OHSAA 2024/2025 Baseball Rules Exam. 50 Questions and
Correct Answers.
Offensive interference is an act by the team at bat:
A) That can be either physical or verbal and interferes with, obstructs, impedes, hinders or confuses
any fielder attempting to make a play.
B) That created malicious contact with any fielder regardless of whether the fielder had the ball or was
in or out of the baseline.
C) When a coach physically assists a runner during playing action.
D) A, B and C.
D) A, B and C
With R2 on second base, B3 swings and misses the pitch for strike two. His follow-through hits F2
while he is attempting to throw out R2, who successfully steals third base.
A) There is no interference, the play stands.
B) This is follow-through interference; R2 is declared out.
C) This is follow-through interference; both R2 and B3 are declared out.
D) This is follow-through interference, B3 is declared out and R2 is returned to second base.
D) This is follow-through interference, B3 is declared out and R2 is returned to second base.
The base umpire has the primary responsibility for the interference call at second base in a double
play situation, second to first.
A) True
B) False
B) False
F4, for whom the DH is batting, pinch hits or pinch runs for the DH.
A) The DH position is eliminated for the remainder of the game.
B) The starting DH can re-enter as a player but not in the role of the DH.
C) If the starting DH re-enters it must be in the same position in the batting order.
D) All the above
D) All the above
Pitcher throws a 58ft curve ball. The batter checks his swing as the pitch bounces in front of the plate.
The ball bounces and barely clips the bat and slightly rises into the air and then comes back down. The
catcher sticks out his glove and catches the ball and returns it to the pitcher.
A) Since the ball bounced before being hit, the ball cannot be legally caught by the catcher.
B) This is a foul tip. A strike is called on the batter.
C) This is a catch. The batter is out.
D) This is a foul ball.
C) This is a catch. The batter is out.
, Runner on first is attempting to steal second base. The batter swings late for strike one and steps into
the catcher who is still able to make the throw. The runner on first is initially safe at second but slides
past the bag and is subsequently tagged out.
A) Since there was no out initially, the batter is out and the runner is out on the subsequent play.
B) Since there was no out initially, the runner returns to first base and the batter is out.
C) The runner was retired on the catcher's initial throw. The play stands and the interference is
ignored.
D) The umpire is to declare the ball dead immediately at the time of the interference.
C) The runner was retired on the catcher's initial throw. The play stands and the interference is ignored.
Obstruction of a batter is ignored if:
A) The batter-runner reaches first base.
B) All other runners advance at least one base.
C) Both A and B.
D) Obstruction of a batter can never be ignored.
C) Both A and B.
In the sixth inning, an eligible player arrives and the visiting coach wants to substitute him in the
lineup for the injured player and return his team to nine players.
A) This is permissible.
B) A team that must play with eight players may not return to nine players.
C) A team playing with eight players may return to nine if the player coming in to substitute is listed on
the lineup card as a possible substitute.
D) A team may return to nine players provided the opposing coach agrees to the substitution.
A) This is permissible.
At the pregame conference, the plate umpire asks both head coaches if they have listed all their
substitutes on the lineup card. The visiting team's head coach states he did not have time, but will
provide them as the game progresses. The plate umpire will:
A) Start the game and tell the coach he may add the substitutes as he gets time during the game.
B) Inform the visiting team's head coach that there will be no substitutions allowed for his team in the
game.
C) Not accept the team's lineup card until all substitutes are listed. The game cannot begin until the
umpire has received lineup cards from both teams.
D) Inform the head coach that as a penalty for not having his lineup card correct, he may not occupy a
coaching box for the balance of the game.
C) Not accept the team's lineup card until all substitutes are listed. The game cannot begin until the
umpire has received lineup cards from both teams
The base umpire declares "foul" on a fly ball that is caught by the right fielder in fair ground and
thrown to second to double up the runner who left the base too soon.
A) It is a foul ball and the ball is immediately dead.
B) It is a fair ball and the catch stands, but the ball is immediately dead.
Correct Answers.
Offensive interference is an act by the team at bat:
A) That can be either physical or verbal and interferes with, obstructs, impedes, hinders or confuses
any fielder attempting to make a play.
B) That created malicious contact with any fielder regardless of whether the fielder had the ball or was
in or out of the baseline.
C) When a coach physically assists a runner during playing action.
D) A, B and C.
D) A, B and C
With R2 on second base, B3 swings and misses the pitch for strike two. His follow-through hits F2
while he is attempting to throw out R2, who successfully steals third base.
A) There is no interference, the play stands.
B) This is follow-through interference; R2 is declared out.
C) This is follow-through interference; both R2 and B3 are declared out.
D) This is follow-through interference, B3 is declared out and R2 is returned to second base.
D) This is follow-through interference, B3 is declared out and R2 is returned to second base.
The base umpire has the primary responsibility for the interference call at second base in a double
play situation, second to first.
A) True
B) False
B) False
F4, for whom the DH is batting, pinch hits or pinch runs for the DH.
A) The DH position is eliminated for the remainder of the game.
B) The starting DH can re-enter as a player but not in the role of the DH.
C) If the starting DH re-enters it must be in the same position in the batting order.
D) All the above
D) All the above
Pitcher throws a 58ft curve ball. The batter checks his swing as the pitch bounces in front of the plate.
The ball bounces and barely clips the bat and slightly rises into the air and then comes back down. The
catcher sticks out his glove and catches the ball and returns it to the pitcher.
A) Since the ball bounced before being hit, the ball cannot be legally caught by the catcher.
B) This is a foul tip. A strike is called on the batter.
C) This is a catch. The batter is out.
D) This is a foul ball.
C) This is a catch. The batter is out.
, Runner on first is attempting to steal second base. The batter swings late for strike one and steps into
the catcher who is still able to make the throw. The runner on first is initially safe at second but slides
past the bag and is subsequently tagged out.
A) Since there was no out initially, the batter is out and the runner is out on the subsequent play.
B) Since there was no out initially, the runner returns to first base and the batter is out.
C) The runner was retired on the catcher's initial throw. The play stands and the interference is
ignored.
D) The umpire is to declare the ball dead immediately at the time of the interference.
C) The runner was retired on the catcher's initial throw. The play stands and the interference is ignored.
Obstruction of a batter is ignored if:
A) The batter-runner reaches first base.
B) All other runners advance at least one base.
C) Both A and B.
D) Obstruction of a batter can never be ignored.
C) Both A and B.
In the sixth inning, an eligible player arrives and the visiting coach wants to substitute him in the
lineup for the injured player and return his team to nine players.
A) This is permissible.
B) A team that must play with eight players may not return to nine players.
C) A team playing with eight players may return to nine if the player coming in to substitute is listed on
the lineup card as a possible substitute.
D) A team may return to nine players provided the opposing coach agrees to the substitution.
A) This is permissible.
At the pregame conference, the plate umpire asks both head coaches if they have listed all their
substitutes on the lineup card. The visiting team's head coach states he did not have time, but will
provide them as the game progresses. The plate umpire will:
A) Start the game and tell the coach he may add the substitutes as he gets time during the game.
B) Inform the visiting team's head coach that there will be no substitutions allowed for his team in the
game.
C) Not accept the team's lineup card until all substitutes are listed. The game cannot begin until the
umpire has received lineup cards from both teams.
D) Inform the head coach that as a penalty for not having his lineup card correct, he may not occupy a
coaching box for the balance of the game.
C) Not accept the team's lineup card until all substitutes are listed. The game cannot begin until the
umpire has received lineup cards from both teams
The base umpire declares "foul" on a fly ball that is caught by the right fielder in fair ground and
thrown to second to double up the runner who left the base too soon.
A) It is a foul ball and the ball is immediately dead.
B) It is a fair ball and the catch stands, but the ball is immediately dead.
