Baseball Questions and Answers

Baseball Questions and Answers Infielders the players that try to prevent the ball from going into the outfield Ninety distance between the bases Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:01 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More A clean hit that gets the batter to first base safely single He wrote the rules of baseball in 1845 Alexander Cartwright Another word for a minor league team Farm Team The batter stands in this and it is 60 feet 6 inches from the pitcher. Box When the batter swings at a pitch and misses it. Strike Most consider him to be the most important defensive player. Pitcher Nickname for a baseball field diamond A cross between a fast ball and a curve ball slider The players responsible for catching long fly balls outfielders What baseball used to be called in England Rounders The player who gives signals to the pitcher to tell him what type of pitch to throw catcher A method of touching the base without being tagged out slide Weight in ounces of a baseball five If the ball is not pitched in the strike zone and the batter does not swing it is called a ball A clean hit that gets the batter to second base safely a double The first pro baseball team was called the Cincinnati Red Stockings How and where did baseball originate? It began in England with a game called Rounders. How many people make up a baseball team playing at one time? 9 City of the first night game in baseball history Cincinnati Home of the Braves Atlanta Home of the Dodgers Los Angeles Home of the Yankees New York Home of the Cardinals St. Louis Player to break the color barrier in baseball Jackie Robinson The Great Bambino Babe Ruth Charlie Hustle Pete Rose Winner of the first World Series Boston Red Sox Winner of the 2016 World Series Chicago Cubs Year that Pete Rose became the hit king 1985 Year of the first World Series 1903 The Mick Mickey Mantle Most recent year that the Reds won the World Series 1990 Number position for the pitcher 1 Number position for the catcher 2 Number position for the first baseman 3 Number position for the second baseman 4 Number position for the shortstop 6