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The number of plate appearances a batter can have in a season is totally dependent upon the number of games the team plays in a season, and if a player played the entire game in each of them.
In Major League Baseball, each team plays 162 games. There are a minimum of 27 plate appearances for each team, so each position in the batting order would have a minimum of three plate appearances. (However, if the home team is ahead, they do not bat in the bottom of the 9th inning, so they would have potentially fewer plate appearances in those games, but let's ignore that for this exercise.)
So, if a single, individual player played all nine innings of all 162 games, and came up to bat a minimum of 3 times per game, he would have a minimum of 486 plate appearances at the end of the season.
Plate appearances are not the same thing as at-bats. If the batter reaches bases on a walk or is hit by a pitch, or if he sacrifices, it is a plate appearance, but it doesn't count as an at-bat in the statistics.
According to Baseball-reference.com, Hank Aaron averaged 606 plate appearances and 538 at-bats a season over his 23 season career, while Cal Ripken, Jr. averaged 613 plate appearances and 550 at-bats per season over the course of his 21 season career. These guys were both iron men, and probably averaged more plate appearances than current players do, but it's a good comparison.
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In baseball how many outs are therein a inning?
3 outs per offensive at bat. 6 outs per inning since each team takes an offensive at bat. Unless it is the ninth or extra inning and the Home team is winning at the end of the Visiting team at bat. Then there is no need for a Home team at bat, Therefore there are only 3 outs in that inning.
How many players have to be out before the other team can bat in softball?
Each team is allowed 3 outs at bat in each inning.
How many outs make a inning?
6 Team A is at bat first and remains at bat until 3 outs are recorded, Team A then takes the field and Team B comes to bat and remains at bat until 3 outs are recorded, ending the current inning.
What is an inning in baseball?
An inning is when each team gets a turn to bat with 3 outs. The visiting team bats first in an inning, and once they have gotten out 3 times, then the home team takes it's turn to bat with 3 outs. Once the inning is over you move onto the next inning, until you've played the last one. They're 9 innings in baseball.
How long is one inning?
An inning doesn't have a set length in time; an inning is simply the period within which the team at bat continues to get to bat until that team has three strikes. Theoretically, if a team never got a strike, an inning could go on indefinitely.
How many outs in an inning in basketball?
In a standard baseball game, there are three outs per inning for each team, with nine innings played. If the home team is ahead after the visiting team has batted in the ninth inning, the game is over at that point (as there is no need for the home team to bat).
What team has the longest at bat in an inning in mlb?
30 pitches P
How many outs are in a baseball inning?
3 per team IMPROVED ANSWER: In a normal 9-inning baseball game, "3 per team" would be correct. However, there are many games when both teams do not have to bat in the ninth inning, thus reducing the number of outs in that inning to zero for one of the teams (the case would apply to a home team that is leading after the other team registers 3 outs in the top half of the ninth inning). The home team would have won the game if still ahead after the other team bats in their half of the ninth. There is no need to bat in the bottom of the ninth.
What does the bottom of an inning mean?
Major League Baseball consists of 9 innings, with each team alternating their at-bat. The Visiting team bats first, which is the top of the inning, and continues batting until 3 Outs have been recorded. The Home team then bats, which is the bottom of the inning, and continues until 3 Outs have been recorded. Then the Visiting team would bat again in the top of the second inning, and the game would continue that way until 9 innings have been played, or 8-1/2 innings if the Home team is ahead after the Visiting team has completed their at-bat in the top of the 8th inning.
What happens in a tie bottom of the ninth inning?
That is when the home team is batting in the ninth inning. If the home team is ahead after the visiting team makes its three outs in the 'top' of the ninth (their turn to bat in the ninth inning) there is no bottom of the ninth because the game is over and the home team has won. If the home team is tied or behind the visiting team after the visiting team makes their three outs in the ninth inning, the home team comes to bat and it is called 'batting in the bottom of the ninth inning'.
Do three outs equal lining in baseball or softball?
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 sideIn Australia There Are Six Outs In A Inning For Baseball3 outsThere are 6 outs in an inning, 3 for each team.
What does top of the fifth mean?
With respects to the sport of baseball (which I believe is the root of your question), the term "top of the fifth" simply refers to the first half of the fifth inning during which the visiting team has the opportunity to bat. After the visiting team cycles through their allotted three outs, the inning enters the bottom of the inning. Each inning has both a "top" and "bottom" half. The actual term "top" or "bottom" of an inning stems from the placement of the score on either the top or bottom section of a scoreboard or scorecard.
