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Easy Baseball Trivia Questions
The easy questions from our baseball set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The easy questions are the shape of the game: nine fielders, nine innings, three strikes, four balls, ninety feet between bases, and the two most famous old ballparks. Anyone who has been to a game or watched one on television can get most of them.
14 easy baseball trivia questions with answers
How many fielders does a team put on the field on defense?
Answer: Nine Pitcher, catcher, four infielders and three outfielders make up the nine.
A regulation Major League game lasts how many innings if it is not tied?
Answer: Nine Extra innings are played only to break a tie.
How many strikes make a strikeout?
Answer: Three A foul ball can never be the third strike unless it is a bunt attempt.
How many balls does it take to earn a walk?
Answer: Four The batter is awarded first base without the ball being put in play.
The Yankees are based in which city?
Answer: New York They play in the Bronx, one of two Major League clubs in the city.
Fenway Park is the home of which club?
Answer: Boston Red Sox It opened in 1912 and is the oldest ballpark still in Major League use.
Which club plays its home games at Wrigley Field?
Answer: Chicago Cubs The ivy on the outfield wall was planted in 1937.
A home run hit with the bases loaded is known as a what?
Answer: Grand slam It scores four runs, the most possible from a single swing.
How far apart are the bases on a Major League diamond?
Answer: 90 feet The ninety-foot distance is often called the closest thing to perfection in sport.
The Dodgers play in which city?
Answer: Los Angeles The club moved west from Brooklyn after the 1957 season.
Counting home plate, how many bases are there on a baseball diamond?
Answer: Four A runner must touch all four in order to score a run.
What shape is home plate?
Answer: Five-sided The point at the back helps the umpire judge the edges of the strike zone.
Major League Baseball is made up of which two leagues?
Answer: American and National They were separate businesses for decades before merging their operations.
A batter who reaches base safely on a fair batted ball, with no fielding error, is credited with a what?
Answer: Hit If a fielder misplays the ball, the official scorer records an error instead.
Answer key
- Nine
- Nine
- Three
- Four
- New York
- Boston Red Sox
- Chicago Cubs
- Grand slam
- 90 feet
- Los Angeles
- Four
- Five-sided
- American and National
- Hit
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