Trying to come up with an estimate of total throws, globally, since the invention of the baseball. This question refers to baseballs only, no softballs or other similar balls. I would like to try and get an estimate of an answer. I realize there is NO WAY to know the correct one.
2007-07-10 15:21:41 · 7 answers · asked by Brian K 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
479,174,247,225 but there is no way of knowing if that is reasonable or not. It sounds like a great number to me though.
2007-07-10 15:25:50 · answer #1 · answered by ajn4664_ksu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just Major League or people all around the world from 4 year olds playing t-ball to senior citizens playing in a club? It would significantly change the answer. Plus it would also depend on what you consider to be a throw... Throwing up and catching yourself? Turning a touble play? Throwing from the outfield? Pitching? All of them? There are so many possibilities. There isn't any formula you can really come up with becuse everyone throws a different number, so it's impossible. I suppose you could just take number of baseballs, and it's atleast that, but definately more. Hope I could help, it's kind of irrational to come up with an accurate answer even within a million.
2007-07-10 15:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, how about......um, .........
60balls/gamex162games x 60 outs/game (avg) x 30 teams x 120 years x 220 pitches/game (avg) x say, 90 throws/fielders/game
plus
do that again for spring tng
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college
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high school
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all 18/under rec ball
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dads and kids
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kids and kids
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PE
plus............
I give up.
2007-07-10 15:32:25 · answer #3 · answered by MIKE F. 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
7 TIMES
2007-07-10 15:26:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I did the calculation and the number is 97, 200,000. If you need the back-up support just let me know. This number just represents MLB, let us know if you would like us to calculate it another way.
2007-07-10 15:34:23 · answer #5 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
500000000000000000000 my guess
2007-07-10 15:26:57 · answer #6 · answered by matt b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what a dumb question.
2007-07-10 15:33:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋