Actually I believe an RBI can be credited on an error if in the official scorer's judgment run would have scored without the error. This would happen with less than two outs and a runner on 3rd in either of two scenarios.So, an RBI can be credited for a run scored because of a fielder's choice, but no an RBI can not be credited for a run scored because of an error.
you are correctActually I believe an RBI can be credited on an error if in the official scorer's judgment run would have scored without the error. This would happen with less than two outs and a runner on 3rd in either of two scenarios.
The first being a out fielder dropping a fly ball that the score keeper deems would have been deep enough for a Sac Fly had they caught the ball. The batter would be credited with a SF and RBI but reached base on the OF error.
The second would be an infield ground ball where the runner would have scored from 3rd on what would have been fielder choice at 1B except for the fact that batter reached due to the error. Batter would be credited with RBI and reach on error.
With two outs you would never get an RBI on the error since if the error did not occur the 3rd out would be recorded and the run would not have scored.
I could be wrong on that though or could have it confused with baseball scoring rules which might vary slightly from softball rules.
Sure, but in the first case the run scored because of the sac fly, and the second because of the fielders choice. So I was correct in saying there’s no RBI on a run scored because of an error. But it is also true that an RBI can be credited on a play that includes an error.Actually I believe an RBI can be credited on an error if in the official scorer's judgment run would have scored without the error. This would happen with less than two outs and a runner on 3rd in either of two scenarios.
The first being a out fielder dropping a fly ball that the score keeper deems would have been deep enough for a Sac Fly had they caught the ball. The batter would be credited with a SF and RBI but reached base on the OF error.
The second would be an infield ground ball where the runner would have scored from 3rd on what would have been fielder choice at 1B except for the fact that batter reached due to the error. Batter would be credited with RBI and reach on error.
With two outs you would never get an RBI on the error since if the error did not occur the 3rd out would be recorded and the run would not have scored.
I could be wrong on that though or could have it confused with baseball scoring rules which might vary slightly from softball rules.
That’s really interesting. I bet he did lose several.And to add to the rules, no RBI is given on a double play.
Here's a funny quirk of old baseball rules pertaining to home runs. Back in Babe Ruth's days, a walk-off homer didn't count as a home run of the winning run was scored by a runner other than the hitter. Babe Ruth claimed to have lost several HR and RBI in 1927 due to this rule.