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Originally home plate was a 12 inch by 12 inch square. It was rotated 45 degs. so that it fitted the playing field. The pitchers would argue that they would not get the called strike when the ball went over the corners of the plate. On March 9th 1900 the owners in the National League changed the shape of home plate to five sides in order to get rid of the corners. They figured this would eleminate the arguements on called strikes. Before changing the shape of the plate, the distance across the corners was 16.97 inches. After making the change it appears that they rounded off the distance to make the width of the plate an even 17 inches.
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How many inches is a baseball home plate?
The dimensions of a five-sided baseball home plate are: 17 inches by 8 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches by 12 inches by 12 inches, cut to a point at rear.
How wide is home plate and do the corners add to that space?
Home plate is 17 inches wide from corner to corner and covers an area of 216 square inches. Since the shape of home plate is pentagonal, the corners do not add any width to the plate.
How far is the pitchers mound from home plate in major league baseball?
It's 60 feet 6 inches away from home plate. The original baseball field designers wanted it to be 60 feet but when the "landscapers" were reading the diagram drawn up it read 60 ' 0" and they read the 0 to be a 6 by mistake.
Why 2 circles near home plate baseball field?
the 2 circles by home plate on a baseball field are called the on-deck circles and they are for the next player up to bat to warm up before going to home plate
IN baseball who is behind the catcher?
The Home Plate Umpire...
