I'm torn regarding statistics and courtesy runners. In the past I have always credited the runner with runs scored, stolen bases and caught stealings.
The more I think about it, though, the more I don't like it.
I am considering crediting stolen bases and caught stealings to the courtesy runner and crediting runs scored to the batter whom was run for.
This brings up another question....should a courtesy runner be credited with a game played? If a player does nothing but acts as a courtesy runner, they never officially entered the game. In this case, they most definitely not credited with an inning played (much like a DH).
What do you all think?
2 comments:
Did you know that if a player in Major League Baseball only appears in the game as a pinch runner he is not given credit for a game played? Alfredo Griffin had a consecutive games streak broken when he came into the game in the bottom of the ninth inning as a pinch runner and scored the winning run. Since he did not bat or play the field, it did not count as an appearence in the game!
I did not know that. That seems to tell me that a courtesy running only day would not constitute a game played.
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