Baseball Facts For Kids

Fun And Interesting Facts About Baseball For Kids

Today I bring you some fun baseball facts for kids. Baseball, America’s past time. It’s one of the nations oldest and most celebrated sports. It’s a game of extreme skill. Scientists say it should be impossible to hit a baseball traveling at the speeds it does with the tiny bat that used. We have made the impossible possible with one of America’s dearest and most respected sports. Check out these fun and interesting facts about baseball for kids!

Baseball was my first passion as a kid. I loved playing it and watching it. My favorite player was Ken Griffey Jr. and I loved the Seattle Mariners. I wanted to write an article that had some fun baseball facts for kids. I have so much respect for the sport, and it brings so many good memories growing up as a child. My first trip to a professional sports venue was to the King Dome in Seattle. Ill never forget walking through the entrance and seeing the field in person for the first time. It took my breath away! The sites, smells and sounds will be something that I will always remember!

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Were going to start with how baseball works! If you already know how it all works, you can scroll down past this section to see all the fun facts about baseball for kids.

Baseball Facts For Kids

Let’s talk about how baseball works!

How does baseball work?

Baseball is actually a pretty complex sport. I will do my best to explain the rules without going into too many details. I want you to be able to walk away with a basic understanding of how the sport works!

There is no timer in baseball. A game can last as long as it needs to, and won’t end until one team wins. The game is played by innings instead of a clock. Innings are subdivided into halves and in professional and college baseball there are typically 9 innings.

The team will be able to bat and attempt to score points in the first half of the inning. The other team will take the field and play defense during this time. The goal of the defense is to attempt to get the players “out” in many different ways.  Once the defense is able to establish three outs, they then get an opportunity to go to bat and try to get runs. The team that was batting now moves to the field and plays defense.

The primary action of the sport is composed of 2 players. You have a pitcher and a batter. The pitcher will stand on the “pitching mound” while the batter will stand in front of home plate with a bate.

The pitcher throws the ball to the catcher, who is behind the plate with extra padding for protection. The objective of the pitcher is to make the batter swing and miss, or throw to an area called the batters strike zone. The strike zone is the area that the batter can hit the ball reasonably. If the batter swings, or doesn’t swing at a pitch in the strike zone, he get’s a strike. On the third strike he is out.

The objective of the batter is to hit the ball into play where there are no defenders to get on base. He can run to as many bases as he can but must avoid being tagged by the players, he is only safe on base. If the batter hits the ball in the air, and the defender catches it before it hits the ground he will also be called out. If the batter hits the ball over the fence in the outfield, it’s a home run. He automatically scores a run for himself and whoever is on base at that time.

So you have a better idea of what a baseball diamond looks like, and where the players play and run, here is a photo.

Fun Facts About Baseball For Kids

Baseball Facts For Kids

How Baseball Defense Works.

Ahhhh! There are so many positions on defense, what do they all do?

You can see there are nine players on the field, so it makes it quite the task for the batter to hit a ball to where there is no one playing. Here are the positions you see on the field.

Center Field – Plays in the middle of the outfield.

Left Field – Plays on the left side of the field, as seen by the batter.

Right Field – Plays on the right side of the field, as seen by the batter.

First Baseman – Fields balls that are batted near first base.

Second Baseman – Covers the area of the field between second base and first base.

Third Baseman – Covers the are around 3rd base.

Shortstop – Covers the area between third base and second base.

Pitcher – Throws the ball to the catcher and attempts to make the batter swing and miss, or places pitches within the strike zone that are hard to hit. The Pitcher also fields the ball if hit in his direction.

Catcher – Fields balls thrown by the pitcher that get by the batter. If players try to steal bases he can attempt to throw them out. The catcher will also field balls that are popped straight up in the air or behind home plate.

Fun Baseball Facts For Kids

Facts About Baseball For Kids

What is the MLB or Major League Baseball?

The MLB is a professional organization that stands for Major League Baseball. It is a professional organization where players are played very good money to play baseball for certain organizations. All the teams compete with each other to play the world series. Which is a series of games that determines the best player in baseball. The MLB is considered the highest level of baseball in the world and it houses the best players in the world. On baseball facts for kids, we will also have some fun world series facts for kids.

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World Series Facts For Kids

World Series Baseball Facts For Kids

 

The World Series is one of the most anticipated sport events across the united states. It’s an opportunity for the two most proven baseball teams in the MLB to play a series of games to see who is better!

• The world series is a 7 game series where a team from the American League and a team from the National League play to see who is the best.
• Since it’s a 7 game series, the first team to win 4 is the champion.
• It’s also referred to as the Fall Classic.
• In 1903 and 1919-1921 the World Series was played in a best out of 9 game series.
• The American League has won 63 championships and the National League has won 48 through 2013.
• The New York Yankees have dominated the amount of World Series Championships won. They have 27 under their belt, the next highest is the St. Louis Cardinals with 11.
• The Yankees have won six back to back championships, that’s more than any other team.
• The Boston Red Sox won their first championship in 1918 but hadn’t won again until 2004. Many believed that they were cursed!
• October 28th is the latest day of the year that the World Series has been played.
• The only non American team to win the world series is the Toronto Blue Jays. They beat the Braves in 1992 and the Phillies in 1993. They won back to back championships.
• The World Series has been missed only 2 times. In 1904 the owner of the San Francisco Giants refused to let his team play. In 1994, the season was cancelled due to the player strike. The World Series was played on years we had the World War I, World War II, The Great Depression and even the influenza pandemic in 1918-1919.
• There are six teams that have made appearances in the world series but did not win. San Diego Padres are the champions at this, they have 2 appearances with no wins!
• The Chicago Cubs are on quite the dry spell. The won their last World Series in 1908 and made their last appearance in 1945 during World War 2.
• The “Commisioners Trophy” has been awarded to the winning team since 1967. It is made by Tiffany and Co. and weighs almost 30 pounds!
• There are 4 teams that have never lost when making a World Series appearance. Blue Jays, Marlins, Diamonbacks and Angels.
• Mickey Mantle hit a total of 18 home runs during the world series, that’s the record!
• Only 1 perfect game has been thrown in the World series. This was done by Don Larsen on the New York  Yankees in 1956 in game 5 against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
• Before game 3 of the 1989 World Series between Oakland and San Francisco a 6.9 magnitude earthquake happened, causing a 10 day delay.
• The largest crowd recorded at a World Series is 92,706 people. This was in 1959 between the Chicago White Sox and the L.A. Dodgers.
• Yogi Berra has won 10 World Series championships.
• The first year the World Series occurred was 1903, Boston beat Pittsburgh in a 9 game series 5 games to 3.
• Bob Gibson has the most strikeouts in the World Series with 17 in 1968.

 

Baseball Facts For Kids

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Baseball Facts For Kids

Baseball facts for kids conclusion.

Baseball is such an incredible sport, I absolutely love it. I’m so happy that you decided to stop by and learn some stuff about baseball. I hope you enjoyed these baseball facts for kids. My hope is that I can generate interest in this amazing sport and kids around the nation and world will start playing. It’s a game that can teach you lessons for not just the game, but for life. Discipline, focus and coordination. Things that can help you in every aspect of life. Understanding the sport and it’s roots is very important. Thank you so much for stopping by, now go out and play some catch!!!

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