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 Changing the Rules Chronology of Changes to Major League Baseball Official Rules Table C: Changes to Sacrifice Rules |
| Table C. Changes to Sacrifice Rules | ||
| DATE | RULE CHANGE | Rule |
| 1889 | The sacrifice bunt is statistically recognized, but the batter is charged with a time at bat. | 10.09 |
| 1893 | A batter credited with a sacrifice is not charged with a time at bat. | 10.09 |
| 1908 | The sacrifice fly rule is adopted, exempting the batter from an at-bat when a run scores after a catch. | 10.09 |
| 1912 | Earned runs are charged to a pitcher when a player scores by means of safe hits, sacrifice hits, bases on balls, hit batters, wild pitches, and balks. | 10.18 |
| 1926 | The sacrifice fly rule is amended to exempt a batter from an at-bat when a runner advances from first to second or second to third as well as on scoring. | 10.09 |
| 1931 | The sacrifice fly is eliminated. | 10.09 |
| 1939 | A batter is credited with a sacrifice fly and not charged with a time at bat if he hits a fly ball that is caught and a runner scores on the catch. This rule lasted only a year. | 10.09 |
| 1940 | A batter is no longer credited with a sacrifice fly. | 10.09 |
| 1954 | A batter is credited with a sacrifice fly and not charged with a time at bat if he hits a fly ball and the runner scores on the catch | 10.09 |
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