The pitching mound is 60 feet 6 inches from home plate in official baseball play. Details:
- Regulation distance in Major League Baseball and most levels using full-sized fields: 60 feet 6 inches from the front edge of the pitching rubber to the back point of home plate.
- The pitching rubber itself is 24 inches by 6 inches, set 10 inches above home plate, and the front edge of the rubber is used to measure the distance to home plate.
- The mound has an 18-foot diameter, and the distance is measured from the front edge of the rubber to the back point of home plate, which yields the standard 60'6" measurement.
Notes:
- Youth leagues, softball, and other variants often use different distances (e.g., Little League typically 46 feet to the back point of home plate for younger ages).
- Some sources describe the same distance in slightly different terms (front edge of the rubber to back point of home plate) but the widely accepted regulation is 60 feet 6 inches.
