text: There are 9x8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1 possible ways to arrange 9 players in a batting order.  That comes out to 362,880.\n\nWhen is this homework assignment due?\n\n\nEDIT:  ong jon (See below) is correct. I was referring, of course, to the number of possible ways you can arrange nine positions into a batting order, not how many ways a roster of 25 or 26 players can be so arranged...