bats\n\nBe sure to take into account though that:\nWalks, Hit-by-pitch, and sacrifices are not ABs.\n\nAlso that it's only a hit if you reach safely and no one else gets out advancing to the next base.  (ex.  Bob is on first, Ken hits the ball.  Bob gets out at second and Ken is now if first)  This is called a fielder's choice.\n\nAlso reaching safely on an error is not a hit.\n\nBoth of the above count as at-bats without hits.\n\nNow if he is coaching little league.  Depending on the age you might not want to bother with errors and just credit the kid with a hit.
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"The WHIP stands for walks and hits per innings pitched.  It is used to determine the effectiveness the pitcher has against each individual hitter."\n\nSee link below for more information.