if a pitch hits your hands while holding the bat is it a walk or a strike

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Anonymous asked: If a pitch hits your hands while holding the bat, is it a walk or a strike?

Rick answered: When a pitched ball hits any part of the batter's body, the call is a dead ball.

If the batter swings at the pitch, it is a dead ball and a strike, the at bat continues.

If he doesn't swing, it would be a dead ball, batter goes to first base.

Yours in baseball,

Rick

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if a pitch hits your hands while holding the bat is it a walk or a strike

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Sep 15, 2011
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Good Addition
by: Rick

Coach Dan: Good addition to this question and answer!

Yours in baseball,

Rick

Sep 15, 2011
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A clarification
by: Coach Dan

If the batter does not swing in the scenario described here he is awarded first UNLESS the pitch is a called strike, in which case it is a strike (and a dead ball).

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