Bunt question

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by milkit1

When were bunts officially kept track of in terms of bunts as hits? The reason I ask is I saw a top 10 hunters of all time list and it had no deadball era hitters. That seemed odd to me. Is it possible that bunting percentage wasn't kept track of until later?
Thanks

Batters were exempted from being charged with at-bats if they executed a successful sacrifice bunt starting in 1894. Baseball-reference.com includes sacrifice hit statistics for batters starting with that year.

The top single-season sacrifice hit total was 67 by Ray Chapman in 1917, and Bill Bradley had 60 in 1908. The nine highest totals and 18 of the highest 20 were all from 1920 or earlier (the other two were in 1921 and 1924).

I'm not sure if this answers your question.

[Mdmtx]

Depending upon personal obligations, maybe I will setup. If not, I will at least attend.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Mdmtx

Depending upon personal obligations, maybe I will setup. If not, I will at least attend.

Personal obligations be damned, if at all possible I suggest you setup on this thread too.

Brian (thread guardian since 2001)

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Personal obligations be damned, if at all possible I suggest you setup on this thread too.

Brian (thread guardian since 2001)

I will defend Mark's right to set up anywhere he chooses.

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by Mdmtx

Depending upon personal obligations, maybe I will setup. If not, I will at least attend.

Should you decide to set up, be sure to use table bunting