# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 172
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3421 "2023-10-11T00:14:25Z")
**One-on-One sports** 1. Golf 2. Tennis 3. Axe throwing 4. Boxing 5. Pool 6. Jai alai 7. Taekwondo 8. Blackjack 9. Karate 10. Arm wrestling ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3422 "2023-10-11T00:15:39Z")
**One-on-One sports** 1. Golf 2. Tennis 3. Axe throwing 4. Boxing 5. Pool 6. Jai alai 7. Taekwondo 8. Blackjack 9. Karate 10. Arm wrestling 11. Wrestling ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3423 "2023-10-11T01:31:45Z")
**One-on-One sports** 1. Golf 2. Tennis 3. Axe throwing 4. Boxing 5. Pool 6. Jai alai 7. Taekwondo 8. Blackjack 9. Karate 10. Arm wrestling 11. Wrestling 12. Ping Pong ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3424 "2023-10-11T12:52:05Z")
**One-on-One sports** 1. Golf 2. Tennis 3. Axe throwing 4. Boxing 5. Pool 6. Jai alai 7. Taekwondo 8. Blackjack 9. Karate 10. Arm wrestling 11. Wrestling 12. Ping Pong 13. Raquetball Next: **Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3425 "2023-10-11T15:21:51Z")
**Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) 2. Bowling (5) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3426 "2023-10-11T16:07:21Z")
**Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) 2. Bowling (5) 3. Ice hockey (6) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3427 "2023-10-11T16:35:03Z")
**Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) 2. Bowling (5) 3. Ice hockey (6) 4. Curling (4) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3428 "2023-10-11T19:24:34Z")
**Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) 2. Bowling (5) 3. Ice hockey (6) 4. Curling (4) 5. Basketball (5) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3429 "2023-10-11T19:58:18Z")
**Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) 2. Bowling (5) 3. Ice hockey (6) 4. Curling (4) 5. Basketball (5) 6. Water polo (7) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3430 "2023-10-11T20:10:24Z")
**Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) 2. Bowling (5) 3. Ice hockey (6) 4. Curling (4) 5. Basketball (5) 6. Water polo (7) 7. Team handball (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3431 "2023-10-11T21:33:51Z")
**Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) 2. Bowling (5) 3. Ice hockey (6) 4. Curling (4) 5. Basketball (5) 6. Water polo (7) 7. Team handball (7) 8. Baseball (9) As long as you don’t count the Designated Hitter. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3432 "2023-10-11T22:07:42Z")
**Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) 2. Bowling (5) 3. Ice hockey (6) 4. Curling (4) 5. Basketball (5) 6. Water polo (7) 7. Team handball (7) 8. Baseball (9) 9. Team gymnastics (5) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3433 "2023-10-11T22:08:03Z")
**Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) 2. Bowling (5) 3. Ice hockey (6) 4. Curling (4) 5. Basketball (5) 6. Water polo (7) 7. Team handball (7) 8. Baseball (9) 9. Beach volleyball (2) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3434 "2023-10-11T22:11:55Z")
**Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) 2. Bowling (5) 3. Ice hockey (6) 4. Curling (4) 5. Basketball (5) 6. Water polo (7) 7. Team handball (7) 8. Baseball (9) 9. Beach volleyball (2) 10. Mixed doubles tennis (2) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3435 "2023-10-11T22:58:18Z")
Housekeeping… **Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) 2. Bowling (5) 3. Ice hockey (6) 4. Curling (4) 5. Basketball (5) 6. Water polo (7) 7. Team handball (7) 8. Baseball (9) 9. Team gymnastics (5) 10. Beach volleyball (2) 11. Mixed doubles tennis (2) 12. Relay races, either swimming or running (4) And I though gymnastics was four on a team, or are there five but only four of whom compete on any one piece of apparatus? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3436 "2023-10-11T23:12:20Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > And I though gymnastics was four on a team, or are there five but only four of whom compete on any one piece of apparatus? It’ll be five as of the 2024 Paris Olympics! I didn’t know the exact answer so I looked it up. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3437 "2023-10-11T23:24:37Z")
**Sports featuring teams of 9 or fewer players** 1. Volleyball (6) 2. Bowling (5) 3. Ice hockey (6) 4. Curling (4) 5. Basketball (5) 6. Water polo (7) 7. Team handball (7) 8. Baseball (9) 9. Team gymnastics (5) 10. Beach volleyball (2) 11. Mixed doubles tennis (2) 12. Relay races, either swimming or running (4) 13. Polo (4, or 8 if you include the horses) **Sports Featuring 10 or more players** 1. Rugby League (13) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3438 "2023-10-11T23:33:37Z")
**Sports Featuring 10 or more players** 1. Rugby League (13) 2. Soccer (11) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3439 "2023-10-11T23:49:17Z")
**Sports Featuring 10 or more players** 1. Rugby League (13) 2. Soccer (11) 3. American Football (11) At least 11 on the field at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3440 "2023-10-12T00:28:07Z")
**Sports Featuring 10 or more players** 1. Rugby League (13) 2. Soccer (11) 3. American Football (11) 4. Australian Rules Football (18) 18! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=171) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=173)