How does the numbering system in baseball work, i.e. a 4-6-3 out?
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It's based on scoring shorthand ... before we ubergeeks sat at laptops ... people would get a scorecard and actually have a shorthand system that they could follow every pitch of every game.\n\nYou're right one is the pitcher ... two is then the catcher ... three is first base ... and so on across the position players. From your short hand, 4-6-3 would be a ball hit directly to the second baseman who threw it to the shortstop covering second and then the shortstop threw it over to the first baseman for a double play.  \n\nI attached a link to a website that tells you how to actually score a game. If you want to watch every moment and see the game unfold, this is one of the best ways to do it.
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Roto leagues are the ones that started this all. They run season long - instead of being reset each week.\n\nOkay - so we have cumulative stats from the start of the season.\n\nThen, for each stat (ie, HRs, RBIs, Wins, Saves...) the teams in the league are sorted by how they did in that stat. Then they are given points based on that order.\n\nSay you have 10 teams. The team with the most HRs gets 10 points. The team with the least, gets 1 point. Then the team with the most RBIs (might be a different team than the team with the most HRs) gets 10 points and the team with the least gets 1 point.\n\nDo that for all the stats in the league. And then sum up the points for each stat, and that is your roto score.\n\nSo, some days, you could knock in 10 HRs but your score won't change (if it doesn't give you more cumulative HRs than the team ahead of you) or you could knock in 2 and pass  3 teams ahead of you and score big points.\n\nIt is all based on relative performance, across the league. So you kind of need to pay more attention to every team, instead of the one team you're playing against that week. \n\nIt is a unique experience - maybe try a mid-season leagu to get your feet we.
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Each position player is assigned a number.\n\n1. Pitcher\n2. Catcher\n3. 1st Base\n4. 2nd Base\n5. 3rd base\n6. Shortstop\n7. Left Field\n8. Center Field\n9. Right Field.\n\nTherefore, a 6-4-3 double play would be going from Shortstop to 2nd base, to 1st base.\n\nAlternatively, a 4-6-3 double play would be going from 2Bman to Short stop, to the 1st baseman.
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Makes you wonder, doesn't it? But there's actually a simple explanation.\n\nFrom Neil Cohen's article "How to Score a Game," from John Thorn and Pete Palmer's Total Baseball, we discover that Henry Chadwick, one of the first newspaper journalists to take a literary interest in baseball, built upon a scoring technique devised by fellow New York journalist M. J. Kelly. "Chadwick created a minutely detailed scorecard so he would have a point of reference and recollection when he wrote his articles about the game," Cohen writes. He adds that Chadwick invented the modern boxscore.\n\nChadwick also invented the system we use to indicate fielders (pitcher=1, shortstop=6, right field=9, etc.), and the abbreviations we use for events (HR, HBP, BB, so on). Chadwick needed S for sacrifice, so he chose K for strikeout - K being the last letter of "struck," which was then in more common use than the term "strikeout." \n\nSome people carry it further, using a K for a swinging strikeout, and a backward K for being caught looking. Some folks go with the more intuitive "SO," but this creates confusion with the abbreviation for "shutout," so "K" has remained the abbreviation of choice.
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http://www.baseball-almanac.com/scoring2.shtml\nhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/scoring3.shtml\n\nthis is the best site to learn from, as i did\n\nThe Scorecard \nThe form appears complex but once examined makes perfect sense.\n\nInnings run across the top. Spaces for the player name along the side. There are extra spaces for pinch hitters and extra spaces for an extra inning game. Each grid, where the inning and player name meet, has a small diamond that represents the actual playing field. Spaces on the right side of the sheet are used for tracking the players final statistics at the end of the game.\n\nYou begin by filling in the players name using the team line-up. Use a second page to place the visiting team's line-up on a card. When each player comes to bat in an inning you fill in the small diamond with the appropriate code and actions taken.\n \n\n\nKnowing The Player Numbers \nThere may be many different methods of scoring and many different types of scorecards but there is only one player numbering system. You have probably heard the play-by-play announcer on television or radio call a play "6 to 4 to 3" then mention what a great infield and double play combination your favorite team has. He is using the following chart to describe the play and you should memorize this chart and be able to recall it as easy as you can recall your favorite players vitals.\n\n\n \n\n\nBasic Abbreviations \nAbbreviation  Definitions \n1B Single \n2B Double \n3B Triple \nBB Base on Balls \nBK Balk \nCS  Caught Stealing \nDP Double Play \nDH Designated Hitter \nE Error \nFC  Fielder's Choice \nFO Force-Out \nHBP Hit By Pitch \nHR Home Run \nI  Interference \nIW Intentional Walk \nK Strikeout \nPB Passed Ball \nSB Stolen Base \nSF Sacrifice Fly \nSH Sacrifice Hit \nWP Wild Pitch
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my best answer would be 6:  first 3 guys up all get singles, to load the bases with no outs, next guy gets a single, but the runner on 3rd is called out for interfering while baserunning.  then this happens 2 more times and the inning is over.  6 base hits, no runs, inning over.  tough question though.
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this is easy enough, these people are making it more difficult than it really is.\n\nIm not sure if your just talking about Earned Runs, or the ERA, which is the earned run average... so i will describe both.\n\na run is "earned" when the run is scored without the assistance of a fielding error.  so all runs are earned unless the runner has reached base by error, or a runner was allowed to score by error.  \n\nNow Earned Run Average (ERA) is figured out by dividing the amount of earned runs by the amount of innings pitched, then multiplying by 9 innings.  For Example...\n\nIf a starting pitcher pitches 5 innings, allowing 1 run... you take (1/5) and that equals 0.2.  Then you take 0.2 x 9 innings and get an era of 1.80 ERA.  \n\nHope that helped!
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Pretty much it is when the catcher drops the third strike, but since he did not catch it cleanly, the batter is not technically out until someone on the field puts him out.  The play usually goes catcher to first (2-3).  The pitcher also records the strike out.  If the batter swung at it and missed and the catcher let's it get away from him the batter can get to first and be safe, and the out will not count.
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You can find the basic rules here:\nhttp://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sports/A0856862.html\n\nHere are the official rules for major league baseball:\nhttp://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/official_rules/foreword.jsp
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It is when a fielder makes a bad play on a ball. For example say there is a ground ball and the fielder lets it go through his/her legs it would be an error. Or even if it is a routine play and he doesnt get anybody out it is an error. If you hear the annoucer say that is an E5 it would be an error on the thrid baseman. 1-Pitcher 2-catcher 3-first baseman 4-second baseman 5-third baseman 6-Shortstop 7-Left Fielder 8-Center fielder 9-Right Fielder Those are the position numbers for players
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In soccer, lacrosse, etc.: 4-4-3... 4 indicates the number of forwards. The second 4 indicates the number of midfielders. The 3 indicate the number of defensemen. Because there are ten players (excluding the goalie) 4-4-3, etc., is an incorrect combination. It would have to be: 3-4-3, 4-3-3, etc. Thanks!\n\n____________________________________________________\n\nIn Baseball: 4-4-3, 6-4-3, etc. is the numbers of the positions involved during a double play. The number of each position is as follows.\n\n1- Pitcher\n2- Catcher\n3- 1st Baseman 1B\n4- 2nd Baseman 2B\n5- 3rd Baseman 3B\n6- Shortstop SS\n7- Left Fielder\n8- Center Fielder\n9- Right Fielder\n\nFor example, a 6-4-3 double play would be a ground ball to the SS, SS throws to the 2B as second for the first out, and the 2B throws to the 1B for the second out.\n\nIf the number is something like 6-6-3, it means that the SS fields the ball, touches second base for the first out, and throws the the 1B for the second out.\n\nHopefully this clears things up for you. Glad to be a help!
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If you are referring to the 1:0 (0:0) format, the first set of numbers is the final score and the second set is the half time score.  This was driving me crazy until I found the answer.
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I disagree with everyone, you cannot take a pitcher out ANY time you want. You can only take them out after they have finished pitching to one player. The ONLY exception is if the pitcher gets injured and must be taken out. In that case, the new pitcher inherits the count that the replaced pitcher left with.\n\nIt's the same way with batting. You can't inherit a 3 ball 0 strike count and replace him with a hitter who will mash the next pitch (99% of the time a fastball) over the fence.
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It is done by dividing # of hits by total number of at bats\n\nFor example\n\n3 hits/10 at bats = .300 avg
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Here are some basics:\nBaseball is a game between two teams of nine players each, under direction of a manager, played on an enclosed field, under jurisdiction of one or more umpires.\n* 9 innings, each inning has a top & bottom with 3 outs each, the visiting team is first at bat.\n* 4 bases the one where the catcher stands is called home. Counter-clockwise from home there are 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.\n* each pitch can count as a ball, strike, foul ball, hit, homerun. \n   -3 strikes=1 out\n   -4 balls = player at bat walks to first base, \n   -1 foul ball = 1 strike if strike count is less than 3. Otherwise it doesn't count. There are "foul lines" marked on the ground, if the ball lands outside of the territory marked by these lines the hit is considered a foul ball. If a foul ball is catched before it hits the ground it is an out.\n   -a hit ball is an out if it's catched before it touches the ground. If the ball hit the ground it can get a player out if it reaches the base before the player.\n   -Homerun, the ball leaves the park in the area marked between the foul lines. All the players in the bases (including the player at bat) get to score a run and they HAVE to walk through all the bases (from the base each currently stands on to home)\n* You can steal base -> run from 1st to 2nd or 2nd to 3rd while the ball is being pitched to home.\n* Players on the field and on the bases can be switched around as many times as desired. \n* Usually you get starter pitchers and closer pitches.\n* In baseball 1 run difference is enough to win the game. If it is the 9th inning, and the home team is winning once the visiting team has its 3 outs the game is over. If the game is tied and it is the last inning, the home team turn and there is a run scored the game ends regardless of outs.\n\n***** Once you get a basic understanding of the game you have to start watching some games to get a better grasp of it. Most tv stations broadcast the city's home team games. There will be some things you don't get, ask your BF about them. Specially in pitching there are many different ways to pitch a ball and you can get to identify them once you watch tons of games. \n\n***** ALSO - find out the team your BF is going to be playing with, read about them, which players they have, who's their best player, their stats, their standings, etc.. Checkout the MLB website for team sites. http://mlb.mlb.com\nFind out if there are any teams out there with famous rivalries (NY Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox). For most of the teams the official website will give you tons of usefull information and stats.\n\n* The MLB site also has an explanation on all the stats that are kept for the different positions. For the pitchers the ERA is the most important: Earned Run Average (ERA): Multiply the total number of earned runs by nine, and divide the results by the total innings pitched. (also explained in detail on the MLB website)\n\n* The MLB has a very easy graphical explanation on Baseball basics (select from the left hand side menu) http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/baseball_basics/on_the_field.jsp\n\nEnjoy the game!!!
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The "side" simply refers to the other team getting three outs.\n\nAs such, it isn't necessarily 3 batters in a row (but could be).
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each position has a number\n1. pitcher\n2. Catcher\n3. First Base\n4. Second Base\n5. Third Base\n6. Short stop\n7. Left Field\n8. Center Field\n9. Right Field \n10. is if there are 4 out fielders\n\nThe batters will be in the rows on a page\nThe columns on the page will display the inning.\n\nIn the First inning first batter you will use the top quare.\n\nIf he goes to first, draw a line from home to first in that box.  Same for second and so on.  If he scores make a complete diamond in that box and fill it in.\n\nMake sure the next inning you use the new column with the cordinating batter.\n\nIf a batter flies out to short stop write F6, stand for flew out to shortstop or (6).  IF the short stop picks up the ball and throughs it to first, it is a 6-3 out. (Short stop - First Base)  In the box of the out you may want to make it clear that there was and out by writing the 1,2, or 3 and Circle them, incase someone asks the outs.\n\nThere are many other statistics  the coach might want, but that should get  you started.