18" & 24" Pitching Rubbers & Sets.
In MLB, the pitching rubber is 24 inches long and 6 inches wide.
In MLB, the dimensions of the pitching rubber is 24 inches long by 6 inches wide.
pitching rubber
infeet it is 43 feet from home to the pitching mound
The distance from second base to the pitching rubber is the same as the distance from the plate to the rubber. It is 60 feet 6 inches.
I might be wrong, but I think the tallest part(at the rubber) is about 15 inches
the place where the pitcher stands.
It means to be a pitcher. The pitching rubber is called the slab. The pitcher must have his foot on the rubber when he releases a pitch and he touches it with the back of his toes, wearing a shoe, of course.
There actually is no "mound" in softball. It's flat from the rubber to the plate. That's why it's also called the "pitching circle", which is the more correct term since there actually is no mound. That term just carried over from baseball.
Inasmuch as the minor leagues are the training grounds for the majors, the distance from the pitching rubber to home plate is exactly the same as in the majors ... Sixty feet and six inches. Think any of the "greats" could have adjusted to the majors if the distance was less?
from the front of the pitching rubber to the back of home plate is 60'6"
43 feet