page_title: Baseball positioning
hierarchical_section_title: Baseball positioning
caption_attribution_description: English: User:PSzalapski made this image and released it into the public domain. Baseball positioning, standard depth
context_page_description: In baseball and softball, while there are nine named fielding positions, players, with the exception of the pitcher and catcher, may move around freely. The positioning for the other seven positions is very flexible, although they all have regular depths—distances from home plate, and sometimes lateral positioning. A shift means that a player is playing in a noticeably different location than the norm for his positioning. A fielder who is playing shallow or in is playing closer to home plate, while a player playing deep is playing farther from home plate than normal.
context_section_description: In baseball and softball, while there are nine named fielding positions, players, with the exception of the pitcher and catcher, may move around freely.  The positioning for the other seven positions is very flexible, although they all have regular depths—distances from home plate, and sometimes lateral positioning.  A shift means that a player is playing in a noticeably different location than the norm for his positioning. A fielder who is playing shallow or in is playing closer to home plate, while a player playing deep is playing farther from home plate than normal.
caption: The dots represent normal depth and lateral positioning for the nine defensive players
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