Batting helmet
Protective head covering worn by baseball players / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about batting helmets worn in baseball and softball. For batting and fielding helmets in cricket, see helmet (cricket).
A batting helmet is worn by batters in the game of baseball or softball. It is meant to protect the batter's head from errant pitches thrown by the pitcher. A batter who is "hit by pitch," due to an inadvertent wild pitch or by intent, may be seriously, even fatally, injured.