Baseball Basics
his is the number of players a team has on the field during defense.
What is 9?
The Mets play in this stadium.
What is Citi Field?
This is when a batter gets four balls.
What is a walk?
This is the stat used to measure how often a batter gets a hit.
What is batting average?
If a player gets 3 hits out of 10 at-bats, what is their batting average?
What is .300?
This is the term for when a batter hits the ball out of the park.
What is a home run?
This year the Mets were founded.
What is 1962?
The defensive team can get three outs in this way.
What is a triple play?
ERA stands for this and is used to measure pitchers.
What is Earned Run Average?
A hot dog at the ballpark costs $4. If you buy 3 hot dogs and 2 sodas at $3 each, how much do you spend?
What is $18?
This is the area where the pitcher stands.
What is the pitcher's mound?
This legendary Mets pitcher won 311 games and threw 7 no-hitters—though none with the Mets!
Who is Nolan Ryan?
This base is tagged for a force out if a runner is coming from first.
What is second base?
If a game ends 4–3, this many total runs were scored.
What is 7?
If a team scores 2 runs every inning for 9 innings, how many total runs do they score?
What is 18 runs?
The number of bases a runner must touch to score a run.
What is 4?
The Mets won the World Series in these two years.
What are 1969 and 1986?
This happens when a batter swings and misses three times.
What is a strikeout?
A slugging percentage of 1.000 means this.
What is 1 base per at-bat on average?
You throw 60 pitches over 4 innings. What is your average number of pitches per inning?
What is 15 pitches per inning?
The position number for the shortstop in scoring.
What is 6?
In 2021, the Mets set a record by being in first place for 103 days but finished the season like this.
What is missing the playoffs?
The umpire behind home plate is mainly responsible for calling these.
What are balls and strikes?
OPS combines on-base percentage and this.
What is slugging percentage?
If a Mets game has 28,000 fans and tickets cost an average of $30, about how much money is made from ticket sales?
What is about $840,000?