PINCH RUNNER

[Dakota]

Originally posted by mg43
During a doubleheader last week, the opposing team would put in a pinch runner every time their 1st baseman would get on base. She happened to be one of their best hitters but also was a very slow runner. This happened 3 times in the first game and twice in the second game of the doubleheader. The first baseman stayed in the game while the pinch runners left the game after each appearance. Is there any limit as to the number of times a pinch runner can substitute for a player during one game? Obviously, the other team had a very deep bench.

ASA.

No, but there is a limit on how many times that batter may be re-entered (that limit is once).

A pinch runner is a legal substitute. The player who is brought in to pinch run is now tied to that position in the batting order, should she stay in the game or be re-entered later. The batter who is being run for has left the game.

The batter who left the game can reenter later in the game, but if she is sub'ed for again (including pinch run for), then she may NOT reenter for the remainder of that game - she is done.

One other note, since this team apparently used several different runners for this batter. Those runners were all now tied to the same position in the batting order, and could not, therefore, substitute for anyone else later in the game.