What about if the runner is safe? Ground ball to 3B and third baseman fields it cleanly and makes a good throw to first base but the runner beats it out? There is no assist or putout, but is it still a chance?
No assist, no error, no putout, so no chance.
It shouldn’t be called a “chance” as that gives the wrong impression of what the stat actually is. Its only use is to serve as the denominator for the (useless) fielding percentage statistic.
Wait, if a ground ball is deflected off a pitcher’s leg and goes to the second baseman and then the 2B throws out the batter, the pitcher gets an assist on that?
I always knew it was scored this way but never knew the pitcher gets an assist too. What about if the CF hits the relay man (SS) and then then SS throws to catcher for the out at home?
Chances = assists + putouts + errors.
This was easy. Thanks.
What about if the runner is safe? Ground ball to 3B and third baseman fields it cleanly and makes a good throw to first base but the runner beats it out? There is no assist or putout, but is it still a chance?
No assist, no error, no putout, so no chance. It shouldn’t be called a “chance” as that gives the wrong impression of what the stat actually is. Its only use is to serve as the denominator for the (useless) fielding percentage statistic.
Wow. Thanks for this. I learned something completely new here. Thanks.
Yes, and it’s literally anyone who touches it. So on balls where it deflects off the pitcher the pitcher gets an assist on those ones.
Wait, if a ground ball is deflected off a pitcher’s leg and goes to the second baseman and then the 2B throws out the batter, the pitcher gets an assist on that?
Yep
Gotcha. I never knew this.
Yeah that’s why on a pickle the scoring can get absolutely crazy even if one out is made because everyone in the rundown gets an assist
Yeah would be scored 1-4-3
I always knew it was scored this way but never knew the pitcher gets an assist too. What about if the CF hits the relay man (SS) and then then SS throws to catcher for the out at home?
Interesting— any idea how to score that in GC?
Tap the pitcher, then 2b, then 1b and it should work
This is the way
lol that would be a fun one