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Sport Category: P
P GS
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P IP
There is no definition for this term.
PA
Plate Appearances
PASSED BALL
A pitched ball missed by the catcher, allowing a runner to advance.
PB
Passed Balls
PERFECT GAME
A game in which a pitcher does not allow any batter of the opposing team to reach base.
PICK OFF
An attempt by the pitcher to get a base runner out by throwing to the base from the stretch position.
PINCH HITTER
A hitter who substitutes in the line-up for a starting player. The original batter can't return to the game, so the pinch hitter or a third person takes over the defensive position as well.
PINCH RUNNER
A player entering the game to run for someone already on base.
PITCH
A ball delivered to the batter by the pitcher. All other deliveries of the ball by one player to another are thrown balls.
PITCHER
The fielder designated to deliver the pitch to the batter.
PITCHING ROTATION
The order in which the starting pitchers take turns starting games, usually with three or four days rest between starts.
PITCHOUT
When a pitch is thrown wide of the strike zone on purpose. A catcher will signal for a pitchout if they think that a runner is trying to steal.
PIVOT FOOT
Pitcher's foot which is in contact with the pitcher's plate as he delivers the pitch.
PK
Pick-offs
PO
Putouts
PULL HITTER
A batter that generally hits to the same side of the field that he bats. (eg, righthanded pull hitter hits to the left side of the field).
PUTOUT
In scoring, a fielder is credited with a putout if he receives the ball to put out a baserunner or a hitter.