Baseball · WBSC / Rule 15–19

Official scoring and statistics

WBSC · 2025–2026

Last checked: 14 October 2026
Source: WBSC Official Rules of Baseball 2025–2026 · Source pages: 113–157,172–173

In short

How the scorer separates runs, hits, errors and pitching records.

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Batting and fielding records Pitching records

Batting and fielding records

The official scorer records the result independently of the umpire’s live decisions. A hit differs from reaching because of an error or fielder’s choice. Sacrifices, runs batted in, stolen bases, assists and putouts each have conditions. A difficult play not made is not automatically an error; ordinary effort is central.

Pitching records

Earned runs are reconstructed without qualifying errors and passed balls. A pitcher’s win or loss is not simply assigned to whoever appeared last. Event appendices adjust winning-pitcher qualification and the earned-run-average coefficient for shorter games. Automatically placed extra-inning runners, and specified replacements created by a fielder’s choice, produce unearned runs.

Independent explanations and translations, not official federation publications. Based on the supplied WBSC Official Rules of Baseball 2025–2026, including its event-specific appendices. References use physical PDF pages. Explanations are condensed; the supplied edition and its stated competition conditions determine scope.
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