Baseball teams take turns, one "out" in the field and one "in" at bat. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each The nine fielding positions are commonly grouped as three outfielders, four infielders, and "the battery" (two). There are 9 fielding positions in Baseball. Each position conventionally has an associated number (from 1 to 9 which is used to score Putouts For example Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter See also List of baseball jargon backdoor breaking ball A breaking pitch usually a Slider, Curveball, or Cut fastball Meanwhile the team in at bat sends nine batters to home plate one by one in fixed batting order. In Baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing Pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team The batting order, or batting lineup, in Baseball is the sequence in which the nine members of the offense take their turns in batting against the

The nine fielding positions are universal in high-level competitive baseball, and the actual positions taken on the field are exceptionally stable. Teams differ, and players shift, at most several steps for tactical purposes. ^[1] This contrasts with the fielding positions in cricket and some "football" games where, even within a single team, positions vary so much from time to time that they have different names. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries What varies in baseball is how people think and write about the game, occasionally using infielders to mean a different group of positions. In writing, such a departure from the standard grouping should be explained.

Standard grouping

In the standard arrangement of a baseball team in the field, three players are in the distant outfield and six on the infield, the square baseball diamond (light brown in the diagram) plus a rounded region beyond it (roughly where "3B" "SS" "2B" and "1B" are written in the diagram below). A baseball field or baseball diamond is the field upon which the game of Baseball is played

The infielders are the four who play along the basepaths from first base to second base to third base, namely the first baseman (1B), second baseman (2B), shortstop (SS) and third baseman (3B). First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in Baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and Third base. A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in Baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of The pitcher (P) also plays on the infield but is distinct from the infielders and is jointly referred to with the catcher (C) as the battery. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. See also List of baseball jargon backdoor breaking ball A breaking pitch usually a Slider, Curveball, or Cut fastball The other three players are called outfielders and they usually play far out beyond the basepaths.

Utility infielders are bench players who can play at least two infield positions. A utility infielder is a Baseball player usually someone who does not have a regular starting role on the team who is capable of playing more than one of the four defensive They are often weak hitters but skilled fielders who play in the late innings when the team leads, as defensive substitutes. An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during

Among the four infielders in modern professional play, shortstops are generally the best fielders, followed by second basemen, third basemen, and first basemen in that order. First basemen should be adept at fielding poorly thrown balls, as many a throw is hurried to put out the batter-runner on a close play at first base. In Baseball, baserunning is the act of running around the bases performed by members of the team at bat Normally, first and third basemen are better hitters than second basemen and shortstops. Second basemen and shortstops are often called "middle infielders" while third basemen and first baseman are called "corner infielders" or simply "corners".

In professional play, essentially all shortstops and second and third basemen throw right-handed for greater efficiency throwing down to the lower bases where force outs are available — third basemen and shortstops throwing to second base and any of the three throwing to first base. Laterality is the preference that most Humans show for one side of their Body over the other First basemen are often left-handed throwers because they usually throw in the opposite direction and because catching throws to first base is easier when catching with the right hand. Laterality is the preference that most Humans show for one side of their Body over the other

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