Pitchout, the Glossary
In baseball or softball, a pitchout is a ball that is intentionally thrown high and outside the strike zone with the purpose of preventing a stolen base, thwarting a hit and run, or to prevent a run-scoring play on a suicide squeeze play.[1]
Table of Contents
10 relations: Base running, Baseball, Hit and run (baseball), Intentional base on balls, Pickoff, Pitch (baseball), Softball, Squeeze play (baseball), Stolen base, Strike zone.
- Baseball pitches
Base running
In baseball, base running is the act of running from base to base, performed by members of the team at bat.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.
Hit and run (baseball)
A hit and run is a high risk, high reward offensive strategy used in baseball.
See Pitchout and Hit and run (baseball)
Intentional base on balls
In baseball, an intentional base on balls, usually referred to as an intentional walk and denoted in baseball scorekeeping by IBB, is a walk issued to a batter by a pitcher with the intent of removing the batter's opportunity to swing at the pitched ball. Pitchout and intentional base on balls are baseball pitching.
See Pitchout and Intentional base on balls
Pickoff
In baseball, a pickoff is an act by a pitcher or catcher, throwing a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who is either leading off or about to begin stealing the next base.
Pitch (baseball)
In baseball, the pitch is the act of throwing the baseball toward home plate to start a play. Pitchout and pitch (baseball) are baseball pitches.
See Pitchout and Pitch (baseball)
Softball
Softball is a popular variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball on a smaller field and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) permitted.
Squeeze play (baseball)
In baseball, the squeeze play (a.k.a. squeeze bunt) is a maneuver consisting of a sacrifice bunt with a runner on third base.
See Pitchout and Squeeze play (baseball)
Stolen base
In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a runner advances to a base unaided by other actions and the official scorer rules that the advance should be credited to the action of the runner.
Strike zone
In baseball, the strike zone is the volume of space through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike even if the batter does not swing. Pitchout and strike zone are baseball pitching.
See also
Baseball pitches
- 12–6 curveball
- Beanball
- Breaking ball
- Brushback pitch
- Changeup
- Circle changeup
- Curveball
- Cut fastball
- Eephus pitch
- Emery ball
- Fastball
- Forkball
- Fosh (baseball)
- Four-seam fastball
- Gyroball
- Knuckle curve
- Knuckleball
- Palmball
- Pitch (baseball)
- Pitch quantification
- Pitchout
- Screwball
- Shuuto
- Sinker (pitch)
- Slider (pitch)
- Slurve
- Spitball
- Split-finger fastball
- Two-seam fastball
- Vulcan changeup
- Wild pitch
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitchout
Also known as Pitch out.