I know you guys hate scoring questions but please forgive me. I hardly ever ask a question.
Bases loaded, two outs and the batter sends one over the fence for a home run. In the celebration, R3 misses home and after all other players have scored, the PU puts the ball in play and R3 missing home is appealed. He's called out and all the runs are canceled, no question about that.
How does the scorekeeper tabulate the batters time at bat. Is this an out? Does it count against his batting average? Does he get any credit for RBIs?
All these questions matter because our high school team is about to award the MVP award. It is based mostly on a formula of RBI's, runs scored, batting average, and slugging percentage. (Pitchers have their own separate award.) It's coming down to two players running neck and neck and this grand slam home run that was canceled is looking very big in the calculations. The award comes with a $2500 college scholarship and because of past favortism and politics, this award is now based almost solely on statistics. Canceling this home run will cost the player about 11 points of batting average, over 40 points of slugging percentage, 4 RBIs and 1 run scored. The cancelation of this home run also cost the team the game and part of the calculation is for critical hits in clutch situations. He loses that also and this was not his mistake.
Please help!
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