putout
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an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)
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the first baseman made 15 putouts
A safe course for the official scorer to follow is to score a hit when exceptionally good fielding of a ball fails to result in a putout.
Sullivan (1997), p. 292. The practice, common to bat-and-ball games of the day, of "soaking" or "plugging"—effecting a putout by hitting a runner with a thrown ball—was barred.
If the fielder bobbles the ball, the runner may still tag up, even before the fielder has full control of the ball (before the fielder is credited with a putout).