One player, same game, two different teams

[Peter_Spaeth]

Ever been done before? I doubt it.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/23/sport...ame/index.html

[frankbmd]

This may have never happened exactly like this before, but if there is a delay in finishing the suspended game, I am sure the rosters of the two teams may have changed before the game is completed. I do not believe that either team in the completion of the game is prohibited from using a player currently on their team who was not on the team when the game started and was suspended.

Other possibilities exist as well. A relief pitcher could have a blown save for Team A before the game was suspended, but not completed. He could then end up on Team B for the completion of the game later in the season. Would he be prohibited from pitching for Team B and saving the same game that he had blown for Team A.

If you go to 1000 baseball games, there is always a chance that you will see something happen in the 1001st game that you (or anyone else) has never seen before. That said I doubt any of you have seen a quadruple play.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

This may have never happened exactly like this before, but if there is a delay in finishing the suspended game, I am sure the rosters of the two teams may have changed before the game is completed. I do not believe that either team in the completion of the game is prohibited from using a player currently on their team who was not on the team when the game started and was suspended.

Other possibilities exist as well. A relief pitcher could have a blown save for Team A before the game was suspended, but not completed. He could then end up on Team B for the completion of the game later in the season. Would he be prohibited from pitching for Team B and saving the same game that he had blown for Team A.

If you go to 1000 baseball games, there is always a chance that you will see something happen in the 1001st game that you (or anyone else) has never seen before. That said I doubt any of you have seen a quadruple play.

Why, Frank. That's very Kurkjian-ish of you.

If former player Micah Owings had grounded into a double play, would he automatically be out next time up?


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[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Ever been done before? I doubt it.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/23/sport...ame/index.html

Only one other instance could it be found to have happened in the Minor Leagues.

Pretty good minor league ballplayer but not quite Major League material Dale Holman. He not only went 3 for 3 and got hits for both teams...he knocked in what was determined to be the game winning run for the team he was no longer with.

https://ballnine.com/2021/01/25/the-man-of-two-teams/

[Peter_Spaeth]

When a batter is replaced in mid count, who gets credit for the at bat, the original batter or the batter who completes it?

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

When a batter is replaced in mid count, who gets credit for the at bat, the original batter or the batter who completes it?

I'm pretty sure it's the pinch hitter unless he inherits two strikes and then Ks.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

I'm pretty sure it's the pinch hitter unless he inherits two strikes and then Ks.

So, in theory, you could have a situation where (for example) Shohei Ohtani essentially strikes out himself. Suppose Ohtani is at bat with two strikes, the game gets suspended. Ohtani is then traded to the opposing team, and when the game resumes, Ohtani is pitching. If he then strikes out whoever the replacement batter is, he is charged with striking out as a batter and gets credit for the K as a pitcher.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

So, in theory, you could have a situation where (for example) Shohei Ohtani essentially strikes out himself. Suppose Ohtani is at bat with two strikes, the game gets suspended. Ohtani is then traded to the opposing team, and when the game resumes, Ohtani is pitching. If he then strikes out whoever the replacement batter is, he is charged with striking out as a batter and gets credit for the K as a pitcher.

Nah! Only a Unicorn could do that...oh, wait...