Baseball Crossword Puzzle Printable

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Baseball Crossword

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  • Bunt
  • Dugout
  • Glove
  • Homer
  • Inning
  • Mound
  • Pitcher
  • Safe
  • Strike
  • Umpire

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Answer key: Baseball Crossword

1HO2MER3POI4U5DUGOUTMNCPDHIER6STR7IKEANFN8GLOVEI9BUNTG

Across 1 HOMER · 5 DUGOUT · 6 STRIKE · 8 GLOVE · 9 BUNT

Down 2 MOUND · 3 PITCHER · 4 UMPIRE · 6 SAFE · 7 INNING

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The Field 21

  • Backstop Barrier at the back of home that stops a loose ball
  • Bag Square canvas cushion that marks first, second or third
  • Ballpark Stadium built for baseball
  • Basepath Route a runner takes from one base to the next
  • Box Batter's ___: chalked rectangle beside home for the hitter
  • Bullpen Where the relief corps waits and warms up
  • Chalk White powder that marks the lines of the field
  • Corner Hot ___: nickname for third base
  • Deck On ___: next in line to hit
  • Diamond Nickname for the field, from the square of bases tipped onto a point
  • Dugout Sunken shelter where a team sits when it is not in the field
  • Fence Outer wall of the playing field
  • Gap Open space between two outfielders
  • Infield Part of the field inside the square of bases
  • Mound Low dirt hill that every pitch is thrown from
  • Outfield Left, center and right, together
  • Plate Five-sided white slab that a runner touches to score
  • Rubber White slab on the hill, touched by the back foot before each pitch
  • Scoreboard Big sign that shows the runs, hits and errors
  • Stands Rows of seats where people watch the game
  • Track Warning ___: strip of dirt that tells a fielder the wall is near

Players and Positions 29

  • Ace The best starting arm on a team
  • Baseman First ___: player who covers the base that a batter runs to
  • Batboy Young helper who fetches and carries for the players
  • Battery The player who pitches and the one who receives, as a pair
  • Bench Reserves' seat
  • Catcher Player who squats at home and catches what the batter misses
  • Cleanup Batting spot right after the third
  • Closer The one trusted to pitch the final frame of a tight win
  • Coach Helper beside first or third who signals to the runners
  • Fan Person who comes to watch and cheer
  • Hurler Old-time word for the one who pitches
  • Leadoff Describes the batter who goes first
  • Lineup List of a team's hitters in the order they come up
  • Manager Team's boss, who fills out the batting order
  • Nine Number of players a team puts on the field
  • Outfielder One of the trio who cover left, center and right
  • Pinch hitter Substitute who hits in place of another
  • Pitcher Player who starts every play from the hill
  • Reliever Player who comes in to pitch after the one who began the game
  • Rookie Newcomer to the team
  • Roster Who is on the squad, on paper
  • Scorer Official ___: person who records every play in the book
  • Shortstop Fielder posted in the open space to the left of second
  • Skipper Nickname for the person who runs the team
  • Slugger Batter known for doubles, triples and home runs
  • Southpaw Left-handed thrower
  • Starter Player who takes the hill in the first frame
  • Umpire Official who rules on every pitch and every close play
  • Utility ___ player: one who can fill in at several positions

Batting and Running 33

  • Average Batting ___: hits divided by at-bats
  • Bunt Hit meant to roll only a short way from home
  • Clutch Said of a hit that comes at the biggest moment
  • Count The balls and strikes on a batter, as in 3 and 2
  • Cycle Feat of hitting for one, two, three and four bases in one game
  • Dinger Slang for a home run
  • Double Two-base hit
  • Fly Ball hit high into the air
  • Foul Batted ball that is not fair
  • Grand slam Home run that brings in four runs at once
  • Grounder Ball hit along the dirt
  • Homer Short word for a home run
  • Hustle Run hard on every play
  • Lead Few steps that a runner takes off the base before the pitch
  • Liner Ball hit hard on a low, nearly straight path
  • Loaded Bases ___: a runner on first, second and third
  • Pop-up Lofted hit that an infielder waits under
  • Rally Late string of hits that turns a game around
  • RBI Three letters credited to a batter whose hit brings a run home
  • Sacrifice Out made on purpose to move a runner up
  • Safe Opposite of out
  • Single One-base hit
  • Slide Hit the dirt on the way into a base
  • Slump Long spell without many hits
  • Squeeze Play in which a tapped pitch brings the runner home from third
  • Stance A batter's ready pose
  • Steal Run for the next base without waiting for a hit
  • Streak Run of games in a row with a hit, or with a win
  • Strikeout Out on strikes; K in the scorebook
  • Swing What a batter does to try to hit the pitch
  • Triple Three-base hit
  • Walk Reward for a batter who lets four bad pitches go by
  • Whiff Miss the pitch completely

Pitching and Fielding 27

  • Assist Fielding credit for helping on an out
  • Balk Illegal motion meant to fool a runner; every runner moves up
  • Changeup Slow pitch disguised by a full-speed arm motion
  • Curveball Pitch thrown with forward spin so that it dives
  • Cutter Fast pitch that breaks to one side as it reaches home
  • Double play Two outs made on one batted ball
  • Error Fielding mistake that lets a batter or runner move up
  • Fastball Pitch that relies on speed more than movement
  • Force ___ out: out made at a base that a runner had to run to
  • Heater Slang for a thrower's hardest, straightest pitch
  • Knuckleball Pitch that barely spins and dances on the way in
  • No-hitter Game in which one team gets no hits
  • Perfect game Win in which no batter of the other team reaches first
  • Pickoff Quick throw to a base to catch a runner off it
  • Putout Credit for the fielder who completes an out
  • Save Credit for finishing a close win in relief
  • Screwball Pitch that curves the 'wrong' way
  • Shift Moving fielders to where a batter usually hits
  • Shutout Win in which the other side is held to zero
  • Sinker Pitch that drops as it reaches the hitter
  • Slider Pitch that breaks sideways late, faster than a curve
  • Splitter Pitch gripped with two fingers spread wide, so that it drops
  • Stretch Shorter starting position on the hill, used with runners on
  • Strike Pitch that is swung at and missed
  • Tag Touch that puts a runner out
  • Wild ___ pitch: one thrown so far off target that runners move up
  • Windup Full motion before a pitch

Gear and the Game 35

  • Barrel Thick end that meets the ball
  • Bat Hitter's club; it meets the pitch with a crack
  • Bottom Second half of each frame, when the home team hits
  • Cap Team headwear with a bill
  • Cleats Spiked shoes
  • Cork Material at the very center of the ball
  • Cowhide Kind of leather that covers the ball
  • Doubleheader Pair of games played back to back
  • Doughnut Weighted ring slipped on for warm-up swings
  • Extra ___ innings: more play when the score is level after the regular number
  • Fungo Light practice stick swung to send balls out to fielders
  • Glove Fielder's leather
  • Helmet Plastic shell that guards a batter's head
  • Inning Part of a game in which each team gets a turn to hit
  • Jersey Shirt half of a uniform
  • Knob Flared end of the handle that keeps the hands from slipping off
  • Mask Cage that guards the face of the player behind home
  • Mitt Big round pad of leather worn by the player behind home
  • Ninety Feet between bags on a full-size field
  • Pennant Flag that goes to a champion
  • Pine tar Dark, tacky stuff that helps a hitter hold on
  • Pinstripes Thin lines on some uniforms
  • Rainout Game washed away by a storm
  • Rosin Sticky powder kept on the hill for a dry grip
  • Scorecard Printed sheet for writing down every play
  • Seam Raised line of red stitching on the ball
  • Signs Secret finger signals between players
  • Softball Cousin of baseball: bigger ball, smaller field
  • Spring ___ training: weeks of practice before the season
  • Stickball Street version of the game played with a broom handle
  • Stitches There are 108 of them on a regulation ball
  • Tee Batting stand in the game's youngest leagues
  • Top First half of each frame, when the visiting team hits
  • Walk-off Said of a hit that ends the game by putting the home team ahead
  • Yarn It is wound in layers inside the ball

How this list was compiled: Clues written for this site about the game itself, in five sets: the field, players and positions, batting and running, pitching and fielding, gear and the game. Rules and figures follow the full-size game and were checked in English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org, CC BY-SA 4.0); word meanings were checked in Wiktionary (en.wiktionary.org), in October 2026. No clue was copied from a published puzzle. Licence: own work

How it works

This baseball crossword puzzle, printable on Letter or A4, starts simple: 10 easy game words, among them Inning, Pitcher, Bunt, Dugout and Umpire. No league, team or player is named.

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Five sets after the easy one

The Field has Bullpen, Backstop and Basepath. Players and Positions has Shortstop, Southpaw and Battery. Batting and Running has Grounder, Sacrifice and Squeeze. Pitching and Fielding has Changeup, Balk and Pickoff. Gear and the Game has Fungo, Rosin and Doubleheader.

The game, at full size

Rule clues follow the game on a full-size field: nine players a side, nine innings, three strikes for an out, four balls for a walk and 90 feet from base to base. Where younger players use a smaller field, a clue says regulation or full-size.

Questions and answers

Are these easy printable baseball crossword puzzles for kids?

The set Easy Baseball Words is, with answers such as Bat, Mitt, Bunt and Safe and a word bank under the clues. It suits grades 2 to 4 in our judgment, which is not a published standard. The five themed sets suit older fans.

What are the nine positions in baseball?

Pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, left fielder, center fielder and right fielder. Pitcher, Catcher, Shortstop, Baseman and Outfielder are answers in Players and Positions.

Does the printable baseball crossword puzzle come with an answer key?

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