how far is it from the pitcher's mound to home plate in the mlb?
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60 feet and 6 inches.  It was origionaly a misreading where the groundscrew read the 0 as a 6.  The mound is also raised about 10".
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It should be 40 feet:\n\nIn the 1919 Tournament, the distance from each stake was changed to 40 feet, distance that is in effect today. \n(http://www.horseshoepitching.com/gameinfo/history.shtml)\n\nand\n\nSec. 2.5: Stake Distance.- The distance shall be forty (40) feet between stakes. Measured from the pitcher's platform level, from the center of each stake. (http://www.geocities.com/ahpa1949/rules/rules1.htm)\n\nHappy playing!
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Longest Home Run Hit\nThe longest measured home run in a major league game is 193 m (634 ft) by Mickey Mantle (USA) for the New York Yankees against the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA, on September 10, 1960.
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Mark Magwire (575) off Randy Johnson when Oakland played in Seattle.  Mickey Mantle did not hit a 630 ft homerun, that is an old wives tale.  we are not playing with golf balls and clubs here.
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Taken straight from the MLB Rules - Rule 1.04 The Playing Field\n\nThe pitcher's plate shall be 10 inches above the level of home plate. The degree of slope from a point 6 inches in front of the pitcher's plate to a point 6 feet toward home plate shall be 1 inch to 1 foot, and such degree of slope shall be uniform.
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According to official baseball rules, a baseball can have a circumference anywhere between 9 and 9.25 inches.  \n\nFrom the MLB website, rule 1.09:  \n\nThe ball shall be a sphere formed by yarn wound around a small core of cork, rubber or similar material, covered with two stripes of white horsehide or cowhide, tightly stitched together. It shall weigh not less than five nor more than 5 1/4 ounces avoirdupois and measure not less than nine nor more than 9 1/4 inches in circumference. \n\nA circumference of 9 inches corresponds to a radius of 1.432 in (= 3.638 cm) and a volume of 12.311 in^3 (= 201.733 cm^3).  (circumference = 2*pi*r, volume = 4/3 pi*r^3.)  A circumference of 9.25 inches corresponds to a radius of 1.472 in (=3.739 cm) and a volume of 13.365 in^3 (=219.016 cm^3).
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go to the official home of Baseball:  www.mlb.com\nall official info there.
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When Mickey Mantle cleared the left-center-field bleachers at Clark Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953, the entire baseball world was lead to believe the ball had traveled 565 feet from home plate to the point where it landed. In truth, that figure derived from the distance from home plate to the place where a neighborhood child retrieved the ball. Since this home run was the only one that ever cleared those bleachers during decades of major league and Negro League competition, it is genuinely deserving of recognition.
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The bases are 60' apart in most sanctions including HS and college. The pitchers plate is 40' from home in most HS sanctions, 43' in college and Gold play, as well as Florida HS and a couple other states this year.\n\nFor slow pitch, the bases are 65'
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8\n\n1- pitcher\n2- catcher\n3- 1st base\n4- 2nd base\n5- 3rd base\n6- short stop\n7- left field\n8- center field\n9- right field
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According to the NCAA rule book:\n\n"The nearer edge of the pitcher's plate shall be 43 feet from the back point of home plate."
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it depends on the stadium, that is if u are talking about mlb.  the infield is 60.5 from the pitchers mound to home plate, and 90 feet between bases.
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it is called the infield, but the reason the path is there is because of the constant torture the grass receives from the catcher going to the mound to talk to the pitcher. a lot of field maintenance crews determined it was an easier fix than trying to keep the grass green and full when its being trampled on for 6 months
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In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run which ends the game. It must be a home run that gives the home team the lead in the bottom of the 9th inning or the bottom of any extra inning. It is called a "walk-off" home run because the teams walk off the field immediately afterward. Sportscasters also use the term "walk-off double" or other such terms if such a hit drives in the winning run to end the game. The terms walk-off hit by pitch or walk-off balk have been applied, and the latter has been dubbed a balk-off (these types of questionable walk-offs are seen by some fans as cheapening the concept). Although the concept is as old as baseball, the term itself has come into use only in the last few decades.
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In our city league, we use 55' bases, with a pitching distance anywhere between 25-45' from home plate
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Their really isn't one correct answer to this question, I'll try to explain. I’ll start with the home run that Mickey Mantle hit at Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953. The entire baseball world was led to believe the ball had traveled 565 feet from home plate to the point where it landed.\nIn truth, that figure derived from the distance from home plate to the place where a neighborhood child retrieved the ball. However, the actual distance in the air was probably about 510 feet (most sources still have this as #1). The same process happened again with Mantle on September 10, 1960 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit when a ball he hit was reported to have traveled 643 feet but it is readily apparent once again that the ball had bounced several times before it reached the estimated distance (this is the home run that the "Guinness Book of Records" has as #1). When your talking about tape measure home runs you can’t leave out Babe Ruth. It was said that Ruth once hit one 587 feet in an exhibition game against the Giants back in 1919. Also his tremendous blow to right-center field in Detroit on June 8, 1926, has often been reported as traveling 628 feet, but again was it measured where it first landed or where it came to a rest. Included among the other great exaggerations in the history of tape measure home runs are Dave Nicholson’s Comiskey Park rooftopper on May 6, 1964 who’s shot was calculated at 573 feet. The calculations were on the assumption that the ball traveled completely over the left-center-field roof. However, subsequent\ninvestigation indicated that the ball landed on the back of the roof before bouncing out into the night. Also, when Dave Kingman launched his wind-aided blow in Chicago’s Wrigley Field on April 14, 1976, "The New York Times" somehow concluded that it had flown 630 feet. It has been confirmed that the ball struck against the third house beyond Waveland Avenue, which is situated about 530 feet from home plate. Yet another claim (by the "Guinness Book of Records"), has a minor league player by the name of Roy Edward "Dizzy" Carlyle having hit one 618 feet at Emeryville Ball Park, CA on July 4, 1929. Mark McGwire hit several home runs over 500 feet and one over 540 and his is measured accurately every time he hits one. I know I didn’t cover everything but I hope I covered enough to satisfy you.\n\nAlso, Mantle's home run off the facade at Yankee Stadium on May 22, 1963 traveled between 370 to 374 feet and was between 115 to 117 feet high. If it was still going up like some people claim it would have traveled an estimated distance of 620 feet if left unimpeded. However, the reality is that the ball was already on its way down, and those reporting the trajectory were victimized by a common optical illusion. It is a scientific fact that if Mantle, or anyone else, had sufficient strength to hit a ball that was still traveling upward when it met the towering facade, he would also have enough strength to clear that same facade by a distance of at least 100 feet. In order for the ball to be rising at roof level, it would have to have been traveling at a lower angle than that which produces maximum distance. If Mantle had provided the same power or velocity, but had launched the ball at a higher and more efficient angle, it would have passed out of Yankee Stadium at a height of over 200 feet! Mantle hit the facade on two or perhaps three occasions, but never cleared it.\nSource(s):\nYou can also go to:\n\nhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/ar...
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As of 4/29/06, one home run. \n\nexpect between 5 and 8 for the season.