When were a "walk" & "sacrifice fly"  considered a time at bat?
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walk=no\nsac fly=yes\nyou can have an RBI if you walk with the bases loaded.\nhit by pitch=no\nobstruction or interference=no
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It was the last game of 1971, actually.  The Yankees were down 7-5, and there were two outs in the top of the ninth when the Senators' fans stormed the field. The game was forfeited to the Yankees, 9-0.
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The security at potentially clinching games is overwhelming now.  I think the turning point game was the final game of the 1976 ALCS when the Yankee fans totallly trashed the field after Chris Chambliss won the pennant for the Yankees on a 9th inning walk off homer.  It was not a new development for the home town crowd to jump onto the field for a pennant or World Series winning moment.  I have seen films of the Bill Mazeroski walk off home run in 1960 and he had trouble crossing the plate because of the number of fans who had run onto the field in celebration.   In the 2004 ALCS, when A-Rod was called out after limp wristedly slapping at Bronson Arroyo's glove, dozens of mounted New York policeman had to surround the field as a preventative.  They did not just show up, they were obviously at the Stadium and ready to go in case of just such an emergency.
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The bunt was fist used in 1866 although it didnt gain popularity until the 1880's. Why it was called a bunt I have no idea. The first person to do it was Dickey Pierce, and he called it his "tricky hit". The other definition of the word is the fat part of a sail where it is curved. It could also be somehow an offshoot of butt. As in he butted the ball with the bat.
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In a game in the late 80's or maybe 1990, Mickey Tettleton of the Baltimore Orioles had a game in which he drove in 5 runs in 1 official atbat. He walked with the bases loaded, then hit a grand slam, then walked in his last atbat to finish with just 1 official atbat. No, it is not possible to drive in 5 runs in 1 plate appearance.
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Fielder's choice counts as an at-bat, but not a hit if the batter reaches first base or not.  Batting average is calculated by dividing at-bats into hits or hits/at-bats.  E.g. 150/450 = .333 batting average.\n\nI would also like to add that walks and sacrifices do count as plate appearances, but do not factor into at-bats.  I think number of plate appearances define eligibility for batting average leaders.
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Mark MacGwire hit a Randy Johnson Fastball 575 in seattle when Big Mac was with the A's\nMickey Mantle never hit a ball as far as they say he did.  I've heard 610, 630, 700 and a bunch of other inflated numbers.  But after extensive research, and accounts from people who were actually at Yankee stadium, those numbers are as inflated as the Yankee payroll, and Steinbrenners ego.  Yankee fans wanna always think their the best, so they make stuff up.  There was no consistent way of measuring distance in Mantles time. Now we actually have a way of measuring home runs, Other than guessing, and embelishing like the New York media does on a daily basis.
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As stated before: Walk + Hits / Innings Pitched. You want to see something 1.5 or less. Anything over 2.0 (meaning they walk or give up a hit to two batters per inning) and you know their ERA is going to rise as well.
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Easton made a bat called the Z-core several years ago...there were -5s and -8s...but i think that was before the rule changes only allowed the use of -3s in college and high school...after the rule change i think easton changed the model name to something else
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In a freak accident on March 24, 2001 during the 7th inning of a spring training game against the San Francisco Giants, Randy Johnson threw a fastball that struck and killed a dove. After being struck by the pitch, the bird went over catcher Rod Barajas' head and landed amid a "sea of feathers." The official call was "no pitch". This was only the second time in professional baseball that a thrown baseball had killed a bird: the first one was by New York Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield during a warm-up session in 1983. The Diamondbacks went on to win the game 10-5 without further incident.
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Damon Berryhill hit two home runs on Monday August 22nd, 1988.  The first homerun in a Wrigley Field night game was Lenny Dykstra, but he was a Met.\nBerryhill hit a 2 run round-tripper in the 2nd inning off Mike Scott and then a 3 run blast off Joaquin Andujar in the 8th.\nThe Cubbies went on to lose the game 9-7 in 10 innings but history was made.
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Who eventually scored on the play on a double to the gap in left-center that cleared the bases and triggered a 5 run rally. They eventually won the game 7-6 in 11 innings. Where is What is a true statement. What had a sex change and became known as Where in the mid 1970's. She died in 1988 of lung cancer in Truth-Or-Consequences, New Mexico. 3rd Baseman I Don't Know went on to have a solid career. Lifetime stats showed he hit 221 Home runs and drove in 782 in a 15 seasons, collected 3 world series rings with the New York Yankees, and played in 4 All-Star Games. He later on managed in the minors and also won 2 league titles there. Short Stop I Don't Give A Darn bounced around the majors playing for several clubs finshing with the Washington Senators in 1948. Left Fielder Why wrapped up a Hall of Fame career in 1958 for the Milwaukee Braves where he teamed with a young Henry Aaron in forming one of the most feared hitting tandems ever seen in the National League. Also hit .333 in the World Series that year. Career stats show 3,091 hits 427 home runs and over 1,300 career RBI. Entered the Hall of Fame in 1964 on his second try at entry. Center Fielder Because had a career ending injury in 1943 after slamming into the wall in Wrigley Field trying to catch a line drive off the bat of Andy Pafko. Catcher Today was optioned to the minors immediately following the game mentioned in the question and never returned to the majors. He did manage 3 teams in the majors however, and had moderate success coming within 2 games of the World Series in 1965 with the San Francisco Giants. Pitcher Today also had a Hall-of-Fame career. He ended a 22 year career in 1963 with the Chicago White Sox with a record of 283-160 with an ERA of 3.29. Also was the winning pitcher of the 1949 All-Star Game and drove in a run with a squeeze bunt in the 7th inning. Elected to the Hall in 1974 on his 6th try. The right fielder remains unnamed to this day since he was banned from baseball for life for gambling on games. Even his name has been removed from all baseball records.
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1. Walk (BB)\n2. Hit By Pitch\n3. Dropped 3rd Strike\n4. Intentional Walk (IBB)\n5. Catcher's Interference\n6. Player Interference\n7. Fan Interference\n8. Fielder's Choice
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The American League instituted the DH rule before the 1973 season and Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees became the first MLB player to officially play the postition on April 6, 1973.\n\nThe official rule states that any league may use the rule if it so chooses. The American League decided to experiment with the rule starting with the 1973 season in an effort to boost offensive production (since pitchers are traditionally poor hitters), liked it and has continued to use it. The National League (the Senior Circuit) decided to stay more traditional and has continued to make pitchers hit for themselves. The DH rule specifically states that the DH will be used in the home park of a team that regularly uses the rule (why you have DH in AL home games of a World Series) and that it will be used in an All-Star game only if both leagues agree in advance.\n\nIronically, it was the National League, not the American League, that first proposed using a DH. National League president John Heydler advocated the rule change at the annual major-league meeting in Chicago on Dec. 1, 1928. The NL owners approved the rule, but the AL rejected it, thus ending the debate on the rule until it revived in the 1970s.
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12. Most recently done by Mark Whiten in 1993. He also hit 4 homers in that game.\n\nWho had 18? I would like to see it. I looked this up in a baseball record book.
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Players used to leave their gloves on the field when their team came up to bat. This stopped by 1954, when a rule prohibiting the offensive team from leaving gloves and other equipment on the field went into effect.
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Assuming you're talking about the semi-bi-annual tour of MLB players to Japan after the MLB season is finished, there's been a history since 1908, not to mention a HR derby between Aaron vs Oh, this page from MLB.com has all the info you want, not to mention it's really interesting.\n\n\nhttp://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/events/japan_series/mlb_japan_series_history.jsp