Introduction

 

Baseball is a fairly simple game, once you understand the simple mix of science involved in baseball.

Also, there is much more to the game of baseball than simply hitting and pitching the ball.

Here is a few bits of information about a baseball that is hit 400 feet.

  1. For each 1000 feet of altitude you can add 7 Feet.
  2. For each 10 degrees of air temp you can add 4 Feet.
  3. For each 10 degrees of ball temp you can add 4 Feet.
  4. For each 1 inch drop in Barometer you can add 6 Feet.
  5. For each 1 mph following wind you can add 3 Feet.
  6. With the Ball at 100 % Humidity you can subtract 30 Feet.
  7. When the ball is Pitched, for every 5 mph you can add 3.5 Feet.
  8. For a ball Hit along the foul line you can add 11 Feet.
  9. When an Aluminum Bat is used you can add 30 Feet.

A couple more bits of general information.

  1. A curve ball that seems to break over 14 inches never actually deviates from a straight line by more than 3 inches
  2. There is no such thing in baseball as a rising fastball!
  3. The collision of a ball on the bat lasts only about 1/1000th of a second.
  4. That a batted ball should be able to travel no farther than 545 Feet.