 In the last two videos we looked at what a put-out is and how defensive players generally get credit for put-outs, and then we also have looked at the eight automatic ways that a catcher can receive credit for a put-out. So in this video I'm going to look at the seven ways that a fielder other than the catcher can receive credit for a put-out. So let's scroll down here and let's start off with the number one, and that is, will take place during a play in which we have the infield fly roll put into effect. And so this states that if the, remember the infield fly roll is if the umpire judges a ball could be caught you know by with ordinary effort on the part of the fielder that the batter is automatically out. And so if in that situation a as usually happens if a fielder you know will run over and catch the ball then what he will have done is actually he will have fulfilled this criteria for the put-out. So it's a pretty simple you know the guy that catches the fly ball it's the one that gets credit. But in the event that the the runner or the fielder does not catch the ball the batter is out anyway because the umpire is called the infield fly roll which means by definition he is out automatically. So the the official score credits the put-out to the fielder who he believes should have made the catch or could have made the catch. So the during the infield fly the player or the fielder judged this is judged by the the by the official scorekeeper. So the fielder judged to have the best chance we could say to catch the fly ball. Spell chance right the best chance and so so basically that's you know if it's popped up near second base basically what we're saying is that you know probably be giving it to the second baseman or the shortstop. The second way is that if a runner is touched by a fair ball then the runner is automatically out as we know. So the the fielder that gets credit for the put-out then will be the fielder closest to the play. So if a runner is touched by a fair ball and remember if it's a foul ball then it doesn't doesn't matter he's not out it's just a kind of a do-over it's a foul ball so we continue on the game. So if the if the runner though is touched by a fair ball it's the the the put-out goes to the closest fielder to the play. The third way is that if a runner is called out for being out of the baseline in order to be to avoid being tagged then the the the put-out is credited to the fielder who the runner was attempting to you know to avoid. So if a runner is out of the baseline the put-out goes to the fielder who he was avoiding. And so actually and it's important to remember that in order to go out of the baseline you must be avoiding a tag. So you can basically you can you can it's kind of a common misconception but really you can run wherever you want to on the field as a runner as long as you're not trying to avoid a tag. But as soon as you start trying to avoid that tag then there's certain rules that come into effect. So but that that's for another video. So the next way the fourth way is that if a one runner on the bases passes another runner then we would credit the put-out obviously this is something you can't do. It's an out if one runner passes another. So we credit that out to the fielder nearest the point of passing. So if one runner passes another the put-out goes to the the fielder closest to the point of passing. The pass took place. The the fifth way is that and there are seven here in this this this series. So the fifth one is that if a runner is kind of an odd rule to have because you'll see this probably never if a runner runs the bases in reverse order then the the credit goes to for the put-out goes to the fielder covering the base the runner left in starting his reverse run. So so running the bases in reverse order the the put-out and put-out goes to the the fielder closest to the the first base the runner left. So if if if the runner is standing on third base and and for whatever reason he decides to run backwards which is a it it's actually something that used to be legal and so you can kind of see where what or why this this rule ended up in the book but you used to be able to actually do that but you can't can't anymore so if there's a runner on third base and he he decides to run back to second then then in that situation we would give credit to for the put-out to the third baseman.