Maybe you don't know the game very well but are interested in learning how to score a baseball game. An important thing to understand is the game are played one plate appearance at at time. However, not every plate appearance is considered an official at-bat.

Hits, errors, fielder's choice and any out made by the batter for any reason, other than a sacrifice are considered official at-bat.

Here are the plate appearances that do not qualify as an official at-bat.

• Base on Balls (BB)
• Hit by Pitch (HP)
• Sacrifice Bunt (SAC)Sacrifice Fly (SF)
• Defensive Indifference (DI)
• Batter gets to base on an obstruction (O) or interference (I) (usually by the catcher).
• If a runner is caught stealing a base (CS) for the third out of an inning he is not charged with an official at-bat. Instead, the batter leads off the next inning with a clean pitch count.Batter is replaced by another hitter before his at bat has ended.

Little Known Fact:

In 1887 Major League Baseball included bases on balls as hits in the batting average calculation. It was soon abandoned the next year.

Learning how to score baseball is a lot of fun