called strike
noun
: a pitched baseball not struck at by the batter that passes through the strike zone
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Marsh had 63 balls called strikes in 2024 — so about one every seven plate appearances.
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Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Marsh and the robots Only a handful of hitters last season had more pitches out of the strike zone (as defined by MLB’s Statcast) called strikes than Brandon Marsh did.
—Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Curveballs at players’ armpits, breaking 12-to-6 and touching some piece of the back end of the zone, were also called strikes.
—Keith O'Brien, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
However, Judge has seen 958 pitches through Tuesday’s games with four percent of those thrown under the zone but called strikes.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Marsh and the robots Only a handful of hitters last season had more pitches out of the strike zone (as defined by MLB’s Statcast) called strikes than Brandon Marsh did.
—Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Curveballs at players’ armpits, breaking 12-to-6 and touching some piece of the back end of the zone, were also called strikes.
—Keith O'Brien, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
However, Judge has seen 958 pitches through Tuesday’s games with four percent of those thrown under the zone but called strikes.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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“Called strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/called%20strike. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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