{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/sports-baseball-rules-terms",
 "id": "sports-baseball-rules-terms",
 "title": "Baseball and Softball Rules and Terms",
 "category": "health-life",
 "subject": "Sports",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12",
  "adult"
 ],
 "description": "Positions, scoring, outs and baseball words.",
 "tags": [
  "baseball",
  "softball",
  "sports rules"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Term",
 "backLabel": "Meaning",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Players on defense",
   "9 on the field"
  ],
  [
   "Innings in a standard baseball game",
   "9"
  ],
  [
   "Outs per half-inning",
   "3"
  ],
  [
   "Strikes for a strikeout",
   "3"
  ],
  [
   "Balls for a walk",
   "4"
  ],
  [
   "Pitcher",
   "The player who throws the ball to the batter"
  ],
  [
   "Catcher",
   "The player who crouches behind home plate and catches pitches"
  ],
  [
   "First baseman",
   "Defender who covers first base"
  ],
  [
   "Second baseman",
   "Defender between first and second base"
  ],
  [
   "Shortstop",
   "Defender between second and third base"
  ],
  [
   "Third baseman",
   "Defender who covers third base"
  ],
  [
   "Left fielder",
   "Outfielder on the left side"
  ],
  [
   "Center fielder",
   "Outfielder in the middle"
  ],
  [
   "Right fielder",
   "Outfielder on the right side"
  ],
  [
   "Designated hitter",
   "A player who bats in place of the pitcher"
  ],
  [
   "Home plate",
   "The base where batters stand and runners score"
  ],
  [
   "Bases",
   "Four spots a runner must touch in order: first, second, third, home"
  ],
  [
   "Diamond",
   "The infield shape formed by the bases"
  ],
  [
   "Base paths",
   "The lines between bases"
  ],
  [
   "Distance between bases (MLB)",
   "90 feet"
  ],
  [
   "Pitching distance (MLB)",
   "60 feet 6 inches"
  ],
  [
   "Pitcher's mound",
   "The raised area where the pitcher stands"
  ],
  [
   "Strike zone",
   "The area over home plate between knees and chest where a pitch counts as a strike"
  ],
  [
   "Strike",
   "A pitch in the strike zone, a swing and miss, or a foul with fewer than two strikes"
  ],
  [
   "Ball",
   "A pitch outside the strike zone that the batter doesn't swing at"
  ],
  [
   "Foul ball",
   "A batted ball landing outside the foul lines"
  ],
  [
   "Fair ball",
   "A batted ball in play inside the foul lines"
  ],
  [
   "Single",
   "A hit that gets the batter to first base"
  ],
  [
   "Double",
   "A hit that gets the batter to second base"
  ],
  [
   "Triple",
   "A hit that gets the batter to third base"
  ],
  [
   "Home run",
   "A hit that lets the batter circle all the bases and score"
  ],
  [
   "Grand slam",
   "A home run with the bases loaded, scoring 4 runs"
  ],
  [
   "RBI",
   "Run batted in"
  ],
  [
   "Run",
   "A point scored when a runner touches home plate"
  ],
  [
   "Bunt",
   "Tapping the ball softly without a full swing"
  ],
  [
   "Sacrifice fly",
   "A fly ball caught for an out that lets a runner score"
  ],
  [
   "Stolen base",
   "A runner advances while the pitcher throws"
  ],
  [
   "Force out",
   "A runner must move to the next base and is tagged out there"
  ],
  [
   "Tag out",
   "A fielder touches the runner with the ball"
  ],
  [
   "Fly out",
   "A batted ball caught in the air"
  ],
  [
   "Ground out",
   "A grounder fielded and thrown to first for an out"
  ],
  [
   "Double play",
   "Two outs on one play"
  ],
  [
   "Triple play",
   "Three outs on one play"
  ],
  [
   "Strikeout",
   "Three strikes by a batter"
  ],
  [
   "Walk (base on balls)",
   "Four balls and the batter takes first base"
  ],
  [
   "Hit by pitch",
   "A batter hit by a pitch goes to first base"
  ],
  [
   "Error",
   "A fielding mistake that lets a runner reach base or advance"
  ],
  [
   "Infield fly rule",
   "An easily caught fly ball with runners on makes the batter out"
  ],
  [
   "Balk",
   "An illegal move by the pitcher with runners on base"
  ],
  [
   "Pitch types",
   "Fastball, curveball, slider, changeup"
  ],
  [
   "Fastball",
   "A pitch thrown with top speed"
  ],
  [
   "Curveball",
   "A pitch that curves as it nears the plate"
  ],
  [
   "Changeup",
   "A slower pitch that looks like a fastball"
  ],
  [
   "No-hitter",
   "A game in which one team gets no hits"
  ],
  [
   "Perfect game",
   "No batter of the other team reaches base"
  ],
  [
   "Batting average",
   "Hits divided by at-bats"
  ],
  [
   "ERA",
   "Earned run average, a pitcher's average runs allowed per nine innings"
  ],
  [
   "Bullpen",
   "Where relief pitchers warm up"
  ],
  [
   "Dugout",
   "The bench area for players"
  ],
  [
   "Batter's box",
   "The area where batters stand beside home plate"
  ],
  [
   "On-deck circle",
   "Where the next batter waits"
  ],
  [
   "Seventh-inning stretch",
   "A tradition where fans stand and sing Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
  ],
  [
   "Umpire",
   "The official who calls balls, strikes and outs"
  ],
  [
   "Softball pitching style",
   "Underhand (windmill)"
  ],
  [
   "Little League",
   "Youth baseball program founded in 1939"
  ],
  [
   "MLB",
   "Major League Baseball"
  ],
  [
   "World Series",
   "The championship series of MLB"
  ],
  [
   "Jackie Robinson",
   "Broke baseball's color barrier in 1947"
  ],
  [
   "Babe Ruth",
   "Famous slugger who hit 714 career home runs"
  ],
  [
   "Hank Aaron",
   "Hit 755 career home runs"
  ]
 ]
}