combined walks and hit-by-pitches
A Japanese baseball pitching statistic that sums bases on balls (四球) and hit batsmen (死球). Used in sabermetrics and game summaries.
He has a lot of walks and hit-by-pitches, struggling with his control.
この投手の四死球率はリーグ平均より高い。
This pitcher's combined walk and hit-by-pitch rate is higher than the league average.
The pitcher issued walks or hit-by-pitches to three batters.
He reached base on a walk or hit-by-pitch and eventually scored.
死球 refers specifically to a hit‑by‑pitch, while 四死球 adds this figure to walks to give one combined statistic.
四死球 is a count statistic, so individual instances are tallied with 個, e.g. 四死球2個 (two walks/HBPs).
Compound of 四 (four, here referring to a base on balls) + 死 (dead, here referring to a dead ball or hit-by-pitch) + 球 (ball). The term is a modern baseball coinage.