Batting (baseball)

In baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team. A batter or hitter is a person whose turn it is to face the pitcher. The goals of batters are to produce runs, but the techniques and strategies they use to do so vary. The main three goals of batters are to become a baserunner, drive runners home, or advance runners along the bases for others to drive home.

The lineup

Main article: batting order (baseball)

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The lineup or batting order is a list of the nine baseball players for a team in the order they will bat during the game. During the game the only way to change the lineup is via substition, as batting out of turn is not allowed. Once the ninth person in the lineup finishes batting, the first person bats again, that is the top of the order. Lineups are designed to facilitate manufacturing runs. Depending on the skills of a batter, they might be placed in a different part of the lineup. Of course, when it comes down to it, all batters are attempting to create runs for the team.

Related Topics:
Batting out of turn - Manufacturing runs

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