An Intentional Walk, or Intentional Base-on-Balls(IBB) is when a pitcher walks the batter on purpose, allow him to get to first base. If you watch a game, this is generally when the catcher stands up and the pitchers throws the ball well out of the batter's reach.
Re:What's an intentional walk?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 06, 2007 08:37 AMMLB has a Stats 101 that is pretty good.
An Intentional Walk, or Intentional Base-on-Balls(IBB) is when a pitcher walks the batter on purpose, allow him to get to first base. If you watch a game, this is generally when the catcher stands up and the pitchers throws the ball well out of the batter's reach.
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