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A relief pitcher enters the game with bases loaded.  First 2 batters hit ground ball fielders choice hits to the infield the force out at home is made on each hit.  In pitching stats are the FC's hits?

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To the best of my knowledge - a fielders choice is a time at bat so the pitching stats would reflect a time at bat and not a hit therefore the stats would show, in this instance, the pitcher faced two batters, 0 hits, 0 runs - both runners on third thrown out at home - a fielders choice in not scored as a hit

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George W. Case III

Expertise

WW II era major league baseball history - questions about specific WWII era players, stadiums, life in the major leagues, teams, impact of major league baseball upon American society during WWII (FDR's "Green Light" letter to the then Commissioner of Baseball) and the relationship of President Roosevelt with Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith in an effort to keep baseball "alive" during the darkest days of WWII.

Experience

Son of a former major league baseball player, George Case Jr. who played in the major leagues from 1937-1947. I was the former Executive Director of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) Have produced a DVD taken from my father's 8MM COLOR "home movies" of life in the major leagues from a ballplayer's perspective - currently marketing this DVD privately and also in conjunction with www.baseballdirect.com

Publications
SABR Bulletin - "Case's Corner" - newsletter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) "Growing Up at Griffith Stadium" - article published courtesy of The Big Train (Walter Johnson Baseball League) - Bethesda Maryland

Education/Credentials
BA - Rutgers University 1963 MA - Rider University 1979

Awards and Honors
Former Executive Director of SABR Consultant and speaker - City of Trenton NJ baseball exhibit - "When Trenton Baseball Roared Like Thunder" - 1994

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