hit by pitch; dead ball
Baseball term for a pitch that strikes the batter, resulting in a dead ball and the batter being awarded first base. The cross-reference デッドボール is the more common loanword equivalent.
See also: デッドボール
On the first pitch, the batter was hit by a pitch and walked to first base.
The player who was hit by the pitch is in pain.
The pitcher ended up hitting the batter with a pitch.
He was hit by a pitch on the shoulder and advanced to first base.
死球 (しきゅう) means a batter is hit by the pitch, while 四球 (しきゅう) is a walk from four balls; they are pronounced identically but refer to different ways of reaching base.
死球 refers specifically to a hit‑by‑pitch, while 四死球 adds this figure to walks to give one combined statistic.
Used for counting occurrences or instances of a dead-ball/HBP event, not the ball itself.
combined walks and hit-by-pitches
Compound of 死 (death, dead) and 球 (ball), literally 'dead ball'. The term is a direct translation of the English baseball term 'dead ball', referring to a ball that is no longer in play after hitting the batter.