He was struck on the right foot by a pitched ball Monday night and suffered a fractured little toe.

Chapman died the next day, becoming the only player to sustain a fatal injury from a pitched ball.

Weaver used radar guns to track the speed of pitched balls during the 1975 spring training season.

To batters who are in a slump, a pitched ball may appear to be much smaller than its actual size.

The batter uses the bat to try to hit a pitched ball so that he may run around the bases and score points.

If the pitched ball hit a stool leg, the batter was out.

He drew 21 walks, twice was hit by pitched balls, scored 56 runs and knocked in 55.

He, like Stanley, was hit by a pitched ball.

Hitting a pitched ball on a hop or bounce was actually called slapball.

Most 6-and 7-year-olds are not coordinated enough to hit a pitched ball with a bat, for example.