Baseball Vocabulary

A player’s turn batting against a pitcher.

A

A pitched baseball that is not hit and is not a strike.

B

Any of the four stations a runner in baseball must touch in order to score.

B

The player whose turn it is to bat.

B

To hit a baseball lightly so that the ball rolls for a short distance.

B

A baseball player who plays behind home plate.

C

A hit where the batter makes it safely to second base before the ball can be returned to the infield.

D

A low shelter facing a baseball diamond and containing the players' benches.

D

A statistic used to evaluate a pitcher by measuring the number of scoring runs the pitcher allows for every nine innings of pitching.

E

A baseball batted into foul territory.

F

A home run hit while there are players on first, second and third bases, and that scores four runs.

G

A 5-sided rubber slab at one corner of a baseball diamond at which a batter stands when batting and which must be touched by a base runner in order to score.

H

A hit in baseball that enables the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases and score a run.

H

The diamond-shaped part of a baseball field bounded by the bases and home plate.

I

A division of a baseball game that consists of a turn at bat for each team.

I

A baseball catcher's or first baseman's glove.

M

The part of a baseball field beyond the infield and between the foul lines.

O

A player positioned in the grassy area beyond the infield.

O

The player who throws the ball to the batter.

P

The unit of scoring, achieved by a player making a complete circuit of the bases before three outs are recorded.

R

An infielder whose position is between second and third base.

S

A baseball pitch that is not hit fair or that passes through a certain area over home plate without being hit and that counts against the batter.

S

The area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform trousers -- when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing at a pitched ball -- and a point just below the kneecap.

S

A hit where the batter makes it safely to third base before the ball can be returned to the infield.

T

The official who enforces the rules.

U