strike zone

noun

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

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Benintendi, who had two hits and two RBIs in Friday’s 7-4 White Sox win, lofted a below-the-strike zone cutter from Andrew Morris (4-7) into the right-field seats for a 3-2 lead. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 Dawson was ejected by smirking plate ump Joe West in a 1991 game for arguing West’s shape-shifting strike zone. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026 These cleats have an extended strike zone for better touch and speed-control studs for quick turns and stops on the field. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 Gair is a gigantic stuff-over-finesse reliever who can miss bats and targets and catchers’ mitts and strike zones in general. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for strike zone

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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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 2 Sep. 2026.

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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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