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Illegal Bat

Definition

Advancing a live ball by intentionally batting the ball up the field. For example, an offensive lineman sees that a pileup on a fumbled ball is imminent and instead of recovering the fumble he swats or kicks the ball up the field in an attempt to get it to another teammate, or save yards.

Outcome

10 yards

2012 Stats

Overall Totals By Team

There was an average of 0.03 Illegal Bat penalties per team league wide.

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 AgainstBeneficiary
NameGamesCountYards LostDismissedHomeAwayCountYards GainedDismissedHomeAway
Arizona160000000000
Atlanta180000000000
Baltimore200000000000
Buffalo160000000000
Carolina160000000000
Chicago160000000000
Cincinnati170000000000
Cleveland160000000000
Dallas160000000000
Denver170000000000
Detroit160000000000
Green Bay180000000000
Houston180000000000
Indianapolis170000000000
Jacksonville160000000100
Kansas City160000000100
Oakland1611010100000
St. Louis160000000000
San Diego1600000110010
Miami160000000000
Minnesota170000000000
New England180000000000
New Orleans160000000000
N.Y. Giants160000000000
N.Y. Jets160000000000
Philadelphia160000000000
Pittsburgh160000000000
San Francisco190000000000
Seattle180000000000
Tampa Bay160000000000
Tennessee160010000000
Washington170000000000
Totals267110201110210