Batter hit by pitch while in front of box
 

Please cite rule and call for all rule sets. Forgive me, I know this has been posted here before but can't find it.

Batter hit with pitch in box. Dead ball - award first base. (ball does not belong in batters box, onus is on pitcher to not pitch it there.)

Batter hit with pitch while out of batter's box. Ruling?

Batter hit with pitch while in front of batter's box. I thought it was onus on batter, since she's now "closer to pitcher" and not where she's supposed to be. Dead ball, ball.

Can someone clarify? All rule sets please. (ASA, PONY, USSSA, NFHS, NCAA).

I think more information is required. When and/or how did she get out of the batter's box?

Okay. Left handed slap hitter. She was running up to hit pitch.

Aaahhhhhhhh....how I long for the good old days when this wasn't a such a complicated call :(

NCAA = No Pitch

Me too. Dead ball, batter awarded first base in ASA?

Yes. I found it. Thanks! (NCAA 11.16.3.4)

NCAA - No Pitch
ASA/FED - HBP unless the umpire feels she got hit on purpose or didn't try to avoid the pitch. But 99% of the time, HBP.

Unless preventing the ball from enteringthe strike zone?

Still HBP; just a different result (dead ball strike).

Always good to have you confirm.

Fed - they no longer have to avoid being HBP as of this season.

The scenario involved a slap hitter who got hit when she was outside the batter's box. I don't believe what you said applies in that scenario, which is what Mike was addressing.

Yes, we know... except in the situation posted.

Agreed

This rule only applies when the batter is in front of the batter's box, like the slap hitter who goes beyond the top line of the box when she gets hit by the pitch.

It does not apply when the batter has her foot completely out of the box (and/or touching the plate) when hit. For example, a batter who squares to bunt and has her back foot on top of the plate gets hit in the arm as she tries to pull her bat back on a high-n-tight pitch.

I assume the ruling in all codes there is a routine HBP, correct?

I could have sworn that I read somewhere that the onus is no longer on the pitcher if the batter has moved out of the box and closer to the pitcher and has been HBP. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but it goes with the logic that the onus is on the pitcher to not have a pitch enter the batter's box; similarly the onus is on the batter if they are going to be in front and outside the batter's box to avoid the pitch or it would simply be dead ball - ball.

Though, I'm more than happy not reading too much into it and simply ruling HBP.