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I think 9. Let's see... Pitcher, Catcher, 1b, 2b, 3b, SS, LF, RF, CF... That's the number of people on the field for ont team. They have more players in the dugout and bullpen too though.

it doesn't really matter what you use. the only difference is that in a glove for softball the glove is made smaller because a women's hand is usually smaller than a man's hand.

Both bats and gloves are governed by certain rules which apply to both games. First, remember when it comes to rules for equipment there is little to no distinction between fastpitch softball and slowpitch softball.

In baseball there are three basic levels of amateur play - youth (Little League, Dixie, Babe Ruth, etc.), senior baseball (ages 13 through 15), and adult (high school and college). For this question we will not discuss t-ball, professional or post college adult recreational leagues.

Let's talk about bats first.

In youth baseball Little League Inc. is king, and they spend money more on testing equipment and safety than the other youth leagues, so most of the other youth leagues follow Little League, Inc.'s lead. The bat rule in Little League requires, among other things, the bat be no more than 2 1/4" in diameter at the widest point in the barrel. It also stipulates the bat cannot perform better than a 1.15 BPF (Bat Performance Factor). Without getting into what that is, suffice it to say that bats must be sent in by the manufacturers and Little League tests them in a certain way and makes sure they are within the 1.15 BPF.

In "big barrel" or travel ball leagues there are little to no bat restrictions.

In high school and NCAA play the bat must meet BESR (Ball Exit Speed Ration) standards to prevent the ball coming off the bat any faster than desired by the rules committee. The bat must also be 2 5/8" in diameter in the barrel.

Softball has a completely different set of governing bodies which dictate bat rules by a different set of standards. The ASA (Amateur Softball Association) is right now one of the largest softball organizations and their rules govern high school and NCAA softball as well.

Why different rules for baseball and softball? Because the balls are completely different. Softball is actually an oxymoron because the ball is much harder than a baseball. It's compression value is greater than a baseball, so it comes off of the bat faster than a baseball. Therefore the 2 games need different rules to keep the games safe.

The glove...

Although most fastpitch softball gloves are made with smaller finger stalls and wrist openings, they can actually be bigger than a baseball glove by the rules. In the Rules of Baseball no glove on the field can be bigger than 12 1/2" from heel to the top of the forefinger, except the first baseman's and catcher's mitt. In softball the ASA requires no glove be bigger than 14". Some other leagues in softball have no specific glove rule. Regardless of the rules, I have never seen or heard of any umpire ejecting a glove based on size.

The pocket is generally deeper in a softball specific glove as well, so using it in baseball one may find that digging the baseball out of the deep pocket is a bit more difficult. When shopping for a softball glove be sure to see if it is made for slowpitch or fastpitch. Slowpitch gloves are made for men and fastpitch gloves are made for girls and women.

A batting average is number of hits divided by the number of at bats. Slugging Percentage is a mathematical equation. A HR is fout points, triple 3 points, a double is two, and a single is one. take the number of points added up, then divide by the number of at bats. For example, a batter goes 1 for 4 and hits a home run, which is four points. Four points divided into 4 at bats equals 1.000 slugging percentage.

It's that distance because that's the rule.

It's that rule because it's that rule.

That's as far as you're going to get as far as "Why?" in most baseball rules!

As of the 2014 season, the average age of a Boston Red Sox player is 29 years old.

'AA' stands for 'American Association'. It can also mean the second highest level of minor league baseball (below AAA) and includes the Eastern League, Southern League and the Texas League.

The Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers, 12-8, on September 20, 1997.

A Non-Roster invitee is a player that a team in Major League Baseball that has signed to a minor league deal but is not part of their 40-man roster and therefore does not have to be optioned down to the Minor Leagues if they will be demoted down to 1 of the Major League club's Minor League clubs. Non-roster invitees are typically players that are recovering from injuries or had a bad year the previous season and the team that signs them are typically willing to give them a chance in hopes of catching lightning in a bottle with them.

9. 1. Pitcher 2. Catcher 3. 1st base 4.2nd Base 5. 3rd base 6. short stop 7. left field 8. center field 9. right field. Base coaches don't count. 10 if you count the player at bat

Eddie Bockman debuted on September 11, 1946 and played his final game on October 2, 1949.

.300 is usually a good standard, anything lower than this would probably be deemed a bad percentage. Higher than .300 is of course a good thing

You will need to be a lot more specific than that.

Basket ball is a sport they play in Costa Rica it is not just soccer

The Red Sox players that wore number 4 were Ben Oglivie, Tommy Harper, Butch Hobson, Carney Lansford, Tom Satrianio, Norm Siebern, Billy Conigliaro, Jackie Jensen, Roman Mejias, Bill Schesinger, Jim Gosger, Don Demeter, Lou Boudreau, Lou Clinton, Ken Keltner, Sam Mele, Joe Cronin, Roy Johnson, Smead Jolley, Eric McNair, Rabbit Warstler and Hal Rhyme.

The Cincinnati Red Stockings got their name because the main feature of their uniform was long red stockings. This was a novelty added by founding member George B. Ellard.

Coach pitch baseball is a youth type of baseball, usually the step after T-ball and before player pitch. In coach pitch, the coaches of each team will pitch to the opposing team and with the intent of allowing the hitters to hit, or put the ball in play, rather than attempting to strike the batter out. Coach pitch is usually for ages 6-8, but can vary a year or so in age groups. Many coach pitch leagues have gone to a pitching machine rather than have the coach pitch, and will have a team player playing next to the pitch machine as a fielder.

There isn't an official time limit, but they know that they are there to play baseball. If a runner is taking too long to circle the bases, the umpire will speed it up.

The lowest count was by Red Barrett of the Boston Braves, who threw 58 pitches in a complete game against the Reds, back in 1944.

A walk on program is a program that allows potential athletes to tryout for the team. A walk on is an athlete on the team but is not on scholarship, so basically it is a student who pays for his own school but is on the team. If you earn your spot on the roster and perform well then you could possibly receive a scholarship. A walk on is usually not recruited. They try out on their own will. Sometimes if a program is out of scholarship money there is recruited walkons

There are 6 outs in one inning. Each team have to bat until they get 3 outs. Both teams bat once in one inning.
6 per inning three outs per side
In Australia There Are Six Outs In A Inning For Baseball
3 outs
There are 6 outs in an inning, 3 for each team.

Alfonso Soriano is the Cubs' All Star left fielder. Soriano began his Major League carreer as a second baseman for the Yankees. He was traded to the Texas Rangers for Alex Rodriguez, and then to the Washington Nationals. He signed a Cub record $136 million 8-year deal before the 2007 season.

The first Mexican born player in MLB was outfielder Mel Almada, born in Huatabampo, Sonora, who played his first game for the Boston Red Sox on September 8, 1933. Almada played 7 seasons in MLB with the Red Sox, Senators, Browns, and Dodgers and ended his career with a .284 batting average.

Ron Santo

Full List from web search...

Johnny Moore(1932)

Riggs Stephenson (1933-34)

Tuck Stainback (1935-36)

Billy Jurges (1937-38)

Dick Bartell (1939)

Billy Rogell (1940)

Bill Myers (1941)

Clyde McCullough (1941-42)

Johnny Moore (1945)

Hank Schenz (1947-49)

Bob Ramazzotti (1949-53)

Bruce Edwards (1954)

Vern Morgan (1955)

Frank Kellert (1956)

Bobby Del Greco (1957)

Frank Ernaga (1957)

Tony Taylor (1958-60)

Lou Boudreau (1960)

Jimmie Schaffer (1963-64)

Whitey Lockman (1966)

Joey Amalfitano (1967-71, 1978-81)

Q. V. Lowe (1972)

Adrian Garrett (1974)

Irv Noren (1975)

Randy Hundley (1976)

Al Dark (1977)

Gordy MacKenzie (1982)

Ruben Amaro (1983-86)

Jim Snyder (1987)

Chuck Cottier (1988-91, 1994)

Jim Lefebvre (1992-93)

Jim Riggleman (1995-99)

Rene Lachemann (2000-2002)

Tom Goodwin (2003)

Tony Womack (2003)

Michael Barrett (2004)

Nomar Garciaparra(2004-05)

Ronny Cedeno (2006-08)

Jake Fox (2009)

Sam Fuld (2010)

Reed Johnson (2011)

No fielder can use any part of the uniform to catch a batted ball. In fact, if a a fielder touches a fair batted ball with his cap, mask or any part of his uniform detached from its proper place [Rule 7.05(b)], or if a fielder deliberately throws his glove and touches a fair batted ball [Rule 7.05(c)], the runner is entitled to 3 bases without liability to be put out. And it's two bases if it's a throwen ball.