Error (baseball)

In baseball, an error is the act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or baserunner to reach one or more additional bases, when such an advance should have been prevented given ordinary effort by the fielder. An error is also charged when a fielder fails to catch a foul fly ball that could have been caught with ordinary effort, thus prolonging the batter's plate appearance. The term error can also refer to the play in which an error was committed.

Related Topics:
Baseball - Official scorer - Batter - Baserunner - Catch - Batter - Plate appearance - Play

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An error does not count as a hit and the batter will not be credited for any RBIs when runs are scored—unless, in the scorer's judgment, the batter would have reached first base safely but one or more of the additional base(s) reached was the result of the fielder's mistake. In that case, the play will be scored both as a hit (for the number of bases the fielders should have limited the batter to) and an error .

Related Topics:
Hit - RBIs

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Passed balls and wild pitches are separate statistical categories and are not scored as errors.

Related Topics:
Passed ball - Wild pitch

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