How many baseballs are used in a season?

Answer 1

I believe my math is faulty in my first response below. The following is the workup for the estimate of total baseballs used in a Regular Season in the MLB:

2010 average pitches per team per game.....146

lifespan of a Baseball in pitches.........................7

games in the Regular Season........................162

number of teams in the league........................30

balls per team per game..................................21 = 146 ÷ 7

balls used in Reg Seas by team..................3,379 = 21 x 162

balls used in Reg Seas by all teams......101,366 = 30 x 3,379

more than anyone can count I'm sure, lol, but as a guess, I'll say around half a million if not more

It has been calculated that the average life-span of a Baseball is 7 pitches. The average pitch count in a game is 285. So a good guess is about 41 baseballs to a game. There are 162 games in a season, so almost 6,596 per team, per year. There are 30 teams, so that's approximately 197,871.43 baseballs used per season. This only accounts for regular season games.

This number does not include pre-season games, the All Star break and the post-season games, including the World Series.

Answer 2

I believe my math is faulty in my first response below. The following is the workup for the estimate of total baseballs used in a Regular Season in the MLB:

2010 average pitches per team per game.....146

lifespan of a baseball in pitches.........................7

games in the Regular Season........................162

number of teams in the league........................30

balls per team per game..................................21 = 146 ÷ 7

balls used in Reg Seas by team..................3,379 = 21 x 162

balls used in Reg Seas by all teams......101,366 = 30 x 3,379

more than anyone can count I'm sure, lol, but as a guess, I'll say around half a million if not more

It has been calculated that the average life-span of a baseball is 7 pitches. The average pitch count in a game is 285. So a good guess is about 41 baseballs to a game. There are 162 games in a season, so almost 6,596 per team, per year. There are 30 teams, so that's approximately 197,871.43 baseballs used per season. This only accounts for regular season games.

This number does not include pre-season games, the All Star break and the post-season games, including the World Series.