Is a hitting streak broken when the player gets a day off?

digicat

SF's super rookie Buster Posey has a 16 game hitting streak, but he's getting the day off today. Does that snap the streak?

72skywalker

no, it does not. The streak goes for the days he is playing.

digicat

Thanks.

otwcards

The streak also continues if the hitter is walked, HBP or sacrifice bunts in his at bats (ex: 4 ABs and the hitter gets 3 walks and a sac bunt will leave the hitting streak intact). Sacrifice flies will end a hitting streak, however.

milbroco

And if he pitch hits and gets an out he loses the streak.

jdip9

<<<The streak also continues if the hitter is walked, HBP or sacrifice bunts in his at bats (ex: 4 ABs and the hitter gets 3 walks and a sac bunt will leave the hitting streak intact). Sacrifice flies will end a hitting streak, however.>>>

I didn't realize this. Has this ever happened during a prominent streak?

MantleMarisFordBerra

<< <i><<<The streak also continues if the hitter is walked, HBP or sacrifice bunts in his at bats (ex: 4 ABs and the hitter gets 3 walks and a sac bunt will leave the hitting streak intact). Sacrifice flies will end a hitting streak, however.>>>

I didn't realize this. Has this ever happened during a prominent streak? >>



I didn't know that either...???

Mickey71

Scott,
If that is true then that is something none of us or at least most of us have never heard. I thought if you appeared in a game it is plain and simple....a game played.

Can you let me know where you got that info from.

Thanks,
Mickey71

otwcards

<< <i>Scott,
If that is true then that is something none of us or at least most of us have never heard. I thought if you appeared in a game it is plain and simple....a game played.

Can you let me know where you got that info from.

Thanks,
Mickey71 >>



Major League Baseball rules... I'll research it and give you the specific rule, but for some odd reason, I'm one of those folks that reads things (at least those that I care about) and has them stuck in my head forever.

I recall it coming into question one point during Pete Rose's streak as he had walked his first couple of plate appearance and had hit a sac fly. He eventually got a hit to extend the streak, but there was some debate about what would happen if he had been walked the rest of his at bats.

otwcards

Here you go:

From the Official Rules of Major League Baseball,

Official Rules: 10.00 The Official Scorer

revert to subsection:

10.23 Guidelines For Cumulative Performance Records

(a) CONSECUTIVE HITTING STREAKS. A consecutive hitting streak shall not be terminated if a batter’s plate appearance results in a base on balls, hit batsman, defensive interference or obstruction or a sacrifice bunt. A sacrifice fly shall terminate the streak.

(b) CONSECUTIVE-GAME HITTING STREAKS. A consecutive-game hitting streak shall not be terminated if all of a batter's plate appearances (one or more) in a game result in a base on balls, hit batsman, defensive interference or obstruction or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a sacrifice fly and no hit.

jdip9

nice work, Scott...thanks for the education.

Mickey71

Scott,
That's awesome. Very interesting rule. I'm surprised it's never talked about. I guess because no one will approach Joltin Joe. Rose was getting there.

Thanks Scott and good research,
Mickey71

VikingDude

And personally, no statistic should reference streaks that occur over 2 seasons.

Tabe

<< <i>And personally, no statistic should reference streaks that occur over 2 seasons. >>


Carl Hubbell hates you for this.

Tabe

TheVon

Awesome pull, Scott! I'm totally stealing this bit of trivia.

Dboneesq

Scott ... thanks for the info. I had no idea about that either!

digicat

<< <i>And personally, no statistic should reference streaks that occur over 2 seasons. >>



I think that would make a streak all that more impressive.

You take a player who's "in the zone" at the end of a season, takes 6 months off, then comes back to the field and continues to be "in the zone."