Bunting

[Guest KJV]

Batter squares off to bunt. In his motion, he leans over the bat into the strike zone. The ball hits the bat and then hits the tip of his helmet. 

Is he out if both feet are still in the box?

Is he out if - if during his motion, his one foot is in the box the other in the air?

[Replacematt]

6 minutes ago, Guest KJV said:

Batter squares off to bunt. In his motion, he leans over the bat into the strike zone. The ball hits the bat and then hits the tip of his helmet. 

Is he out if both feet are still in the box?

Is he out if - if during his motion, his one foot is in the box the other in the air?

No to both. For an out, he would need to have at least one foot entirely outside the box at either contact (the lines are part of the box.)

[noumpere]

7 minutes ago, Matt said:

No to both. For an out, he would need to have at least one foot entirely outside the box at either contact (the lines are part of the box.)

In some codes, the batter is also out if a foot it touching the plate (even if part of the foot is also in the box).

[Guest KJV]

10 minutes ago, noumpere said:

In some codes, the batter is also out if a foot it touching the plate (even if part of the foot is also in the box).

If the front foot is in the air at time of contact, is it a live ball or dead ball and the batter is awarded a strike?

[noumpere]

9 minutes ago, Guest KJV said:

If the front foot is in the air at time of contact, is it a live ball or dead ball and the batter is awarded a strike?

It's the same as any other batted ball that hits the batter while the batter is in the box -- foul ball.

 

Here's the OBR rule (the reference to 504(b)(5) is just to define that both feet need to be in the batter's box) :

If the
batter is in a legal position in the batter’s box, see Rule
5.04(b)(5), and, in the umpire’s judgment, there was no
intention to interfere with the course of the ball, a batted
ball that strikes the batter or his bat shall be ruled a foul
ball;

[ArchAngel72]

Guest KJV it would help knowing the rule set you are asking about as LL is completely and utterly different, as to feet in the batters box.

As a little leaguer can have one or both feet on the lines of the box as well as be touching the plate as long as they are touching the lines

(completely easy to do as the batters box is only like 4 inches from the plate)

 

But anyway both questions you asked Foul ball  (dead)

 

 

[SH0102]

If the ball hits the batter, it is an automatic dead ball, never play-on.  (Pitched ball or batted ball...I did not mean a thrown ball)

Whether it is an out or not would be, as many have said, dependent on whether he was out of the box.

This is no different than if he hits a ball straight into the ground and it bounces up and hits him, just a foul ball.

Don't be fooled by how it occurred, only where was the batter when it did occur

[Jimurray]

9 hours ago, noumpere said:

It's the same as any other batted ball that hits the batter while the batter is in the box -- foul ball.

 

Here's the OBR rule (the reference to 504(b)(5) is just to define that both feet need to be in the batter's box) :

If the
batter is in a legal position in the batter’s box, see Rule
5.04(b)(5), and, in the umpire’s judgment, there was no
intention to interfere with the course of the ball, a batted
ball that strikes the batter or his bat shall be ruled a foul
ball;

I don't know how OBR/MLB is ruling it now but back when they added the above wording batters were called out with only one foot touching the box when they were hit by their batted ball. 

[Jimurray]

10 hours ago, noumpere said:

In some codes, the batter is also out if a foot it touching the plate (even if part of the foot is also in the box).

Are we talking about an illegally batted ball or a batter being touched by his batted ball?

[noumpere]

12 minutes ago, Jimurray said:

Are we talking about an illegally batted ball or a batter being touched by his batted ball?

Apparently both -- my mistake