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hit by pitch

baseball event in which the batter is hit by the pitched ball, and is awarded first base
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hit by pitch

Summary

hit by pitch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (243 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hit by pitch's image is recorded as Hit by pitch joe crede.JPG[2].
  • hit by pitch's subclass of is recorded as result[3].
  • hit by pitch's subclass of is recorded as physical contact[4].
  • hit by pitch's subclass of is recorded as baseball statistics[5].
  • hit by pitch's Commons category is recorded as Hit by pitch[6].
  • hit by pitch's sport is recorded as baseball[7].
  • hit by pitch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01857[8].
  • hit by pitch's has effect is recorded as advancement[9].
  • hit by pitch's has effect is recorded as forcing[10].
  • hit by pitch's has effect is recorded as injury[11].
  • hit by pitch's has characteristic is recorded as accident[12].

Why It Matters

hit by pitch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (243 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). hit by pitch. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hit-by-pitch
MLA “hit by pitch.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hit-by-pitch.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hit-by-pitch_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hit by pitch}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hit-by-pitch}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · Comrade John · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Has characteristic → accident
    Wikibaseball id → 觸身球
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13130]]: 觸身球"
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