Equipment
What are baseball gloves made of?
What is leather that has been stitched together.
How many players do current MLB teams consist of?
What is about 20-30 players.
About how many at-bats to players get per game?
What is about 3 at-bats in a 9 inning game.
Who was the all-time home run champion?
Who is Hank Aaron.
How many years ago was the first baseball play known?
What is the first play was known about 250 years ago.
What are current baseball bats made of and what were bats of?
What is current bats are mate of strong wood or aluminum and bats used to just be sticks.
How many player are on the field at a time?
What is there has always been 9 players that play on the field at a time with the exception of pitchers.
How many strikes is a strikeout and how many balls is a walk?
What is 3 strikes and 4 balls.
Who was the General Manager who helped get players out of the Negro Leagues?
Who is Branch Rickey. He was the man who put Robinson on his ball club.
Where did players used to stand on the field?
What is players used to stand on top of the bases. Now they can stand off of the bases since they are more athletic.
Who created the name Baseball?
What is a man in the Revolutionary War in the American Army.
How many teams are there in MLB now and how many was there in 1900?
What is 30 teams now and was 12 teams in 1900. Now fans have a larger choice of who they cheer for and who to watch play.
How to current teams wins?
What is current teams win by having the most runs after 9 innings.
Who was the first African American baseball player to get in the MLB?
Who is Jackie Robinson. He was the man who broke down the color barrier for baseball.
What color do current MLB umpires where?
What is current MLB umpires where white and black so they don;t interfere with a players vision.
What is the difference in the bases from 1780 and 2019?
What is the difference was that in 1780 they used small seed bags and in 2019 they use hard rubber bases.
Who was the first international baseball teams?
What are the New Yorkers and Booklynites. These teams names were relative to their physical location.
How did teams used to win?
What is teams used to win by scoring 21 runs but each team had an equal amount of at-bats.
How did segregation affect baseball?
What is segregation meant that when African Americans were put on a ball club, they had to had different things than white men.
What league are players allowed to sub in for the pitchers to hit?
What is the American League. In the National league pitchers have to hit.
What were the balls first made of?
What is the balls were first made of bullets with woolen stocking wrapped tightly around it.
Who was first informal baseball team?
What is the knickerbockers. The knickerbockers had an impressive 200+ members when they were founded.
What are the three ways players used to get out in 1950?
What is -Tagging the Runner
-Swing and miss 3 times
- Throw to the bases in front of the runner
How did discrimination affect baseball?
What is discrimination had affected baseball by no letting African Americans play with white men just because of their skin color.
Where did umpires used to officiate from?
What is umpires used to officiate from a table down the foul lines.