Baseball 5
Sign in to saveBaseball5 (B5 or BB5) is a simplified variation of baseball and softball which is governed at the international level alongside those sports by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).
Key facts
- Sport.image
- WBSC Baseball5 logo.svg
- Sport.union
- World Baseball Softball Confederation
- Sport.nickname
- B5
- Sport.contact
- Limited
- Sport.team
- 5 (plus 3 substitutes)
- Sport.mgender
- Single or mixed
- Sport.category
- Safe haven game
- Sport.equipment
- (Rubber) Baseball5 ball
- Sport.world
- Baseball5 World CupYouth Baseball5 World Cup
- Sport.olympic
- Youth Olympics from 2026
- Sport.glossary
- Glossary of Baseball5 terms
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sports discipline
- Subclass of
- ball game
- Sport
- baseball
- Image
- Cuba Baseball5 game.jpg
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Article
26 sectionsContents
- History
- Inspiration
- Post-2017
- Rule changes
- Rules and gameplay
- Field
- Bases
- Fences
- Ball
- Offense
- Scoring runs
- Offensive self-elimination
- Special batting order situation
- Defense
- Elimination methods
- Ball leaving the field
- End of the game
- Tiebreaker
- Run-ahead rule
- Differences from baseball and softball
- Governance
- Competitions
- International tournaments
- See also
- References
- External links
Baseball5 (B5 or BB5) is a simplified variation of baseball and softball which is governed at the international level alongside those sports by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).
The game revolves around two teams of five players taking turns playing offense and defense, with each of the offensive team's players taking turns hitting a small rubber ball with their bare hands into the field of play (which is a -square), and then running counterclockwise around four bases ( apart) laid out in a square shape to score a run, while the defensive team tries to eliminate ("get out") offensive players before they complete their trip around the bases to prevent them from scoring. Outs (eliminations) occur either when a hit ball is caught before it touches the ground by a defender, or (in specific situations) when a defender with the ball either touches the base a runner is supposed to reach, or touches the runner themselves. Offensive players can also get themselves out by breaking the rules while hitting the ball or running the bases.