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Baseball Trivia

What is defined as "an illegal pitch intentionally thrown at the batter's head"?

on Dec 25, 2025

Published in Baseball Trivia

Balk
Wild Pitch
Beanball
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Beanball. The number of beanballs thrown during and previous to the 1950s caused Major League Baseball to require batting helmets starting in 1956.

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