Clipping:Pitcher given an assist on strike outs

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Date Saturday, January 15, 1881
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No change is made [to the rules] in the matter of crediting the pitcher with a fielding assistance whenever the batsman is put out on a third strike, and the result is that it is impossible to judge of a pitcher's fielding skill by the averages which are based on this data. Such assistance belongs solely to the pitcher's score, and cannot be rated as a fielding assistance. By mixing it up with such fielding-assistance records a pitcher becomes credited with an average of fielding which he is not entitled to as a fielder. No fielder should be credited with an assist unless by such assistance he helps another one to put out a batsman or base-runner from a hit ball, whether hit fair or foul. All other assistance, such as that of the pitcher in putting out on strikes, should be recorded in the pitcher's score.

Source New York Clipper
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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