Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > double play
double play
A double play is getting two men out on the same play. There are a few different ways to get a double play. The most common double play is when there is a runner on first base, and the batter hits the ball to the shortstop. The shortstop then throws the ball to the second baseman, he steps on second base, for one out and then he throws the ball to the first baseman who has his foot on first base for the second out. This is known as a 6-4-3- double play. The number 6 refers to the shortstop, number 4 to the second baseman and number 3 to the first baseman. You hear this all the time in baseball games. A reverse force double play is one in which the first out is a force play and the second out is made on a runner for whom the force is removed by reason of the first out. Examples of reverse force plays
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
doomsday plane
A modified version of the Boeing 747 plane specially designed to protect the U.S. president and Joint Chiefs in the event of a nuclear war or a ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Marouane937
0
Terms
58
Blossaries
3
Followers
5 Soccer Superstars That Never Played in a World Cup
Browers Terms By Category
- Bread(293)
- Cookies(91)
- Pastries(81)
- Cakes(69)
Baked goods(534) Terms
- General Finance(7677)
- Funds(1299)
- Commodity exchange(874)
- Private equity(515)
- Accountancy(421)
- Real estate investment(192)
Financial services(11765) Terms
- Architecture(556)
- Interior design(194)
- Graphic design(194)
- Landscape design(94)
- Industrial design(20)
- Application design(17)
Design(1075) Terms
- General astronomy(781)
- Astronaut(371)
- Planetary science(355)
- Moon(121)
- Comets(101)
- Mars(69)
Astronomy(1901) Terms
- SSL certificates(48)
- Wireless telecommunications(3)