Reguarding pitchers...?
Question:When I am looking at the box score or something like that after a game that tells who were the winning and loosing pitchers, there is a W beside the winning pitcher, an L beside the losing pitcher but then sometimes there is a H beside a relieving pitcher...I was just wondering what that meant?
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H stands for a Hold. The set-up man usually gets that when holding the lead for the starting pitcher. The closer then comes in for the save (S).i dont know about the h
but it is, win, lose, or undecided.
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it means that there was either a runner already on base when he came in or there was a strike count in the batters favor when the pitcher came in. If it says H, 1 it means there was 1 person on base already so the relief pitcher isnt held accountable for the run since the starting pitcher let him on basethe H for the reliever means that he held the lead while
he pitched
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The H stands for 'hold'. If a reliever comes into a save situation and then comes out of the game with the lead still intact, they get credit for a hold. It's a stat for the middle-relievers who don't get any love.More Questions & Answers...