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Originally Posted by RchW
Yes contact counts as a strike. That's why strikes thrown is a little misleading. A pitcher who is ineffective may be confused as a strike thrower.
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But, throwing pitches that are hard enough to hit that they will tend to NOT produce hits is another type of "pitcher effectiveness" right?
So in sum, there are three (well four, but "technically three?) possible outcomes for a pitch:
1. Ball = pitch deemed outside strike zone by ump and batter did not swing.
2. Strike = a range of possible events, including, batter swings and misses (at any pitch), batter foul tips the ball, batter hits the ball but gets thrown out at first (meaning the hit did not count as a "hit")?
3. Hit = batter's bat made contact with the pitch and propelled it somewhere into fair play area, and the batter was able to make it to 1st base (or farther) safely
Is that all accurate?
Amazing how complicated baseball rules really are, but I guess I'm doing pretty good to remember as much as I do having not had any real exposure to the game for decades
Have to admit though, that one about the 3 bunt foul being counted as a strike I had forgot till I let Nap Lajoie strike himself out that way
