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It because when there throwing the ball160kmph even a little bit of dirt could ruin the pitch.

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Q: Why are baseballs only used for 4-5 pitches in a game?
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Why arw baseballs only used for 4-5 pitches in each game?

until the baseball is damaged or a home run then they keep using it.


How many baseballs are used in a game?

Average Baseball lasts 6-7 pitches. about 6-10 dozen


How many baseballs will be used in a single MLB season?

Major League Baseball uses about 160,000 baseballs in a season. the lifespan of 1 is 7 pitches. the average baseball lasts 9 pitches. That's as close as I can come. OK. Let's say the average baseball lasts 9 pitches. Let's also say the average inning lasts 30 pitches (15 per half inning). We'll approximate the total number of pitches per game at 270. That would make 30 baseballs used per game (270 / 9). If all 30 teams played the entire 162 scheduled games in a season, that would be 2,430 games played. So for this example, that would make 72,900 baseballs used in one season.


How many baseballs are used over the course of a Major League season?

the lifespan of 1 is 7 pitches.


What does MLB do with used baseballs?

Used baseballs are either thoroughly cleansed to be used in other games, used in batting practice, or recycled to make new baseballs.


How many baseballs are used in a regulation 9 inning game?

Every game is different for every team. it could range greatly just between if their are alot of hitters that foul pitches off often in the lineup or if there is a pitcher that throws alot of pitches in the dirt.


How many baseballs used per game?

Using an average life span of a baseball in a typical game as 6 pitches and the average number of pitches being 275 per game. The number of balls used is 46. Factoring this number out to each team in the league playing 165 games and dividing by 2 since two teams play each other each game, the number of baseballs used during a typical MLB season would about 113,850 balls per year. According to MLB, between five and six dozen are used per game (60-70 balls). The home team has to have 90 new baseballs on hand for each game. That doesn't mean they'll use them all, but they must have them, just in case. The average life of the ball is 6 pitches. "According to Ensley, every major league game begins with six dozen balls. He goes on to explain that the average life of a ball is six pitches. Since most major league games average between 250 and 300 pitches, that would put the ball count at about 40 or 50 balls used per game". According to the MLB: "It says between five and six dozen baseballs are used during each baseball game, as many as 72 balls." Each ball costs about $3-dollars, so that works out to $216-dollars worth of balls for each baseball game. Using an average life span of a baseball in a typical game as 6 pitches and the average number of pitches being 275 per game. The number of balls used is 46. Factoring this number out to each team in the league playing 165 games and dividing by 2 since two teams play each other each game, the number of baseballs used during a typical MLB season would about 113,850 balls per year.


Do practice baseballs travel as far as game baseballs?

Yes, unless they have been used for a long period of time.


What are baseballs?

A baseball is a ball that is used to play the game of baseball with


What is baseball and baseball are different?

If you mean "How are baseballs and baseball any different", then baseballs are balls that are used in the game of baseball. Like football.


How many baseballs are used in a season?

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.....146lifespan of a Baseball in pitches.........................7games in the Regular Season........................162number of teams in the league........................30balls per team per game..................................21 = 146 ÷ 7balls used in Reg Seas by team..................3,379 = 21 x 162balls used in Reg Seas by all teams......101,366 = 30 x 3,379more than anyone can count I'm sure, lol, but as a guess, I'll say around half a million if not moreIt 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.


What company made the baseballs for the 1978 all-star game?

1978 Rawlings All Star Game BaseballsRawlings started to make All-Star baseballs in 1979 that features The All-Star logo. Before 1979 Official Major League baseballs were used. National league baseballs were used when the game was played in a National League Park, and American League baseballs in American League parks. Rawlings first started to make World Series baseballs in 1978 that features The World Series logo.