strike zone

noun

: the area over home plate through which a pitched baseball must pass to be called a strike

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Once the spring experiment was over, some players were curious about how the ABS strike zone was being called in comparison to the current strike zone. Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 19 May 2025 But with this challenge system, that ABS strike zone is always lurking. Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025 DeGrom spotted a sublime slider at the bottom of Jeremy Peña’s strike zone. Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 May 2025 But the real-life impact seems to have caught pitchers and catchers in particular off guard, even though the definition of the actual strike zone remains the same. Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for strike zone

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of strike zone was in 1911

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“Strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20zone. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.

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strike zone

noun
: the area (as from the armpits to the tops of the knees of a batter) over home plate through which a baseball pitch must pass to be called a strike

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