In baseball, a pickoff is an act by a pitcher or catcher, throwing a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who is either...

for the 2023 season, a pitcher is charged with a balk if he attempts a pickoff more than twice in a single at-bat without recording an out, and without...

attempt a pickoff, a quick throw to a fielder covering the base to keep the runner's lead in check or, optimally, effect a tag out. Pickoff attempts,...

which only works for sidearm delivery. A pickoff move is the motion the pitcher goes through in making pickoff. There are two legal pitching positions:...

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pickoffs and step-offs which reset the pitch clock are only allowed two times total per plate appearance and, if a pitcher attempts a third pickoff and...

left-handed pitcher, he had an exceptional pickoff move to first base, which allowed him to record 98 career pickoffs. Among Yankees pitchers, Pettitte ranks...

Baseball League) Newspaper article Box score of the three-pickoff game, Aug. 24, 1983 Baltimore Sun article on the 25th anniversary of the three-pickoff game...

Pham safe on the pickoff throw as Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto covers...

A first baseman (standing in white) covering first base during a pickoff attempt....

automatic strike will be called on him limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance; a pitcher may only pickoff 3 times, if the pitcher does not succeed the...

(ultimately resulting in the removal of one testicle) after an errant pickoff throw from teammate Mitch Williams hit him in the groin and broke his protective...

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interfering with the throw. This line is also used to decide whether a pickoff move is legal or a balk. If the pitcher steps with his lead foot towards...

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28, 2022. …both runners advanced a base when USC pitcher Tom Selleck's pickoff attempt went wild "Tom Selleck". The Ladies' Home Journal. 102: 196. 1985...

second game, on September 11, Cubs starter Dick Selma threw a surprise pickoff attempt to third baseman Ron Santo, who was nowhere near the bag or the...

with the fastest pop time (1.39 seconds) to first base on a successful pickoff throw in the Statcast era (since 2015). On August 13, he caught Ezequiel...

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ERA, and 301 strikeouts in 232+2⁄3 innings. He led the major leagues in pickoffs, with nine. In Game One of the 2015 National League Division Series, Kershaw...

from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013. "First Base Pickoffs for Lefty Pitchers". isport.com. Archived from the original on 22 June...

league's 2019 season are: Pitchers required to step off rubber to attempt pickoff One foul bunt permitted with two strikes Batters may "steal" first base...

particular, the pitcher and catcher control the running game with tools such as pickoffs or the strength of the catcher's throwing arm. The first pitcher and catcher...

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the 2023 season: institution of a pitch clock between pitches; limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance; limits on defensive shifts requiring two...

pitcher for the Braves. His four pickoffs through September 6 were the most in the majors in 2020, and he needed only 12 pickoff attempts to do so. Since his...

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outs of the game via strikeout in spite of his own throwing error on a pickoff attempt, two walks allowed, and a passed ball by Matt Wieters. On June...