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Originally Posted by Anthropoid
So there are effectively two phenomenae both called "strikes?"
1. Throwing a pitch that an Umpire deems to have been in the strike zone and which gets counted by the PS stat.
2. Throwing a pitch that gets counted as a strike against a player, either because:
a. he swings at it and misses, or
b. he bunts it and it goes foul
But in fact, if you throw a pitch that is NOT in the strike zone, and the batter swings at it and misses, it then becomes a strike (K), even though it wouldn't have been deemed a strike (PS)?!?  |
Pretty much. It's not an exact science. The best way to look at it is that there are two ways for a pitch to be counted as a strike when it comes to post-game totals: either it is a called strike by the umpire, or the batter swings at it.
Because whatever the outcome of the swing (a miss, a foul, an out, or a hit), it will be listed as a strike in the box score.