strikeout

Thân thiện

The batter records a strikeout with three swinging strikes.

Definition

Noun: 1. In baseball: An out that is recorded when a batter accumulates three strikes during their time at bat, ending their turn without successfully hitting the ball into fair territory or becoming a runner.

Usage

The term is used primarily in the context of baseball and softball to describe a specific and common method for a batter to be called out. * The pitcher's fastball was so effective that he finished the game with twelve strikeouts. * A strikeout occurs on the third strike, whether the batter swings and misses or the umpire calls a taken pitch a strike.

Advanced Usage

• "To strike out" (verb phrase): The action performed by the pitcher that results in a strikeout for the batter. This is the verb form from which the noun is derived.
  • The pitcher struck out the side in the first inning.
• "Strikeout rate" (K%): A statistical measure in baseball representing the frequency with which a pitcher records strikeouts or a batter accumulates them.
• "Strikeout-to-walk ratio" (K/BB): An advanced pitching statistic comparing the number of strikeouts to the number of walks allowed.

Variants and Related Words

• Strike out (verb phrase): To fail to hit the ball after three strikes, resulting in an out. It can also be used metaphorically to mean "to fail" in a general sense.
  • He struck out on three pitches. (Baseball)
  • I struck out at three job interviews this week. (Metaphorical)
• Strike (noun): In baseball, a pitch that is swung at and missed, not swung at but called within the strike zone by the umpire, or hit foul under specific counts.
• K (abbreviation): The standard scorekeeping symbol for a strikeout. A backward 'K' (ꓘ) is sometimes used to denote a strikeout where the batter did not swing (i.e., "struck out looking").

Synonyms

• K (as a noun in statistics):
• Punchout (informal):

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "Strike out swinging": To record a strikeout by swinging at and missing the third strike. Often implies an aggressive effort.
• "Strike out looking": To record a strikeout without swinging at the third strike, which is called a strike by the umpire. Often implies a passive or mistaken approach by the batter.
• "Go down on strikes": To be called out via a strikeout.
  • The cleanup hitter went down on strikes with the bases loaded.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes