Thanks! Yes, she has good control & spin, but is slower (still lower 40s). That is working pretty well right now as she is playing 12C (she is 11). Hopefully we can increase her speed this season as she grows and becomes more fluid. I have her trained to "test" the umps strike zone for the first several batters then use that for the game- which works pretty well. I'm also showing her about reading a batter and throwing more or less aggressive (strikes vs pushing edges) based on place in line-up, stance in box, if she chases balls, etc. I think that mental iq part of pitching helps compensate for her lack of speed.
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This would be scored as a strikeout for the pitcher and a strikeout against the batter, then as a reached-on-error with the error on the catcher.
It doesn't effect WHIP.
Weak grounders and pop-ups are ideal. If the batters are blasting line drives or hard grounds that happen to be fielded, then you might have a problem. But batters making weak contact is a good result.
Your mistake here is calling those balls in play "hits."
A hit is a stat with a specific meaning. It's not called a hit every time a player makes contact with a ball and it goes into fair territory. I think it's great you're here and trying to learn the proper terminology of the sport.
Also, strikeouts are great, but your husband is wrong. Weak groundouts are good. Weak ground balls are good even if the defense isn't converting them into outs.
No contact is best, but weak contact is also good.
The second part of this is false. It's recorded as a strikeout and either a wild pitch or a passed ball. If the batter reaches on a K-WP, their run would be earned. If they reach on a K-PB, it's not an error (unless the catcher makes a bad throw that allows the batter-runner to reach first), but it is unearned. Passed balls are not counted as errors.
You are correct. I was assuming (assuming always gets you in trouble) the runner reached base on a throwing error from the catcher and didn't consider the K-WP or K-PB.
I suppose I was assuming, too, that it was a "simple" D3K situation where the runner just beats the throw (or there is no throw at all).
A PB is not an error.
A WP is not an error.
A ball that is “hit” and put into play is not scored as a hit unless the batter reaches base safely without an error, fielders choice or similar occurring.
My sister kept score for an adult baseball team I played on right after HS. The first game her score sheet said we had over 30 hits. She counted anytime a player hit the ball a “hit”.
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A WP is not an error.
A ball that is “hit” and put into play is not scored as a hit unless the batter reaches base safely without an error, fielders choice or similar occurring.
My sister kept score for an adult baseball team I played on right after HS. The first game her score sheet said we had over 30 hits. She counted anytime a player hit the ball a “hit”.
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I agree that sometimes a higher strike percentage is not necessarily a good thing. It means the pitcher is always right around the strike zone which can lead to giving up a lot of hits and getting hit hard, in many cases.
This is a strike out for the pitcher. You can get more than 3 strikeouts per an inning. One time back in 10U my DD got 7.
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Interesting analysis and strategy
