3rd out is a pick off

[VolUmp]

A batter with a count of 1-2 sees his teammate picked off first base for the third out of the inning. His time at-bat was not over.  He will lead off in the next half-inning.        As elementary as this is, I cannot find a rule or casebook reference.

[MadMax]

Can't cite anything while I'm on the go right now, but wouldn't that be found in the definition of a batter? And then becoming a (batter)-Runner? Since the batter never became a runner, and his time was not ended as a batter (by being called out on strikes or interference, for example), wouldn't he by logic continue to be a batter until then?

[Stk004]

4 minutes ago, MadMax said:

and his time was not ended as a batter

I think this is the key point, that the batter has not completed his time at bat. 

[BT_Blue]

I would have to agree. It should be in the "batter" section of the book.

[maven]

You need several rules. Here are the applicable FED rules:

7-1-2: "After the first inning, the first batter in each inning shall be the ­player whose name follows that of the last batter who completed his time at bat in the preceding inning."

2-39-1 defines time at bat: "Time at bat is the period beginning when a batter first enters the batter's box and continuing until he is put out or becomes a runner."

7-3 and 7-4-1 list all the ways that a batter can be out. None of those happened here.

The other is 8-1-1, which lists all the ways in which a batter becomes a runner, thus ending his time at bat. None of those happened here.

Thus, he satisfies the requirements of 7-1-2 and comes up first next inning.

All codes are similar.

[VolUmp]

1 hour ago, maven said:

You need several rules. Here are the applicable FED rules:

7-1-2: "After the first inning, the first batter in each inning shall be the ­player whose name follows that of the last batter who completed his time at bat in the preceding inning."

2-39-1 defines time at bat: "Time at bat is the period beginning when a batter first enters the batter's box and continuing until he is put out or becomes a runner."

7-3 and 7-4-1 list all the ways that a batter can be out. None of those happened here.

The other is 8-1-1, which lists all the ways in which a batter becomes a runner, thus ending his time at bat. None of those happened here.

Thus, he satisfies the requirements of 7-1-2 and comes up first next inning.

All codes are similar.

Thanks, Maven. 

This is what I was afraid of!

Piecing together logic is not for the common man nor the faint of heart!

[catsbackr]

That exact question was on the FED test.

[VolUmp]

18 minutes ago, catsbackr said:

That exact question was on the FED test.

Yes … that's why I'm asking. 

If we are to cite a rule or case book ref for everything we answer on the test, this one is difficult to do. 

[maven]

1 hour ago, VolUmp said:

If we are to cite a rule or case book ref for everything we answer on the test, this one is difficult to do. 

If I had to pick one, I'd go with 7-1-2: he's still up because he never completed his time at bat.