Baseball Vocabulary Words

Question 0

Playing Field

Answer 0

An enclosed field of which a game is played on which contains four bases, first, second, third, and home.

Question 1

Baseball Words

Answer 1

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Question 2

Run or Score

Answer 2

Made by an offensive player of which runs counter-clockwise in an order of first, second, third, and home bases.

Question 3

Batter

Answer 3

An offensive player who stays in the batter box and its objective is to hit the ball thrown by the pitcher

Question 4

Pitcher

Answer 4

A defensive player of which delivers a series of throws trying to get the batter out

Question 5

Pitch

Answer 5

A ball thrown to the batter from the pitcher

Question 6

Catcher

Answer 6

Behind the Batter, catches the pitcher’s throws if missed by the batter, and tries to get the batter out before he touches the home plate.

Question 7

Runner

Answer 7

A offensive player staying at first, second, and third base trying to get to home to score a run.

Question 8

Inning

Answer 8

A portion of the game that switches offensive to defensive players and vice-versa. There are nine innings.

Question 9

Out

Answer 9

An out is when a runner gets tagged or force out by the defensive, or when the pitcher scores three strikes to the batter.

Question 10

Fly Ball

Answer 10

When the batter strikes the ball high in the air, not touching the ground.

Question 11

Catch

Answer 11

If a defensive player is able to firmly grab the ball and captures it to his possession.

Question 12

Strike

Answer 12

If pitcher is able to throw the ball to his catcher fairly which counts as a strike. Three strikes and the batter is out.

Question 13

Ball

Answer 13

If the pitcher is delivering bad throws and the batter is unable to hit it, it counts as a ball.

Question 14

Fair Ball

Answer 14

If the ball gets hit in between first and home, or third in home, or is able to hit the ball near the right of first base, or the left of third base.

Question 15

Base on Balls

Answer 15

Four balls which results the batter with a free run to first base without getting out.

Question 16

Strike Zone

Answer 16

The basic zone of which describes the area the ball should be in and constantly at to be counted as a strike.

Question 17

Fair Territory

Answer 17

If the ball is hit on or near the first and third lines, or home base to the bottom of the playing field.

Question 18

Homerun

Answer 18

If the batter is able to hit the ball far and high and the defensive players are not able to get the ball towards the runner as the runner runs past first, second, and thirds base and touches home base, it is considered a homerun.

Question 19

Tag

Answer 19

If the defensive has touched the runner or the bases that the runner needs to run at is tagged, he is considered out.

Question 20

Batter’s Box

Answer 20

The area the batter stands at when he is his time to bat.

Question 21

Battery

Answer 21

The pitcher and catcher.

Question 22

Dead Ball

Answer 22

The ball hit by the batter doesn’t count due to it being suspended of a play.

Question 23

Force Play

Answer 23

Loses his place to occupy the base due to the batter becoming a runner.

Question 24

Ground Ball

Answer 24

The ball that rolls or bounces on the ground.

Question 25

Infielder

Answer 25

The defensive players playing inside the area of the bases.

Question 26

Defense

Answer 26

The team trying to not let the offensive team score, or the team on the field.

Question 27

Outfielder

Answer 27

The defensive players playing outside the area of the bases.

Question 28

Safe

Answer 28

A call made by the umpire which makes the runner able to occupy the base after a close encounter of the ball almost getting him/her out.

Question 29

Windup Position

Answer 29

The pitcher facing sideways of the way of the batter, getting ready to throw the ball, with his foot in the back containing all the weight, getting ready to transfer it towards his throw.

Question 30

Set Position

Answer 30

The pitcher facing face-to-face with the batter, and the pitcher throws the ball underhand towards the batter.

Question 31

Baseball

Answer 31

A game played with two teams with nine players on each team, trying to win the game

Question 32

Batting Order

Answer 32

A series of batter awaiting to be able to hit the ball.

Question 33

Put Out

Answer 33

When the batter hits the ball and runs to first base, he becomes a runner.

Question 34

Fair Fly

Answer 34

Depending on the relative position of the ball against the foul-line and foul-pole then rolls onto foul territory when he touches the ball.

Question 35

Objective

Answer 35

To win or score by getting more runs then the opponent.

Question 36

Inflight

Answer 36

A batted, thrown, or pitched ball that hasn’t touched the ground.

Question 37

Offence

Answer 37

The team that is batting, or hitting the ball.

Question 38

Legal Pitching Delivering

Answer 38

Two positions pitchers throw the ball towards the opponent.

Question 39

The Runner

Answer 39

Obtains an unoccupied base when he touches it and obtains invincibility until he is forced to go to another base.