When did a walk count as hit?

Answer 1

Neither. It is recorded as a "hit by pitched ball". The batter is not charged with an "At Bat", and is awarded first base, all other runners, if forced, advance one base, if not forced they remain on the base they occupied. The ball is declared "dead" by the umpire and baserunners may not advance unless forced.

Answer 2

1887

Six of the ten all time highest season batting averages came in the 1887 season with Tip O'Neill's .485 being the highest. 10 batters had a batting average over .400 for the 1887 season.

Answer 3

A legally batted fair ball in which the batter safely reaches 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or Home Base without an error being commited by the defense or an out being awarded as the result of a "Fielder's Choice". A batter may be awarded a "hit" by the official score keeper and then advance to other bases on an errors commited by the defense. Example: Batter hits ball to leftfield and the leftfielder lets the ball go between his legs and the batter/runner advances to 2nd base. The ruling by the officail scorer is a "single" hit then the batter advances on the error.

Answer 4

No. A walk does not count as a base hit nor an official time at bat.

Answer 5

No, walks and hit by pitch does not figure in to total bases.

Answer 6

No a walk does not count as a hit nor does it count as an at bat.

Answer 7

The practice of counting walks as hits was abandoned after the 1887 season. It made for abnormally high batting averages.

Answer 8

No it doesn't count as an at bat.