How many baseballs are used in a season?

There are estimates out there on Quora and Google that say just under one million baseballs per year. I think there are 8 - 10 dozens balls prepared for each game. read more

In fact, an average of eight to 10 dozen baseballs are used each game, according to Twins assistant equipment manager Tim Burke. On any given night, teams will go through 100 baseballs or more, which equates to just a few pitches per ball. read more

The average number of baseballs used in a nine inning game is 65. Over the course of the season the MLB would use on average 157,950 baseballs purely for games. This amounts to 5.5 million dollars spent on baseballs alone. read more

average life span of a ball is 6 pitches. There is on average 275 pitches per game. So that works out to around 46 balls used per game. There is 2,430 games in an MLB season so 46 balls for 2,430 games works out to around 111,780 total balls. read more

We'll approximate the total number of pitches per game at 270. That would make 30 baseballs used per game (270 / 9). If all 30 teams played the entire 162 scheduled games in a season, that would be 2,430 games played. So for this example, that would make 72,900 baseballs used in one season. read more