9.02 The Official Scorer Report
The official score report prepared by the Official Scorer shall be in a form prescribed by the league and shall include: (a) The following records for each batter and runner: (1) Number of times batted, except that no time at bat shall be charged when a player (A) hits a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly;…
9.03 Official Score Report (Additional Rules)
(a) In compiling the official score report, the Official Scorer shall list each player’s name and fielding position, or positions, in the order in which the player batted, or would have batted if the game ended before the player came to bat. Rule 9.03(a) Comment: When a player does not exchange positions with another fielder…
9.04 Runs Batted In
A run batted in is a statistic credited to a batter whose action at bat causes one or more runs to score, as set forth in this Rule 9.04. (a) The Official Scorer shall credit the batter with a run batted in for every run that scores (1) unaided by an error and as part…
9.05 Base Hits
A base hit is a statistic credited to a batter when such batter reaches base safely, as set forth in this Rule 9.05. (a) The Official Scorer shall credit a batter with a base hit when: (1) the batter reaches first base (or any succeeding base) safely on a fair ball that settles on the…
9.06 Determining Value of Base Hits
The Official Scorer shall score a base hit as a one-base hit, two-base hit, three-base hit or home run when no error or putout results, as follows: (a) Subject to the provisions of Rule 9.06 (b) and 9.06 (c), it is a one-base hit if the batter stops at first base; it is a two-base…
9.07 Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
The Official Scorer shall credit a stolen base to a runner whenever the runner advances one base unaided by a hit, a putout, an error, a force-out, a fielder’s choice, a passed ball, a wild pitch or a balk, subject to the following: (a) When a runner starts for the next base before the pitcher…
9.08 Sacrifices
The Official Scorer shall: (a) Score a sacrifice bunt when, before two are out, the batter advances one or more runners with a bunt and is put out at first base, or would have been put out except for a fielding error, unless, in the judgment of the Official Scorer, the batter was bunting exclusively…
9.09 Putouts
A putout is a statistic credited to a fielder whose action causes the out of a batter-runner or runner, as set forth in this Rule 9.09. (a) The Official Scorer shall credit a putout to each fielder who (1) catches a ball that is in flight, whether fair or foul; (2) catches a batted or…
9.10 Assists
An assist is a statistic credited to a fielder whose action contributes to a batter-runner or runner being put out, as set forth in this Rule 9.10. (a) The Official Scorer shall credit an assist to each fielder who (1) throws or deflects a batted or thrown ball in such a way that a putout…
9.11 Double and Triple Plays
The official scorer shall credit participation in a double play or triple play to each fielder who earns a putout or an assist when two or three players are put out between the time a pitch is delivered and the time the ball next becomes dead or is next in possession of the pitcher in…
