Baseball question

[westend1]

How many innings does a starting high school pitcher have to go to be eligible for the win?

[softball2011]

i "think" theoretically you could pitch one pitch and be considered the pitcher on record when the winning run was scored therefore be the winning pitcher.

if you were the away team and scored winning run at first at bat and pitched the first pitch of the bottom of that inning, i think you would get the win. (you have injured yourself on first pitch)

however, this may be a question for Mr ump....I know I am not sure.

[sport1971]

I thought they had to record an out.

[Guest UHCoog14]

They must pitch 4 innings to be the "pitcher of record" in order to earn the win as a starter.

[Gladtobehere]

[quote name="HSB&Rangers" post="782289" timestamp="1269613307"]
[quote author=Silsbee88 link=topic=35113.msg782143#msg782143 date=1269573790]

[quote author=Slugger link=topic=35113.msg782140#msg782140 date=1269573287]
[color=#151b8d]First of all, I'd like to thank this web site and MrUmp1 for providing a great service to the baseball community here in Texas. [i]"Thanks"[/i]

[i]Say hey[/i], I need a little help here MrUmp1 with giving the "W" to the pitcher who earned the "W".

First game of season for our High School team is in a Tourney with a no-inning started after 1:45 min of play.

Game goes 6 complete innings.

Our team wins 7 - 0.

Our Pitcher #1 goes 3 complete innings and leaves with score 3 - 0 and is thrown out of game by HP Umpire in the 4th for arguing called third strke while he is AB.

Pitcher #1 gives up: 3 H, 3 BB, 4 K, 0 ER and pitches out of 2 serious jams.

Our Pitcher #2 comes in and pitches 3 complete innings. Our team scores 4 more runs for a 7-0 lead.

Pitcher #2 gives up: 0 H, 1 BB, 6 K, 0 ER and throws 32 pitches in his 3 IP.

Who gets the win? [/color]



[/quote]

Pitcher #1 get the win
[/quote]

That is correct. It is rule 9.6.6 in the high school rule book. Kind of confusing.

[i]ART. 6 . . . Winning and losing pitchers are determined as follows:
a. If the starting pitcher has pitched the first four innings or more and his
team is ahead when he is replaced and the team holds the lead for the
remainder of the game, he shall be the winning pitcher.
b. If a game ends for whatever reason, having gone less than seven innings,
then the starting pitcher shall have pitched three or more consecutive
innings to be declared the winning pitcher. If the starting pitcher cannot be
declared the winning pitcher, and more than one relief pitcher is used, the
winning pitcher shall be determined using the following criteria:
1. If the score is tied, it results in the game becoming a new contest so
far as judging who is the winning and losing pitcher.
2. If the starting pitcher is removed before having pitched four or more
innings and his team is ahead, the official scorer shall determine the
winning pitcher to be the relief pitcher who has been the most effective.
3. If the opposition goes ahead, pitchers up to that time in the game
cannot be credited with the win. However, if the pitcher pitching subsequently
takes and maintains a lead the remainder of the game, said
pitcher is credited with the win.
4. Generally the relief pitcher credited with the win is the pitcher when his
team takes the lead and holds it for the rest of the game. However, if
the relief pitcher pitches only a short while or not effectively and a succeeding
relief pitcher replaces him and does better work in keeping the
lead, the latter shall be granted the win.
c. If a pitcher is removed for a pinch-hitter or a pinch-runner, the runs scored
by his team during the inning of his removal are to be credited to his
benefit to decide the pitcher of record.
d. The starting pitcher shall be charged with the loss when he is replaced and
his team is behind or falls behind because of runs assessed to him after
being replaced and his team does not subsequently tie the score or take the
lead.
e. A pitcher cannot be given credit for pitching a shutout when he does not
pitch the complete game except when he enters the game with no one out
before the opponents have scored in the first inning and does not permit
the opposition to score during the game.[/i]

And thought something like that was simple.
[/quote]

[tvc184]

[quote name="GCMPats" post="1183103" timestamp="1329934415"]
They must pitch 4 innings to be the "pitcher of record" in order to earn the win as a starter.
[/quote]

That is what I thought but a reliever just has to be the pitcher in the inning that the lead was taken and held. So if it is tied going into the last inning and a new pitcher comes on to win that game, that one inning makes him the winning pitcher. The start has to go more than half the game (4 innings) and have the lead and have it held in order to get the win.

[Guest UHCoog14]

This is why most high school baseball stats must be taken with a grain of salt. Without a true scorekeeper, it is often left up to a parent or some student on the bench.

[PhatMack19]

I have had a pitcher get credited with the win without throwing a pitch.  Cody Laird(Nederland & Lamar) has the best pickoff move I have ever seen.  We put him in with a man on first in a tie game and he picked the runner off to end the inning without even looking at the catcher.  We went on to win the game in the next half inning making Cody the pitcher of record.