Baseball Theory Mid-Term Questions
and Answers
90 feet - answer Each base is how many feet apart
60 feet 6 inches - answer from the pitcher's rubber to home plate is how many feet
9 innings - answer A regulation baseball game consist of how many innings
3 outs - answer each team gets how many outs per a half inning
9 - answer how many defensive players are on the field at one time
Hoboken, New Jersey - answer Where was the first know competitive baseball game
played
Boston Americans - answer The first World Series in 1903 was won by the
Cincinnati Red Stockings - answer The first professional baseball team was the
Chicago White Sox - answer What team allegedly threw the 1919 World Series,
known as the "Black Sox" scandal
Babe Ruth - answer The dead-ball era ended because of a rule change and this
player
New York Yankees - answer For the most part, the late 1990's were dominated by
which team that won four out of five World Series from 1996-2000
Jackie Robinson - answer Which player broke the color barrier in Major League
Baseball on April 15, 1947
Pete Rose - answer In 1989 which player was banned for life from organized
baseball for gambling on games
Designated hitter rule - answer In 1973 the American League initiated which rule to
increase scoring
steroids - answer What has plagued the game of baseball in the 2000's
true - answer The pitcher and catcher are called the battery (true or false)
, false - answer A runner is considered out if a fielder hits him with the baseball (true
or false)
true - answer A strike is when any part of the ball passes through any part of the
strike zone (true or false)
true - answer A batter is an offensive player who attempts to hit the ball thrown by
the pitcher (true or false)
false - answer A runner is allowed to overrun every base (true or false)
true - answer The objective of baseball is to score more runs than your opponent
(true or false)
true - answer The foul lines are in fair territory (true or false)
false - answer Two runners may occupy a base at the same time (true or false)
false - answer When a pitch is made by the pitcher, all defensive players must be in
fair territory (true or false)
true - answer A fielder is any defensive player who may use or wear a leather glove
(true or false)
hit - answer _________ occurs when a batter strikes the baseball into fair territory
and reaches base without doing so via an error or fielder's choice
walk - answer _________ occurs when a pitcher throws 4 pitches out of the strike
zone, none of which are swung at by the hitter. As a result the batter is awarded first
base
error - answer ________ Occurs when the fielder fails to convert an out on a play
that an average fielder should have made.
assist - answer _________ Awarder to a fielder who touches the ball before a putout
is recorded by another fielder.
putout - answer _________ Awarded to a fielder when he is the fielder who
physically records the act of completing an out - whether it be by stepping on the base
for a force out, tagging a runner, catching a batted ball, or catching a third strike.
strikeout - answer ________ Occurs when a pitcher throws any combination of three
swinging or looking strikes to a hitter.
earned run - answer ___________Any run that scores against a pitcher without the
benefit of an error or a passed ball.
and Answers
90 feet - answer Each base is how many feet apart
60 feet 6 inches - answer from the pitcher's rubber to home plate is how many feet
9 innings - answer A regulation baseball game consist of how many innings
3 outs - answer each team gets how many outs per a half inning
9 - answer how many defensive players are on the field at one time
Hoboken, New Jersey - answer Where was the first know competitive baseball game
played
Boston Americans - answer The first World Series in 1903 was won by the
Cincinnati Red Stockings - answer The first professional baseball team was the
Chicago White Sox - answer What team allegedly threw the 1919 World Series,
known as the "Black Sox" scandal
Babe Ruth - answer The dead-ball era ended because of a rule change and this
player
New York Yankees - answer For the most part, the late 1990's were dominated by
which team that won four out of five World Series from 1996-2000
Jackie Robinson - answer Which player broke the color barrier in Major League
Baseball on April 15, 1947
Pete Rose - answer In 1989 which player was banned for life from organized
baseball for gambling on games
Designated hitter rule - answer In 1973 the American League initiated which rule to
increase scoring
steroids - answer What has plagued the game of baseball in the 2000's
true - answer The pitcher and catcher are called the battery (true or false)
, false - answer A runner is considered out if a fielder hits him with the baseball (true
or false)
true - answer A strike is when any part of the ball passes through any part of the
strike zone (true or false)
true - answer A batter is an offensive player who attempts to hit the ball thrown by
the pitcher (true or false)
false - answer A runner is allowed to overrun every base (true or false)
true - answer The objective of baseball is to score more runs than your opponent
(true or false)
true - answer The foul lines are in fair territory (true or false)
false - answer Two runners may occupy a base at the same time (true or false)
false - answer When a pitch is made by the pitcher, all defensive players must be in
fair territory (true or false)
true - answer A fielder is any defensive player who may use or wear a leather glove
(true or false)
hit - answer _________ occurs when a batter strikes the baseball into fair territory
and reaches base without doing so via an error or fielder's choice
walk - answer _________ occurs when a pitcher throws 4 pitches out of the strike
zone, none of which are swung at by the hitter. As a result the batter is awarded first
base
error - answer ________ Occurs when the fielder fails to convert an out on a play
that an average fielder should have made.
assist - answer _________ Awarder to a fielder who touches the ball before a putout
is recorded by another fielder.
putout - answer _________ Awarded to a fielder when he is the fielder who
physically records the act of completing an out - whether it be by stepping on the base
for a force out, tagging a runner, catching a batted ball, or catching a third strike.
strikeout - answer ________ Occurs when a pitcher throws any combination of three
swinging or looking strikes to a hitter.
earned run - answer ___________Any run that scores against a pitcher without the
benefit of an error or a passed ball.
