Baseball 1
What year did baseball start?
1876
who was is first baseball player?
Moses Fleetwood Walker (October 7, 1856 – May 11, 1924
what does the pitcher do?
initiates play by throwing the ball for the batter to hit.
what does outfield do?
catching deep fly balls and line drives and for fielding ground balls that make it past the infielders.
what does first base do in baseball?
fielding ground balls hit in his vicinity but also for catching throws from other infielders to force a runner out at first base.
what does second base do in baseball?
catches line drives or pop flies hit near him, and fields ground balls hit near him and then throws the ball to a base to force out a runner.
what does 3rd base do in baseball?
fielding ground balls, line drives and pop flies in the general vicinity of the third-base bag.
what does the batter do in baseball?
attempt to put the ball in play against an opposing pitcher.
what does the striker do?
the player that stays closer to the opposing goal with the responsibility to score
who got the first home run?
The first home run ever hit in the National League was by Ross Barnes of the Chicago White Stockings (now known as the Chicago Cubs), in 1876.
what was the first team in baseball?
what was the first recored strike out?
The first recorded strike out leader was in 1871,Al Pratt of the Cleveland Forest Cities struck out 34!
who has the most home runs?
In Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds leads the pack of all-time home run scorers. He hit a record 762 home runs in his career between 1986 and 2007.
Who has broken the most bats?
The most baseball bats broken with shins in one minute is 65 and was achieved by Tenshin Nasukawa (Japan) in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan, on 29 November 2020. This was equalled by Kerim Duygu (Germany) in Hanover, Germany, on 4 June 2016.
Who was the best pitcher in baseball?
Greg Maddux's 355 wins are the most by any pitcher.
what team has the most wins?
The San Francisco Giants have the most overall wins (11,301)
What team has the fewest wins?
The 1899 Cleveland Spiders own the worst single-season record of all time (minimum 120 games).
Who is the worst at at baseball?
Bill Bergen, a catcher who played from 1901 to 1911
What is circumference of baseball?
9 inches
True or False? The size of pitching rubber is 24 inches by 12 inches.
False. The Size of the pitching rubber is 6 inches.
What’s the distance from home plate to second base?
127 feet 3 3/8 inches
How wide is home plate?
17 inches
True or false? A baseball weighs 7oz
False, the correct answer is 5oz.
How Many Stitches does a baseball have?
108
True or False? Both feet must be in fair territory for 1st baseman holding runners on at 1st base.
True