A dugout is called a dugout because they are below the level of the playing field. They are usually literally dug out of the ground when the field is being constructed.
Third base side
They were called the Space-ettes. Source was from the creator of the documentary movie, The Dome Movie.
Best I can determine, the term "In the hole", referred to the batter following the batter on deck. Looking at old baseball movies, some of the footage actually showed a second circle painted on the field between the on deck circle and the dugout. At one time, both the on deck batter and the in the hole batter both knelt in their circles awaiting their turns. Somehow the in the hole circle has no longer been painted on the latter day fields, probably for safety reasons, but the batter following the on deck batter is still considered to be in the hole.
Michael Jordan
They come in in a pinch
The Bench
The home dugout is the first base dugout.
It is called DUGOUT!
The dugout for the Indian team was quite relaxed. This is a sample sentence using the word dugout.
Cypress dugout is a hole
The home team sits in the 1b dugout and the visitors sit in the 3B dugout.
The first form of transport was invented by the people of the Stone Age. It is called a dugout, which is a type of boat. A dugout was made from a hollowed tree trunk.
The plural form for the noun dugout is dugouts.
Mayfield Dugout was created in 1889.
The Man in the Dugout was created in 1977.
Third Base Dugout
a company dugout is where the company dugs out