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Originally Posted by MG1968  I have a dumb baseball question.
If a walk doesn't count as an at bat, why does a walk with the bases loaded give the batter an RBI? |
A walk doesnt count as an AB because you cant punish the hitter for the pitcher not being able to throw strikes...You do award the hitter an RBI based on the hitters merit for drawing the walk, just a rule.
A BB does not count as an AB but it does count as a plate appearance. Its interesting that if a hitter has a consecutive game hit streak and walks four times the hit streak is still intact.