kingssss Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 This man was bragging to his grandson about when he was in the MLB. The kid asked who the best pitcher was that he ever faced. The man told him that he had faced Sandy Koufax. He said that Koufax threw a total of 11 pitches to him in his career. 6 were balls, 4 were strikes, and 1 was a groundout. The kid asked how many total at-bats he ever had against Koufax and the man said only 1. Explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 He walked in one at bat. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj32 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 A walk does not count as an at bat, so he walked on a 3-2 count and grounded out on a 2-2 count. 6 balls, 4 strikes, 1 groundout, 1 at bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingssss Posted July 24, 2005 Author Share Posted July 24, 2005 No. the groundout was the only thing that actually happened to him. he had one "real" AB, not 1 "official" AB. so a BB or HBP or SAC or whatever is not the answer. sry shouldve clarified that. i dont know if that makes sense but i hope it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goforbroke Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Koufax threw a total of 11 pitches to him in his careermaybe the guy was a catcher that caught koufax for one batter that walked on a 3-2 count - so thats 6 pitches (4 balls, 2 strikes)then later in his career while playing for another team he faced koufax as a batter and grounded out on a 2-2 pitch (2 balls, 2 strikes, and the groudout) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusebazell Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 I think I got it, the count was 2-2 when the pitch was thrown that pitch was a ball then a guy who was on base got thrown out stealing. Giving him 5 pitches. The next inning he came up got a full count 3-2 then grounded out. Thus, giving him 11 pitches. 3 +2 = 5 3+3 = 6 5 + 6 = 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingssss Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 I think I got it, the count was 2-2 when the pitch was thrown that pitch was a ball then a guy who was on base got thrown out stealing. Giving him 5 pitches. The next inning he came up got a full count 3-2 then grounded out. Thus, giving him 11 pitches. 3 +2 = 5 3+3 = 6 5 + 6 = 11 Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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