Baseball question

[lionkingcmsl]

Here is a question for you sport nuts out there.

Teams P and M are tied and it's the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and P is up to bat.

P has the bases loaded and RH is batting. He has a full count: here is the pitch. He strokes one over the fence for a grand slam!

And now the question: As soon as the runner on third crosses home plate P wins the game; so do the other three runs count and does RH get credited with 4 RBIs, or does only that one run count, and RH credited with only one RBI?

Comments

[sleepyjohn00.livejournal.com]

AFAIK, he gets credit for everyone crossing the plate. The game has been won, but the play is still going until the runners reach base.

[smrgol-t-kirin.livejournal.com]

Who was on third?

[cprime.livejournal.com]

No, Who's on first!

*grins*

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

All I want to know is what's the name of the guy on third base!

-TG

[carlfoxmarten]

I'd rather know Who's on Stage? =^.^=

[hossblacksilver.livejournal.com]

What's the name of the guy on second.

[herveus.livejournal.com]

What year? In the early days, the batter would have been credited with a single, that being sufficient to force the winning run home. These days, the batter gets credited with four RBI and a home run.

When they first put the Baseball Encyclopedia together, they went back over the old games as best they could and tried to correct all of those inequities, crediting the batter with what he actually accomplished. The first edition went through the 1968 season.