How many players are there on a starting baseball team?

Answer 1

On a standard, regular season roster -- it happens to be 25 players.

Rosters expand to 40 players after September first...

The makeup of these rosters (how many position players and how many pitchers) are determined by management of the team (coaches, the manager and the general manager).

Answer 2

The number of players of a Baseball team that are starters depends on whether or not the league uses designated hitters. If the league does not use designated hitters, each team's starting lineup will include 9 players. (Catcher, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, shortstop, pitcher, left field, right field, and center field). If the league does use designated hitters, each team's starting lineup will include 10 players. (Catcher, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, shortstop, pitcher, left field, right field, center field, and the designated hitter). In each case, however, each team's batting lineup will always include 9 players. In DH friendly leagues, generally it is the pitcher that does not bat (although technically any player could be replaced by the designated hitter) and is replaced by the DH. In DH unfriendly leagues, the pitcher is not replaced and receives at-bats.

Answer 3

During the regular season a Major League Baseball needs to have 25 players on their roster with some Double Header exceptions in which they are allowed to have an extra player called up for one or both games of the Double Header, the Major League Roster is increased to 40 players as of September 1 and the 40-man roster remains in effect as the Active Roster until the Postseason begins at which point the Active Roster is decreased back to 25 players.

Answer 4

9 start in the field. In the MLB, 25 are on the full team.