Ground rule double
A baseball rule that awards two bases due to the ball leaving play / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Automatic double" redirects here. For the analogue recording technique, see Automatic double tracking.
A ground rule double is a baseball rule that awards two bases from the time of pitch to all baserunners including the batter-runner, as a result of the ball leaving play after being hit fairly and leaving the field under a condition of the ground rules in effect at the field where the game is being played. An automatic double is the term used to refer to a fairly hit ball leaving the field in circumstances that do not merit a home run, such as when the ball's first bounce was within the field. The automatic double (or rule-book double) is commonly called a ground rule double.[1]