What does 3U mean on a baseball stat sheet?
first base unassisted
What does a U stand for in a baseball box score?
It means an unassisted out. In your case the first baseman (3) fielded the play and touched the bag himself (U). The only position it typically happens with at first base. The other time it happens is if the pitcher fields a bunt and tags the runner. There does need to be no one on base for both these cicumstances otherwise it is fielder's choice. Sometimes a double play or triple play can be unassisted. When this happens it just gets gets a little different but the same idea applies were all the runners and the batter are out by the same fielder.
Baseball scorekeeping questions?
I've started baseball scorekeeping as a hobby, and I have a few questions: If a pop-fly out is caught in foul territory, does it still receive the standard notation. Example: a foul ball caught by the first baseman. Would it be notated as the standard F3? Or would there be a different notation? If the pitcher attempts to pickoff a baserunner, but the baserunner gets back in time safely, is it recorded on the scoresheet? If so, how is it recorded? The last question I have deals with fielder's choice. Let's use this scenario: the bases are full with 1 out, and a batter at the plate. The batter hits a ground ball to shortstop, and the shortstop decides to toss the ball to second base for the easy out, even though the runner from third base crosses home plate to score. I know that the batter is not credited with a hit, because it was fielder's choice. But is he credited with an RBI? I know that he batted the run in, but does it still count for an RBI for him, since it was fielder's choice? I'm thinking that he doesn't get the RBI. Am I right?
What are the numbered positions in baseball? What do they mean?
Pitcher -1Catcher -2 1st base - 32nd base - 43rd base - 5 SS - 6Left field - 7Center field - 8Right Field - 9They are used to keep a "shorthand" track of the game on the traditional baseball scoring sheet. For example a ground out to shortstop will be listed as" 6-3" which is ground ball hit to SS and thrown to 1b for the out. A fly ball caught by the center fielder will be shown as simply "8" on the score sheet, but if the center fielder catches the ball for an out and then throws out a runner at home plate it would be listed as "8-2". A ball hit to SS that becomes the usual "double play" where the ball is thrown to 2nd base and on to first is listed as "6-4-3". A ball caught on the fly by a third baseman will simply be a "4" on the score sheet, but a ground ball out hit to third base with the put out at first base would be "4-3". A pop up caught by the pitcher will show simply as "1". etc.
What does a backwards "K" mean in baseball statistics?
In baseball scoring, a backwards K represents a called strikeout (i.e. batter watched strike 3 go by without swinging) whereas a forwards K is a swinging strikeout.In baseball scorekeeping, a swinging strikeout is recorded as a K, or a K-S. A strikeout looking (where the batter does not swing at a pitch that the umpire then calls strike three) is often scored with a backward K, and sometimes as a K-L, CK, or Kc (the 'c' for 'called' strike).Wiki: Strikeout
Would the backwards 'K' used in baseball scorekeeping be a good candidate for inclusion in Unicode?
One question is whether it is actually used in plain text. The Criteria for Encoding Symbols can be helpful here. I do see the symbol listed at MLB.com's Baseball Basics: Keeping Score. But, is it something that would be used and interchanged as computer data? Or is it just a notation on a scorecard or sign?
Why do people score baseball games themselves?
For me, what most distinguishes baseball players from the rest of us is visual memory. Get together with a bunch of reminiscing ballplayers and it’s rare any can remember any names of former teammates or opponents, but they’ll be mimicking their plate approach, their batting stance and waggle, their walk, all to a tee. And all the others will laughingly be claiming, “Oh, yeah, I remember that guy… what was his name again? He’s the one who tried to start that goofy 4–5–3 double play against the Beavers with runners first and second.”Sit next to ex-baseball players in the stands and you’ll get a treat. “When he was up in the fourth, this pitcher started him out with a curve for a ball, then went slider, fastball, and change-up for that dribbler to first. Let’s see if he starts him out the same way.” I’ve known coaches who could recite in order every out of every game all season, who was pitching and so on.Being somewhere above the 90th percentile on visual memory is simply in the DNA of ballplayers. For those of us who aren’t quite so gifted, a scorecard filled out and annotated is the next best thing. The way some musicians can read a score and “hear” the music, you can go through a scorecard you filled out, and the game is alive in your mind again!I stayed up until almost 2 AM last night to watch my team, Texas (U of), play Long Beach State in an extra-inning thriller. This morning, I was trying to relate some of the many astonishing plays to my wife. I was limited to “the pick-off at first skipped past the baseman. Amazingly the base coach motioned the runner onto third, but the right fielder came up with the ball and threw a pea-rod to the third baseman to nail the runner. I think that was bottom of the ninth… maybe tenth. So, instead of no outs and a… no, I think… yeah, there had to be one out, and they would have had the winning run at second…”I’m a long way from a baseball player. My visual memory is so bad, it’s difficult for me to even keep score. But if you develop the habit, it becomes a living archive of every game you attend. May even help improve your own visual memory.