Clean up hitter
Clean up hitter
The lead off batter determined by the coach and annotated on the line up of the visiting team.
The fourth hitter is called the clean up hitter, because of the ideal situation of the first three hitters reaching base and the fourth hitter clearing the bases with a grand slam. The clean up hitter is often the team's best home run hitter.
You usually have your strongest hitters 4th and second strongest 5th. The worst ones are usually at the bottom of the line up. Usually your slap hitters are before the 4th batter. Homerun hitters are 4th and 5th.
No, it is called a 'hit by pitch' and shows up in the box score as HBP.It is similar to a walk in that the batter is awarded first base.
a play is 1 batter/ runner. after the next batter is up play done
The cast of Batter Up - 1927 includes: George Davis as The Baseball Player Kewpie Morgan as The Big Baseball Player
Batting around the order happens when the 10th batter comes to the plate (actually the first batter up in the line-up)
a stand up double in baseball is when the batter hits a double and doesn't have to slide at second.
he is the first batter out of nine in the line up
they line up behind the defensive line thats why they are called line backers
home run, batter up, heads up, out in the left field