| A | B |
| A pitch which crosses the strike zone and is not swung at or when a ball is swung at and missed. | strike |
| A pitch that passes over the home plate between the batter's knees and armpit | strike zone |
| A pitch which is outside the strike zone ( 4 balls = a walk) | A ball |
| reaching first base after four balls are called | base on ball |
| a ball hit high and deep into the outfield | fly ball |
| ea ball hit high but short in the infield | pop fly |
| a ball hit close to the horizontal | line drive |
| a ball softly touched by the bat and landing within the field | bunt |
| a player who does not take the field defensively but bats in the batting order in place of another player | desiginated hitter |
| a play in which two players are put out on the same hit ball | double play |