The first records of the use of the wordchipperas an adjective meaning “cheerful” come from around the 1830s. Its origin isn’t known for sure, but it may come from the northern British dialect termkipper, meaning “lively.” The other main senses ofchipperare recorded earlier and their...
Do errors count as at bats? Anerror does not count as a hitbut still counts as an at bat for the batter unless, in the scorer's judgment, the batter would have reached first base safely but one or more of the additional bases reached was the result of the fielder's mistake. What d...