How many baseballs are used over the course of an MLB game?

The answer depends on the game and theoretically the league president. The rules say that: 3.01 (c) Receive from the home club a supply of regulation baseballs, the number and make to be certified to the home club by the league president. 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

I've always tried to ponder and estimate how many baseballs are gone through during the course of a game. Many get hit out of play as foul balls, some are hit over the fence as home runs, others are taken out of play by the umpires for nicks and big scratches, and some are just tossed into the seats after the 3rd out of an inning is made. read more

Factoring this number out to each team in the league playing 165 games and dividing by 2 since two teams play each other each game, the number of baseballs used during a typical MLB season would about 113,850 balls per year. read more