Clipping:Defining men left on base

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Date Wednesday, December 14, 1887
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[reporting the Scorers' Association meeting 12/9] The next question taken up was that of left on bases and this question was presented and adopted;

The left on base item in the summary will be represented by the difference between the total of times at bat and batted balls and hit by pitchers and the total of the put-outs and runs.

This simply decides this question, that with two men out and men on either bases, if the batsman hits the ball and the play is made on one of the men on the bases it is proper to credit the batsman with being left on base. The Sporting Life December 14, 1887

[from the Pittsburgh correspondent] For instance, with two men out and one or more men on the bases, the batsman hits the ball and it is fielded to head off a man either at second, third or home and the play is completed, is the batsman credited with being left on base? I claim that he should not, having never reached first base in safety, in fact, having never reached a base. A good many dispute this view. During the meeting of the Committee on Rules several members were asked about the play, and there was a difference of opinion. The Sporting Life December 14, 1887

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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