The distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate is 60.5 feet. If the ball would be released exactly from the pitcher's mound, it would take approximately 0.43 seconds. But, if you don't want to count that last part of the windup which takes place from the pitcher's mound until the ball is released from the hand, assuming that that distance is about 5 ft, then it takes approximately 0.4 seconds to reach home plate.
We know that an object traveling 90 MPH would travel 7920 feet (1.5 miles) in 60 seconds. Therefore, we can set up the equasion 7920/60 = 60.5/X X = .458 It would take an object traveling 90 MPH .458 seconds to travel 60 feet, 6 inches. It should also be mentioned that pitchers generally release the ball closer to home plate than 60 feet, 6 inches. How much closer depends on the height and release point of the pitcher at the time.
even if the smallest bit of the ball crosses over the edge of the plate, it is to be called a strike as long as it is still within the strike zone
Approximately 1/2 second.
As soon as the ball is released it will take roughly on average almost a second to cross the plate with any other pitch such as a curve ball or change up or even anything that falls into that category a little more than a second.
In a standard softball field, the distance from home plate to first base is 60 feet. To physically measure this distance, we use a long, windup tape measure. Note: The distance between any of the bases is 60 feet. From the tip of home plate to the far side or back of the 1st base bag.
90 feet
We know that an object traveling 90 MPH would travel 7920 feet (1.5 miles) in 60 seconds. Therefore, we can set up the equasion 7920/60 = 60.5/X X = .458 It would take an object traveling 90 MPH .458 seconds to travel 60 feet, 6 inches. It should also be mentioned that pitchers generally release the ball closer to home plate than 60 feet, 6 inches. How much closer depends on the height and release point of the pitcher at the time.
It is 60' 6" from the back of the plate to the front of the rubber.
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Yes. They would be out. Think of it like this. If a runner is running home from third and the catcher slides onto the plate with the ball, the runner is still out, even though the catcher is on the ground. As long as the Defensive player has possession of the ball, and is touching the base, the offensive player would be considered out.
Yes, as long as they dont cross over the neutral zone
mph x 0.44704 = meters per second
0.35