Base-Out State Base-Out State
Number and location of baserunners and the number of outs at the start of a particular plate appearance. There are 24 possible initial base-out states; 28 possible ending states (the ending state may include 3 outs; the 4 ending base-out states associated with 3 outs vary based on the number of runs that scored on the inning-ending play, 0 - 3).