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In the sport of baseball, each of the nine players on a team is assigned a particular fielding position when it is their turn to play defense. Each position conventionally has an associated number, for use in scorekeeping by the official scorer: 1 (), 2 (), 3 (first baseman), 4 (second baseman), 5 (third baseman), 6 (), 7 (left fielder), 8 (center fielder), and 9 (right fielder). [1]
In team sports, a position is the role and placement of an individual player within the arrangement of players on the field of play during a game. Many sports measure performance of individual players based on standards for their specific positions.
Baseball positions (3 C, 24 P) Basketball positions (1 C, 15 P) C. ... Pages in category "Positions (team sports)" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of ...
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There are nine defensive positions on a baseball field. The part of the baseball field closest to the batter (shown in the diagram as light brown) is known as the "infield" (as opposed to the "outfield", the part of the field furthest from the batter, shown in the diagram as green.)
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Some extreme repositioning known as a shift was used against pull hitters, a strategy that became more prevalent in Major League Baseball since the late-2000s. [1] For example, versus excellent left-handed pull-hitters like Ted Williams, David Ortiz, Joey Gallo and Ryan Howard, teams would move more players to the right side of the field. They ...
Schalk's career batting average of .253 is the lowest of any position player in the Baseball Hall of Fame. [5] His selection for enshrinement in 1955 was largely a tribute to his outstanding defensive skills. [5] In the numbering system used to record baseball plays, the catcher is assigned the number '2'. (See Baseball scorekeeping.)