If a fielder commits an error on the ball that you hit, you would not receive an at bat (just like getting a walk).
errors in baseballNo, errors do nothing to your batting average. Huh?That would depend on the play and situation. If the play was ruled a straight error, like grounding to the shortstop and the shortstop makes a wild throw to first, the batter is charged with an at bat but no base hit. The batter's average would go down. But if the batter gets a base hit to right field and the right fielder boots the ball and the batter makes it to third base, the batter would be credited with a hit and the outfielder would be credited with an error. In that case, the batter's average would go up.Chat with our AI personalities
Yes, if a hitter hits into a fielder's choice he gets credited for an at-bat and is NOT credited with a hit. Whether its an error or a fielder's choice the players batting average WILL decrease
No. Walks do not count toward batting average. If you get a walk in your first at bat, you will still be 0-0.
Balls and strikes do not constitute a player's batting average. A batting average is calculated according to how many hits a batter has made divided by how many at-bats he has. For instance, Ichiro Suzuki had 680 At-Bats in the 2010 season. Out of those At-Bats he pulled in 214 hits. 214 divided by 680 is .315 and that is how you figure out a player's batting average.
A fielder's choice is just like an out and lower's a player's batting average since the fielder chose to put out another player instead, usually the lead runner... On the other hand, a sacrifice does not count against the batter because his intention was to advance the runner at his own expense.
Short answer: no If you mean missing as getting it wrong, it does not count against you. If you have absolutely no idea, it pays to just guess. If by chance you get it correct, good. If by chance you get it wrong, it doesn't count against you.
In 1875, Count Gedney played in 68 games for the New York Mutuals, batting in all of them. He had 267 at bats, getting 55 hits, for a .206 batting average, with 17 runs batted in. He was walked 0 times. He struck out 8 times. He hit 12 doubles, 2 triples, and 0 home runs.