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The strike zone spans the width of home plate

It runs from the knees to a point midway between shoulders and belt A pitch must pass through that area over the plate to be a strike if the batter does not swing. The zone is judged by the umpire behind the catcher, and its exact top edge has been redefined several times. Electronic systems now measure it precisely in the major leagues. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: It runs from the knees to a point midway between shoulders and belt. The figure is taken from Major League Baseball, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.