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Across 4. nine fielding positions and are associated with numbers 5. a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. A total of 30 teams play in the National League and American League, with 15 teams in each league. 6. The batting average is the percent that a player gets a hit per at bat. It is usually written with a decimal point in front, like .300 for a player who has a hit 30% of the time. It is usually said without the decimal point and in the hundreds. 8. July 6, 1933 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. It was initiated at the insistence of Arch Ward, a sports editor for the Chicago Tribune, to coincide with the celebration of Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. For over seventy-three years, the "Midsummer Classic" has remained a fan favorite showcasing the top talent in baseball. 10. The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans

Down 1. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States 2. annual championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, contested since 1903 between the American League champion team and the National League champion team. 3. hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development and a way to prepare for the major leagues. 7. innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one inning pitched. 9. on base (number of times reached base by any means divided by total plate appearances) ; slugging percentage (total bases divided by at-bats).