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[[Image:SmithCaughtStealing.jpg|240px|right|thumb|Detroit Tigers second baseman Jason Smith, left, tags out Cleveland Indians' Jhonny Peralta, right, trying to steal second base in the third inning Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)]]
 
In [[baseball]] a '''tag out''', sometimes just called a '''tag''', is a play in which a [[baserunner]] is [[out (baseball)|out]] because he is touched by the fielder's hand holding a [[live ball (baseball)|live ball]] while the runner is ''in jeopardy''. A baserunner is in jeopardy when: