baseball field dimensions
Baseball Field Dimensions
Baseball is one of the most popular sports that is regularly played all over the world. The following article is an elaboration of some of the important baseball rules and its field dimensions. To know more, read on.
- Home Plate: The home plate is a 17 sq. inch rubber plate that is used to identify the batter's position. The home plate is surrounded by 2 batter's boxes on either sides. A catcher's box lies directly behind the home plate. Directly in front of the home plate is the pitcher's mound. The distance between the pitcher's mound and home plate is exactly 60' and 6".
- Pitcher's Mound: The pitcher's mound, which is also known as the bowler's mound, is the place where the bowler stands to pitch the ball.
- Base: A base is a corner of the enormous square that is found in the infield. The total surface area of the square that is formed by the 3 bases and home plate is about 90 square feet. The distance between the home plate and first base is 88 feet and same goes for the remaining bases. It must be noted that the distance between the bases is exactly equal. Three rubber plates or sand bags are used in order to denote the bases. The distance within 2 base points, not counting the sand bags, is 90 feet. In short, though the distance is 90 feet, the player has to run 88 feet.
- Base Lines: The base lines are drawn in between the bases and indicate the boundary of the strike area. Two of the base lines, the one running from home plate to base one and one running from home plate to base three, are extended till the end of the ground. These lines are known as the foul lines and the batsman is not allowed to hit the ball beyond these lines.
- Infield Boundary: The infield is denoted with the help of a curve that extends between the enormous 'V', that is created by the base lines. The center point of the curve is the pitcher's mound and measures 95 feet of radius.