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  1. Baseball | History, Definition, & Facts | Britannica

    Nov 27, 2025 · Baseball is a game played with a bat, a ball, and gloves between two teams of nine players each on a field with four bases laid out in a diamond. Long called America’s …

  2. History of baseball | Events, Dates, People, & Facts | Britannica

    Nov 27, 2025 · History of baseball, overview of notable events and people in the history of baseball. Long known as “America’s Pastime,” the sport was not actually created in the United …

  3. baseball summary | Britannica

    Baseball is played on a large field that has four bases laid out in a square, positioned like a diamond, whose outlines mark the course a runner must take to score.

  4. Baseball - Origins, Rules, Leagues | Britannica

    Nov 27, 2025 · Baseball - Origins, Rules, Leagues: The term base-ball can be dated to 1744, in John Newbery’s children’s book A Little Pretty Pocket-Book. The book has a brief poem and …

  5. Baseball - Rules, Strategy, Stats | Britannica

    Nov 27, 2025 · Baseball - Rules, Strategy, Stats: To a degree unequaled by any other American team sport, baseball is a game of records and statistics. No other sport provides fans with so …

  6. baseball - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    Historians once thought that Abner Doubleday, a U.S. Army officer, invented baseball in 1839 in Cooperstown, New York. Now, though, most historians agree that baseball developed from an …

  7. Baseball Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    BASEBALL meaning: 1 : a game played on a large field by two teams of nine players who try to score runs by hitting a small ball with a bat and then running to each of the four bases without …

  8. Major League Baseball (MLB) | History, Teams, & Facts | Britannica

    3 days ago · Major League Baseball (MLB), North American professional baseball organization that was formed in 1903 with the merger of the two U.S. professional baseball leagues—the …

  9. Los Angeles Dodgers | World Series, History, Baseball, & Notable ...

    3 days ago · The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles that plays in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball. It has won nine World Series …

  10. World Baseball Classic (WBC) | Championship, Description, & Facts ...

    Nov 25, 2025 · World Baseball Classic (WBC), international baseball tournament, first held in 2006, in which many of the world’s best players compete on behalf of national teams. The …