Baseball

Baseball

A database of terms that relate to the sport of baseball, a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a 90-foot diamond.

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no hitter

Sports; Baseball

This is when a pitcher has pitched 9 complete innings but no batter was able to get a hit.

official scorer

Sports; Baseball

The person who keeps the statistics during the game.

obstruction

Sports; Baseball

This happens when a fielder who, while not in possession of the ball and not in the act of fielding the ball, obstructs the progress of any runner. If a fielder is about to receive a thrown ball and ...