Count (baseball)

Not to be confused with pitch count.
A baseball scoreboard with numerals showing the count (center of the bottom row) as no balls and one strike ("oh and one")
The Green Monster at Fenway Park with light bulbs showing the count as three balls and one strike ("three and one")

In baseball and softball, the count refers to the number of balls and strikes a batter has in their current plate appearance. If the count reaches three strikes, the batter strikes out; if the count reaches four balls, the batter earns a base on balls (a "walk").[a]

  1. ^ "Official Baseball Rules". Major League Baseball. Section 9. The Umpire.


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