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When a fair batted ball hits the batter in fair territory, we have a dead ball, batter's out, runners return to TOP base. However, if the ball hits him in the batter's box, even that small portion that is technically within fair territory (13% of the box is), it's generally called a foul ball.
Now, one must understand exactly what is meant by hits "him" in the batter's box. You focus on whether the part of the body that is hit by the ball is in fair territory when hit. If so, then it's interference and dead ball, etc. If the ball hits a part of his body that is in the box or in foul territory, then it's a foul ball.
Example: Batter bunts the ball, and as he is leaving the box (his right leg is planted on the ground outside the box in fair territory), the ball comes up and hits him in the left foot, which is still inside the box. This is a foul ball.
In short, pay attention to where the part of the body that was hit was situated when it was hit by the ball.
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