Scoring Position

In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on second or third can score on a single. This is also known as "ducks on the pond". Runners left in scoring position refers to the number of runners on second or third base at the end of an inning and is an inverse measure of a team's offensive efficiency.

Many of baseball's "small ball" or "one run" tactics center around attempts to move a runner on first base into scoring position. Such tactics were dominant in the 1890s and the Dead Ball Era, when extra base hits were relatively rare.

Baseball concepts
Field
  • Backstop
  • Baseball diamond
  • Batter's box
  • Batter's eye
  • Bullpen
  • Dugout
  • Foul territory
  • Foul pole
  • Infield
  • On-deck circle
  • Outfield
  • Strike zone
  • Warning track
Equipment
  • Bat
  • Ball
  • Glove (defense)
  • Batting glove
  • Batting helmet
  • Cap
  • Doughnut
  • Stirrups
  • Uniform
  • Uniform number
  • Shin guard
  • Protective cup
  • Batting cage
  • Pitching machine
Game process
  • Innings
  • Extra innings
  • Out
  • Seventh-inning stretch
  • Batting order
  • Run
  • On-deck
Batting
  • At bat
  • Plate appearance
  • Hit and run
  • Sacrifice bunt
  • Sacrifice fly
  • Slap bunt
  • Baltimore chop
  • Bunt
  • Designated hitter
  • Foul ball
  • Foul tip
  • Checked swing
  • Ground rule double
  • Hit
  • Infield hit
  • Hit by pitch
  • Strikeout
  • Single
  • Double
  • Triple
  • Home run
  • Grand slam
  • Inside-the-park home run
  • Walk-off home run
  • Lefty-righty switch
  • Double switch
  • Line drive
  • Batting count
  • Sweet spot
  • Pull hitter
  • Hitting for the cycle
Pitching
  • Balk
  • Beanball
  • Breaking ball
  • Brushback pitch
  • Changeup
  • Curveball
  • Fastball
  • Full count
  • Inside pitching
  • Knuckleball
  • Passed ball
  • Pitch count
  • Pitchout
  • Quick pitch
  • Shutout
  • Slider
  • Spitball
  • Strikeout
  • Striking out the side
  • Wild pitch
  • Time of pitch
  • No-hitter
  • Perfect game
Baserunning
  • Balk
  • Bases loaded
  • Caught stealing
  • Left on base
  • Safe
  • Scoring position
  • Small ball
  • Squeeze play
  • Stolen base
  • Tag up
  • Walk
  • Contact play
Fielding
  • Double play
  • Force play
  • Hidden ball trick
  • In-between hop
  • Triple play
  • Unassisted triple play
  • Pickoff
  • Wheel play
  • Catch
  • Fourth out
  • Rundown
  • Tag out
  • Appeal play
  • Assist
  • Infield shift
  • Wall climb
  • Fielder's choice
  • Defensive indifference
Miscellaneous
  • In flight
  • Infield fly rule
  • Bench-clearing brawl
  • Pepper
  • Shagging
  • Uncaught third strike
  • Interference
  • Golden sombrero
  • Ground rules
  • Instant replay
  • Baseball jargon
  • Slump
  • Bench jockey
  • Dead ball
Baseball glossary


Famous quotes containing the word position:

    To place oneself in the position of God is painful: being God is equivalent to being tortured. For being God means that one is in harmony with all that is, including the worst. The existence of the worst evils is unimaginable unless God willed them.
    Georges Bataille (1897–1962)