Help with scoring!?

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I have been starting to keep score at the games.Since I am new at this i have been coming home and seeing how my score card matches up with the internet.I'm not sure if I understand this or not but from what I see, a sacifice fly doesn't count as an at bat but just a regular sacrifice does.Am I right?why?Please help me out.

Update:

So if a batter just hits a ground ball and it happens to move runner then it is an at bat because what I noticed was that they call all sacrifices "at bats" except for sacrifice flies.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

A sacrifice fly is not an official at bat.   A sacrifice bunt is not an official at bat.  That is because it is assumed that both actions are intentionally giving up an out to advance the runner.  A simple ground out that happens to advance a runner is assumed to be an attempt to get a hit, and thus is not considered a sacrifice, even though it has the same effect as a sacrifice bunt. Thus it is considered an official at bat.

½«gumwrapper · Answer

A sacrifice bunt which actually results in the runner being advance, being put out, is charged as a sacrifice and an at bat to to batter.

A bunt which is intended to be a sacrifice, but instead results in a perfect bunt where the batter is not put out, and, all runners are safe, is to be counted as a hit for the batter and an at bat.

CSUFGrad2006 · Answer

That is correct.  A sacrifice fly and a sacrifice bunt do not count as official at bats.  However, if a player has a hitting streak and hits a sacrifice fly as a pinch hitter and that is his only at bat, the hitting streak ends.

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