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How much does a baseball weigh?
145 g5.11 oz
A baseball weighs about 145 g (5.11 oz).
Sizes and weights of sports equipment are set by rulebooks, so these are some of the most exact numbers in the game. Where a rule allows a range, Tilt uses the middle of it. Source for this figure: MLB Official Baseball Rules.
How heavy is that?
- A baseball weighs about as much as 2.4 eggs.
- A baseball weighs about as much as 150 paperclips.
- A baseball weighs about as much as 5,800 grains of rice.
- It takes about 15 baseballs to balance a brick.
- It takes about 430 baseballs to balance a person.
About the same weight
More sports balls and gear
- Shuttlecock 5.12 g
- Golf ball 45.9 g
- Tennis ball 58 g
- Pool ball 163 g
- Hockey puck 163 g
- Flying disc 175 g
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