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Baseball Terms

Can you guess these baseball terms based on a description?
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First submittedAugust 17, 2013
Times taken23,713
Average score70.0%
Rating4.06
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Description
Term
Bases-loaded home run
Grand slam
Where the batter stands
Batter's box
Where the next batter stands
On-deck circle
Where players sit when not playing
Dugout
Where pitchers warm up
Bullpen
Where the pitcher stands
Pitcher's mound
Position that has existed in the AL
since 1973 and the NL since 2022
Designated hitter
A curveball that doesn't curve
Hanging curve
Single, double, triple and home run
in a single game
Cycle
A team's top starting pitcher
Ace
Description
Term
First batter in the lineup
Leadoff
Fourth batter in the lineup
Clean-up
Nickname for the Third Base position
Hot corner
Dirt strip before the fence
Warning track
Player who can bat lefty or righty
Switch hitter
Pitch thrown with no spin
Knuckleball
Another term for a rundown
Pickle
Sacrifice bunt with a runner on 3rd
Squeeze
Striking out four times in one game
Golden sombrero
Complete game thrown by a pitcher
with no baserunners allowed
Perfect game
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41 Comments
finglehorn
+1
Level 62
Oct 20, 2013
100% with 2:08 remaining first try!
iamnmcxiii
+1
Level 11
May 29, 2017
same
Mred2025
+1
Level 64
Aug 23, 2020
100% with 2:15 left.
dcmitchell
+1
Level 46
Oct 20, 2013
The designated hitter question should probably be worded differently. As a National Leaguer I tried pinch hitter a few times before I figured it out.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 21, 2013
Changed the question so that pinch hitter isn't a valid answer.
kcirceo
+1
Level 66
Aug 2, 2024
Outdated. The NL now has the DH.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 6, 2024
Updated
Nero18
+5
Level 44
Apr 12, 2016
A walk off is not only a home run. It's could be any type of hit or even a walk.
KingofQuiz
+1
Level 60
Jun 1, 2016
Fun home run quiz here: http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/103225/different-names-for-a-home-run
Brdaj
+3
Level 15
Jan 30, 2017
For curveball that didnt curve I thought meatball. With hanging curve i feel like you need to specify that it ends up high.
SMFlex
+2
Level 54
Aug 8, 2024
If it doesn't curve, it ends up high
jamesd
+4
Level 68
Dec 12, 2018
Hotbox should be another answer for a pickle or rundown. I grew up playing baseball in the Pacific Northwest of the US, but I don't think it's a regional term. I've definitely heard hotbox on national broadcasts. Also, wikipedia lists hotbox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rundown

david2013
+3
Level 86
Apr 20, 2019
That was my first answer, too. Always have heard it described that way.
ander217
+2
Level 75
Apr 20, 2019
I admit to cheating on this one - my husband was helping me, and hotbox was the only answer he could think of. We live in the Upper South so it's not a regional term. He played baseball, coached baseball, watches baseball, and had a nephew who played in the Majors, but says he never heard of the term pickle for rundown. Then again, he dozes a lot during games. :)
bks961
+1
Level 75
Apr 20, 2019
Thanks for the Cal Ripken Jr photo QM :)
ferdy86
+2
Level 78
Apr 21, 2019
Why doesn't "bench" work for where players sit?
wtstoudt
+2
Level 80
Apr 22, 2019
Because it's not a baseball-only term, like the rest of the answers.
nerdyisperdy
+2
Level 36
Apr 22, 2019
Could you accept Track for warning track. PLEASE. VERY FRUSTRATING 😠

Other than that fun quiz, thanks! 👍

sfrenkiel
+1
Level 35
Apr 23, 2019
Pick-off should work. I've actually never heard the term 'pickle'
MikeyDonut
+3
Level 53
Feb 9, 2022
But a pick-off itself isn't getting into a rundown, it's the pitcher throwing over to the bag.
BerryCJ
+1
Level 62
Dec 18, 2020
Australian - Got 3/20 lmao
Bletsch
+1
Level 70
Feb 11, 2022
Sorry to see that relatively few people aced this quiz. Baseball is said to be losing its market share. More American kids are playing basketball than baseball nowadays. Oh, well, spring will soon be here.
samirk27
+2
Level 59
Apr 1, 2022
Game-ending home run should be changed to hit. You can have a walk off single as well as a home run.
mlbcars
+1
Level 37
May 10, 2022
100%
LuigiDood227
+2
Level 70
Oct 25, 2022
Update DH, unfortunately
CambodianQuizzer
+3
Level 71
Jan 26, 2023
The DH is now in both leagues...
ZeldaQuizzer
+1
Level 61
Jul 28, 2023
Just about to say that. The DH is now used by both the NL and AL.
wkrpnyc
+1
Level 82
Aug 22, 2024
Wow. Left the US in 2013, and I didn't know that. Nearly lifelong Mets fan. Criminal!

The new rules I hear of that also made it way over to the KBO with the tie breaker in the 9th and the timer must also include the DH? Sigh.

cathlete
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Level 76
Aug 6, 2024
Perhaps this is absurdly wrong as I'm no baseball guru, but could power hitter work as an alternate answer for cleanup? Aren't power hitters usually 4th?
DonTheLamplighter
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Level 86
Aug 7, 2024
The fourth batter can be a power hitter, and usually is, but he doesn't have to be. The nickname for that spot in the line-up, for as far back as I can tell, has always been the "clean-up" spot.

Also, some teams use power hitters 3rd or 5th in the batting order. I've seen them hit leadoff, and if their batting average is particularly low, 6th or lower.

Qikiq
+2
Level 88
Aug 7, 2024
I'm surprised "golden sombrero" hasn't been cited as a derogatory term by now, along with the disabled list.
EconomicSnake
+1
Level 71
Aug 24, 2024
?
buck1017
+2
Level 78
Aug 7, 2024
Never heard of golden sombrero. My dad always called a strikeout a goose egg, so Golden Goose Egg had a nice poetic ring to it...unfortunately that was wrong.
ahertzy
+1
Level 84
Aug 7, 2024
that's what I went with too LOL. how are 49% of ppl getting "golden sombrero"?
SMFlex
+1
Level 54
Aug 8, 2024
I only heard about it because on May 26 this year against the Padres, Giancarlo Stanton broke the record for the most Golden Sombreros in a career with 28.
joez
+2
Level 75
Aug 7, 2024
Golden sombrero is a new one for me.
Freestatebear
+1
Level 86
Aug 11, 2024
Me too.
EconomicSnake
+2
Level 71
Aug 24, 2024
Doesn’t the batter also stand at home plate?
mooselikestoparty
+1
Level 61
Aug 26, 2024
The batter's boxes are on either side of home plate
EconomicSnake
+3
Level 71
Aug 26, 2024
I’m aware. It just feels like home plate would be another reasonable answer to the question as written.
Baseballnerd
+1
Level 37
Jan 30, 2025
I have never heard of Gold Sombrero, and I root for the White Sox!
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