A tiny moon with laces, the baseball emoji is the digital sound of “Play ball!” On Apple/iOS, it’s a crisp white sphere with bright red double-stitching curving in parallel arcs, soft gray shading, and that clean, studio-lit look—no bat, no glove, just pure fastball energy. It’s the one you drop in group chats when your team’s about to take the field, when the Little League snacks are packed, or when Opening Day has you pretending you understand WAR and WHIP like you’re in Moneyball. You’ll also see it in timelines for MLB hot takes, World Series nerves, and couch-coach commentary.
Outside the diamond, ⚾ turns into a metaphor machine: a curveball for surprises, a home run for big wins, a strikeout for flops, and “playing hardball” when negotiations get spicy. People use it ironically for wild ideas “from left field,” or flirtatiously like, “ready to pitch me your best line?” It pairs well with stadium lights, hot dogs, and the sacred seventh-inning stretch—bonus points if you hum Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Expect Sandlot quotes (“you’re killing me, Smalls”), Field of Dreams vibes, and occasional dramatic threads that go into extra innings. When life throws heat, this emoji’s the dugout signal that you’re ready to swing.
Definition
A white baseball with red stitching.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
816 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:baseball:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols
Unicode Range
2600–26FF
Unicode Subcategory
Sport Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Sport Symbols
Names & Annotations
BASEBALL = ARIB-9316
Symbol Information
⚾ U+26BE unified (Unicode 5.2)
Proposal Identifier
e-7D1
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#22 'Baseball' 野球 U+E653 SJIS-F8B4 JIS-7573
KDDI
#45 野球ボール 「野球booru」 U+E4BA SJIS-F693 JIS-7573
Softbank
#153 #old22 野球 U+E016 SJIS-F956
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e016
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E016
Decimal Code Point(s)
57366
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x80 0x96
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 80 96
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 200 226
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE016
UTF-16 Hex
e016
UTF-16 Dec
57366
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E016
UTF-32 Hex
E016
UTF-32 Dec
57366
Python Src
u"\uE016"
PHP Src
"\xee\x80\x96"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE016"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
⚾
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
⚾
Decimal HTML Entity
⚾
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
⚾
Hex Code Point(s)
26be
Formal Unicode Notation
U+26BE
Decimal Code Point(s)
9918
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x9A 0xBE
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 9A BE
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 232 276
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x26BE
UTF-16 Hex
26be
UTF-16 Dec
9918
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000026BE
UTF-32 Hex
26BE
UTF-32 Dec
9918
Python Src
u"\u26BE"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x9a\xbe"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u26BE"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
⚾️
UTF-8 Character Count
2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
⚾️
Decimal HTML Entity
⚾ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
⚾ ️
Hex Code Point(s)
26be, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+26BE, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
9918, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x9A 0xBE, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 9A BE, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 232 276, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x26BE, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
26be, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
9918, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000026BE 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
26BE, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
9918, 65039
Python Src
u"\u26BE\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x9a\xbe\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u26BE\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
