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batter or baserunner to advance one or more bases, it's an error. Consider two identical ground balls. One is hit 10-feet http://topscorebaseball.com/blog/subjective-scoring-reached-on-error/ to the left of a sub-par shortstop who doesn't get anywhere close to the ball. It's a single. The other is hit 10-feet to the left of an excellent shortstop who just barely gets to the ball, but has it go off his glove. Some scorekeepers will count it as an infield single, others will count it as an error. The better infielder is definitely served an an error injustice, but so too is the batter. Why? Reached on error is counted as an At Bat but not as a Hit. It counts both against your Batting Average and against your On Base Percentage - the same as if the batter was out. At Score More Baseball, we attempt to walk the line. We stay consistent with traditional scoring and count the error against the Batting Average, does an error but count it for the On Base Percentage. In keeping with the theme of Moneyball, it doesn't matter how you got on base, only that you got there. Why the distinction? In amateur, rec, and youth baseball, we might not want to admit it, but errors happen frequently. So frequently, that their occurrence becomes statistically relevant; players who hit the ball hard and keep the ball on the ground are more likely to generate errors. So too are players who are able to run with enough speed to force infielders to rush plays. We're not alone. Matt Klassen of FanGraphs: Why should the hitter be “punished,” especially since on most errors he has at least made some contribution (e.g., putting the ball into play, running hard to beat the throw, etc.) to it not being an out? I do think the way reached on error is recorded is unfair ... Alan Schwarz of The New York Times: ... many lower levels of the game, like Little League and high school baseball, include "reached on error" in their calculations of on-base percentage. In their world, hitting balls that force throws from the defense is praiseworthy enough. "You helped the team," Pierre sa