Contents 1 Records 2 History 3 References 4 External links

In baseball, a batted ball is considered a sacrifice fly if the following four criteria are met:

• There are fewer than two outs when the ball is hit. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each
• The ball is hit to the outfield. The outfield is a Sporting term used in Cricket and Baseball to refer to the area of the Field of play further from the Batsman
• The batter is out because an outfielder or an infielder running in the outfield catches the ball (or would have been out if not for an error). Baseball teams take turns one "out" in the field and one "in" at bat In Baseball statistics|statistics]] an error is the act in the judgment of the Official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner
• A runner who is already on base scores on the play.

As addressed within Rule 10. 09(e) of the Official Baseball Rules^[1], a sacrifice fly is not counted as a turn at bat for the batter, though the batter is credited with a run batted in. In Baseball, an at bat ( AB) or time at bat is used to calculate certain statistics, including Batting average, On base

The purpose of not counting a sacrifice fly as an at bat is to avoid penalizing hitters for a successful tactical maneuver. The sacrifice fly is one of two instances in baseball where a batter is not charged with a time at bat after putting a ball in play; the other is the sacrifice hit (often if the batter "bunts. ") However, a sacrifice fly still reduces a player's on base percentage, and a player on a hitting streak will have the hit streak end if he has no official at-bats but he has a sacrifice fly. In Baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP (sometimes referred to as on-base average ', as the statistic is rarely presented as a true Percentage) In Baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit.

The sacrifice fly is still credited even if another runner is put out on appeal for failing to tag up, so long as a run scores prior to the third out. In Baseball, to tag up is to retouch or remain on the runner's Time-of-pitch base until (after the ball is first touched by a Fielder. In the case of a fly ball dropped for an error, the sacrifice fly is only credited if the official scorer believes the run would have scored had the ball been caught.

Unlike most bunts, a batter does not "purposely" give himself up when he eventually hits a fly ball to the outfield. Indeed, longtime Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully usually refers to a sacrifice fly as a "scoring fly ball". The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully (born November 29, 1927 in The Bronx, New York) is an American Sportscaster,

Records

The most sacrifice flies by a team in one game is five; the record was established by the Seattle Mariners in 1988 and tied by the Colorado Rockies in 2006^[2] and the tied again in 2008 by the Seattle Mariners^[3]. The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Since the rule was reinstated in its present form, Gil Hodges of the Dodgers holds the record for most sacrifice flies in one season with 19, in 1954; Eddie Murray holds the record for most sacrifice flies in a career with 128. Gilbert Raymond Hodges ( April 4 1924 – April 2 1972) was an American First baseman and manager in Major The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA Eddie Clarence Murray (born February 24 1956 in Los Angeles California) is a former Major League Baseball First baseman who was known as one of the most

As of the 2007 season, players who have hit 115 or more career sacrifice flies:^[4]

1. Eddie Murray (128)
2. Cal Ripken, Jr. (127)
3. Robin Yount (123)
4. Hank Aaron (121)
5. George Brett (120)
6. Rubén Sierra^[5] (120)
7. Rafael Palmeiro (119)
8. Frank Thomas^[5] (119)
9. Daniel "Rusty" Staub (119)
10. Andre Dawson (118)
11. Don Baylor (115)

History

Batters have not been charged with a time at-bat for a sacrifice hit since 1893, but baseball has changed the sacrifice fly rule multiple times. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Minor League Baseball Eddie Clarence Murray (born February 24 1956 in Los Angeles California) is a former Major League Baseball First baseman who was known as one of the most Robin R Yount (jɔnt born September 16, 1955 in Danville Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball player who spent his entire career with Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5 1934 in Mobile Alabama) nicknamed "Hammer" "Hammerin' Hank” or "Bad Henry” is a retired George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953 in Glen Dale West Virginia) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals Rubén Angel Sierra García (born October 6, 1965 in Rio Piedras Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball Outfielder. Rafael Palmeiro Corrales (born September 24, 1964 in Havana, Cuba) is a former Major League Baseball player with a career spanning Frank Edward Thomas (born May 27 1968 is a Major League Baseball Designated hitter for the Oakland Athletics. Daniel Joseph "Rusty" Staub (born April 1, 1944 in New Orleans Louisiana) was a Major League Baseball player for 23 seasons (1963–1985 Andre Nolan Dawson (born July 10, 1954, Miami Florida) is a former Major League Baseball Outfielder. Donald Edward Baylor (born June 28, 1949) is a Major League Baseball coach and a former player and manager. The sacrifice fly as a statistical category was instituted in 1908, only to be discontinued in 1931. The rule was again adopted in 1939, only to be eliminated again in 1940, before being adopted for the last time in 1954.

References

External links

• MLB Official Rules: 10.00 The Official Scorer, from the Major League Baseball website
• Chronology that includes the chronology of the sacrifice fly rule, from baseballlibrary. com

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