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...

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...

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:...

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,...

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

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...

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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...

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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...

la pickoff move or snap throw. This results in many inexperienced players being thrown or doubled off when they attempt to advance on a wild pickoff at...

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

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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...

scattered singles. The lone, unearned run scored as a result of a botched pickoff play and a wild pitch. The Naps ended the day tied with the Tigers for...

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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...

(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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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...

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...

the numbers "nine innings, three hits, no walks, eight strikeouts, one pickoff, one double play, 84 pitches ... [in] two hours and nine minutes". Dodgers...

orchestrated one of the most famous plays in college baseball history—a phantom pickoff play known as the "Grand Illusion" which resulted in Wichita State's Phil...

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

batted in of his career. On April 23, 2015, Colón completed an unassisted pickoff of Atlanta Braves catcher A. J. Pierzynski en route to becoming the first...

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

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...

Hernandez also was adept at picking runners off first base by taking pickoff throws with his right foot on the bag and his left in foul territory so...