 just like we keep statistics for players when they are batting, like hits and batting average, and we keep track of statistics for pitchers when they're on the mound like ERA and runs that they give up. We also keep track of statistics for fielders, for players when they are playing defense. And so in this video I want to look at putouts and what is a putout. And really what we're going to do over the next three videos is look at putouts because it's kind of divided, you know, even by the rulebook into three different cases. So we'll just take it one area at a time. So the first one will probably be the bulk of putouts that you will see. And so the putout is basically when you are the defensive player who either tags out or is responsible for getting a batter runner out. So let's write that out. The defensive player, player responsible for getting a batter or a runner out. And so how do you do that? So let's look at the main way that you would see it done. And this way has three parts to it. So the first one is that you, is the defensive player would catch a ball that is in flight. So catch a ball in flight and it doesn't matter if it's fair or foul. And so this is one of the most basic rules of baseball. If a ball, if a batter hits a pitch and it's in the air and it is caught then that batter is out. So we would give credit to whoever the defensive player was that caught it, he would get credit for the out for the putout. And so it doesn't matter if it's a high ball or a high fly ball we would call it or a line drive is a ball that would go, you know, doesn't really go very high off the ground. It's kind of right to them. That'd be a line drive. And so it doesn't matter. Either way the ball didn't touch the ground. So it would be an out. The second way is that if the player catches a batted or thrown ball and tags a base to put a batter or the runner out. So the player catches a batted or thrown ball and tags the tags of base or actually the runner or the batter himself to get the out. So this again is something you would learn fairly early on that if there's a ground ball to the shortstop and he picks it up and he throws it over to first base. So let's actually work that out. So we have our shortstop here, our first baseman here and the ball, the batter hits the ground ball and the shortstop picks it up. He throws it over to first base. And so the first baseman in this situation, he's actually the one who catches in the situation the thrown ball and he tags first base, you know, before the batter can get there. So the first baseman in this situation will be the one getting credit for the put out. And so because the shortstop, he obviously helped on this play, so he would get something called an assist, but we'll look at that a little further on down the road. So and something else that could happen, say the ball just goes right to the first baseman, the first baseman, and obviously if it's a fly ball and the first baseman catches it, he would get the put out and so that'd be automatic. But if it's a ground ball, if it hits the ground and he picks it up and he touches the base or if he touches the batter before he reaches the base, it would just be easier to touch the base most of the time. So if he does that before the batter gets to first base, he would get credit for the put out. The final way that we're going to look at in this video is if you are the defensive player who who tags a runner when the runner is off the base to which he is entitled. So tag a runner, the runner is off the base to which he is entitled. And so basically what we're saying here is a lot of times I think it would probably involve the first baseman because we would see sometimes if we have a runner on first base and the pitcher would actually make called a pick off move and so he would throw over rather than throwing the pitch, he would throw over to the first baseman. And remember the runner on first base, he would probably have a lead off. And so if the pitcher throws over on the pick off, first baseman catches the ball and he tags the runner before he is able to get back to first base, then he would be put out and the first baseman would receive credit for the put out. So that's kind of the simplest and probably the ways you'll see it happen, put out, be given credit for most often, but in the next video we'll look at some more ways.