Runner hit with batted ball while ON a base.

[kono]

Originally posted by greymule
In ASA, assuming the runner did not intentionally get in the way of the ball, and with the nearest fielder behind the runner, the call is this:

Dead ball, batter goes to first, and other runners move up only when forced. (Same goes for Fed, I'm pretty sure.) The ump in your play made the wrong call.

I can't think of a set of rules in which the batter would be called out in this situation - definitely the wrong call.

In some organizations (Little League - for example), the base is not a "safe haven" for the runner. The runner would be out and the batter awarded 1st base.

Other organizations (as stated above) allow the runner to be hit if on the base without penalty.

-Kono