batted ball

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by bsaucer

If a pitched ball contacts any part of the bat (held by the batter), is it necessarily a batted ball? Does it always result in a fair/foul ball, or a caught fly, or caught foul tip, or possibly even an illegally batted ball?

Suppose the batter backs out of the box to avoid being hit by pitch, and the ball hits the knob of the bat. Is he out (IBB)?

Yes, a batted ball is a batted ball.

And no, why would he be out if the ball hit the knob of the bat? It's a live ball, just like it hit any other part of the bat - and what the result is depends on what happened next ... just like it hit any other part of the bat.