What does 6+4+3=2 mean in baseball?

I have been keeping score for 70 years sometimes as an official scorekeeper. I have never known anyone to use a + sign in this fashion of scoring. It is a 6-4-3 double play. A ground out or any exchange of the ball between players on an out uses a - not a +.

about time we got a baseball question. I actually know that sport well, unlike most of the others on here! yay. double plays are often the most exciting and critical part of the game.

Go_Cowboys, baymax's remark has been deleted but whatever s/he said, I fully agree

Go_Cowboys, wait until you see some questions on Australian Rules Football, Rugby League and Rugby Union. That will really stump you.

If you ever scored a baseball game in a score book this is an easy question. Buy yourself a baseball score book at the store where the baseball stuff is sold. Watching the game and scoring it is more exciting .. it helps people at retirement homes watching the games alone

I have never seen this as a math equation. 6-4-3 is standard notation for a batted ball being touched by shortstop to second baseman to first baseman. Usually a double play, but not always.

baymax, Author forgot to mention there is a runner already on first base for this scenario to work. Runner standing on 1st and the next batter at home plate hits a grounder to the shortstop who quickly throws to the 2nd baseman to get that runner out. Then the 2nd baseman throws to first before the batter gets there. It sounds a lot more confusing than it actually is and a 6-4-3 play is very common.

baymax, It's actually played in a lot of other countries. Japan, Venezuela, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic being the nations that fill the MLB.