What does ⚾ Baseball mean?
A white baseball with red stitching. It is used for the game itself – Major League Baseball, Little League, a day at the ballpark – and for the many idioms borrowed from it, such as “knocked it out of the park”, “a curveball” or “stepping up to the plate”. Fans pair it with team colours during the season and the World Series. For the larger, yellow ball, there is 🥎.
⚾ Baseball is an emoji from the Activities category (sports equipment), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about ball and sport.
Example messages
⚾ Baseball on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Baseball looks on each platform.
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Baseball emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Baseball emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ⚾ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :baseball:.
When was the Baseball emoji added?
⚾ Baseball was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ⚾ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Baseball. The underlying code (U+26BE) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.