BASEBALL POSITIONS
Swing Batter Swing!
Baseball Vocabulary
BASEBALL Rules
100
Throws the ball from an elevated "pitching mound" located in the center of the diamond.
What is the Pitcher?
100
Occurs when a batting player hits the ball in fair play and then "safely" reaches a base.
What is a Base Hit.
100
What is the term that is used when a batter reaches all the way to 3rd Base on a hit. 

What is a Triple

100

Length of game (Professional Baseball Game)

What is 9 Innings.

200

Stands between second and third base and fields balls hit to the short side of the infield.

What is the Shortstop?

200

A ball hit within/inside the foul lines.

What is a Fair Ball.

200

Another phrase for the count is 3 balls and 2 strikes 

What is a full count

200

(DOUBLE JEOPARDY) Amount of outs allowed per team per inning.

What is 3

300

(DOUBLE JEOPARDY) The Left Fielder, Center Fielder and Right Fielder are known as the what type of positions.

What is the Outfield positions

300

(DOUBLE JEOPARDY) Called by the umpire when the batter does not swing at a pitch and it is thrown outside the strike zone.

What is a Ball.

300

Called by the umpire when a runner successfully reaches a base.

What is Safe

300
Name of points in baseball
What is Runs
400

Positioned next to the bag at first. He fields the baseball when it is hit down the first base side

What is the First Baseman

400

Happens when a batter hits a fair ball far enough to reach all four bases without being tagged out or the ball is hit over the fence.

What is a Home Run

400

(DOUBLE JEOPARDY) The batter has the count of 1 and 2 which means that there is?

What is 1 Ball and 2 Strikes. 

400

This position is required to wear the following; face mask, chest protector, shin guards, and catcher's glove.

Who is the Catcher

500
Plays in a crouched position directly behind home plate and catches the baseball thrown by the pitcher.
What is the Catcher.
500

Called when a player swings and misses a pitch; swings and fouls off a pitch; or does not swing when a pitch is in the strike zone.

What is a Strike

500

(TRIPLE JEOPARDY) The order in which players bat.

What is Lineup

500

(TRIPLE JEOPARDY) Name the ways a batter gets OUT

What are 1.) Hits a ball this is caught by a fielder before it touches the ground. 2.) Is tagged or first base is touched by a fielder holding the ball before the batter gets there. 3.) He strikes out.

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