Playing tournament-style baseball darts requires players to throw darts at areas of the board representing innings. These inning areas look like thin pie pieces extending from the center of the board and out through the three rings at the edge of the board. The inside ring closest to the center is red, followed by a white ring, and finally a blue ring. Outside the blue ring, numbers label the innings areas. You can also play baseball darts using a regular dart board.
Board Placement and Throwing Distance
Install your dart board so that the center of the bull’s eye is 5 feet and 3 inches above the floor. The foul line from which players throw should be 7 feet and 3 inches from the board.
Turns
You throw three darts per turn before your opponent takes the line to throw his three darts. If playing in teams, each player on the team shoots and then the other team takes its turn. After both players or teams have taken a turn, you begin the next inning. If players share a set of darts, one throws the darts and the next player pulls them and calls the score.
Scoring
The shooter throws darts at the current inning area. For example, in the first inning, you would throw your darts at the area labeled “1.” A “single,” or a dart landing in the large white section between the center of the board and the first ring, counts as one point. Darts landing in “the red,” or the red ring in the inning area, count as two points. If a dart lands in “the trips,” or the thin white ring between the red and the blue rings, you score three points. The outer blue ring does not have a scoring value.
If you play with a standard dartboard, the outer ring counts as a “double” for two points. Darts landing in the inner ring score three points. The two larger areas between the rings and bull’s eye count as one point.
Extra Innings
Just like in an actual baseball game, a game cannot end in a tied score. If, after nine innings, the players have the same score, play continues into the tenth inning or longer until a player wins.
Additional Information
Darts that bounce off the board or fall out during your turn count as zero points, regardless of where impact was made. If you throw a dart that hits and sticks in the barrel of another dart already on the board, it also doesn’t score any points. However, if your dart hits between two scoring sections splitting the wire separating them, you score the higher of the two sections. For example, if you split the wire between the thin white ring known as the trip section and the blue ring, you would score three points.
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