Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 24, 2003
Rare Play

I thought I just saw a rare play. Brian Hunter was on second when Jeff Bagwell launched a double to the right field wall in Milwaukee. Hunter tagged, then thought the ball was gone and was jogging to third. He then realized that the ball wasn't out of the park, but by then he didn't have time to score. So a double only advance a runner one base. I figured this didn't happen very often, but it was the 6th time this year, and the 193rd time since 1987.

Update: I did not see the play correctly. Al B tells me that Brian Hunter was on first when the play started, and stopped at 2nd. He should have been able to score on the play, however. So change the numbers to 5 times this year, and 192 times since 1987.


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