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Caught stealing
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In baseball, a runner is charged, and the fielders involved are credited, with a time caught stealing when the runner attempts to advance or lead off from one base to another without the ball being batted and then is tagged out by a fielder while making the attempt. A time caught stealing can not be charged to a batter-runner, that is, a runner who is still advancing as the direct result of reaching base.
More specifically, a time caught stealing is charged when:
- a runner, attempting a stolen base, is put out;
- a runner is caught in a rundown play while stealing, and is tagged out; or
- a runner, attempting a stolen base, is safe because a fielder is charged with an error on catching the ball, and in the judgment of the official scorer, the runner would have been out if the ball had been caught.
A runner who is picked off, when that runner's sole action after leading off is diving back to the base, only to be put out, is not caught stealing. If during the play the runner made any feint or motion to the next base, then the runner is caught stealing, even if eventually put out in the dive back.
If a runner is making no attempt to advance to the next base until a wild pitch or passed ball, and is then put out anyway, this runner is not caught stealing. A wild pitch/passed ball would not be charged to the catcher or pitcher.