Official Baseball Rules
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The Official Baseball Rules is the formal rulebook that defines how professional baseball is played and officiated in Major League Baseball.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball rulebook
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legal code of the game of baseball ⓘ sports rulebook ⓘ |
| abbreviation | OBR ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
MLB All-Star Game
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surface form:
Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Major League Baseball postseason games ⓘ Major League Baseball regular season games ⓘ Minor League Baseball with modifications ⓘ many professional baseball leagues worldwide with adaptations ⓘ |
| defines |
definitions of terms used in Major League Baseball
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duties and powers of umpires in Major League Baseball ⓘ official scoring rules for Major League Baseball ⓘ regulations for equipment used in Major League Baseball ⓘ regulations for playing field layout in Major League Baseball ⓘ rules for balks in Major League Baseball ⓘ rules for balls and strikes in Major League Baseball ⓘ rules for batting order in Major League Baseball ⓘ rules for fair and foul balls in Major League Baseball ⓘ rules for obstruction and interference in Major League Baseball ⓘ rules for outs in Major League Baseball ⓘ rules for protests and forfeits in Major League Baseball ⓘ rules for scoring runs in Major League Baseball ⓘ rules for substitutions in Major League Baseball ⓘ rules of play for Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| governs | professional baseball games in Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Definitions of Terms
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Game Preliminaries ⓘ Official Baseball Rules self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Official Scoring Rules
Playing Field and Equipment ⓘ Putting the Ball in Play and Dead Ball ⓘ Starting and Ending a Game ⓘ The Batter ⓘ The Pitcher ⓘ The Runner ⓘ The Scorer ⓘ The Umpire ⓘ |
| influenced |
rules of amateur baseball organizations
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rules of international baseball competitions ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
PDF document
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online publication on MLB website ⓘ printed book ⓘ |
| name | Official Baseball Rules self-link ⓘ |
| publishedBy |
Major League Baseball
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Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ
surface form:
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
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| subjectTo | periodic revision ⓘ |
| updatedBy | Major League Baseball Rules Committee ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Major League Baseball managers
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Major League Baseball players ⓘ Major League Baseball umpires ⓘ official scorers in Major League Baseball ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Official Baseball Rules
this entity surface form:
MLB rulebook
this entity surface form:
Major League Rules
this entity surface form:
Major League Rules
this entity surface form:
Major League Baseball rules with postseason modifications
this entity surface form:
Official Scoring Rules
this entity surface form:
Official Baseball Rules manual
this entity surface form:
Official Baseball Rules rulebook
this entity surface form:
Official Baseball Rules manual