Abstract: A safety base for athletic events, particularly for the first base position of softball and baseball playing fields, includes a first portion of conventional size and shape for conventional placement in the infield at first base position, and an integral, extended, colorcoded portion for placement across and outside the base line, whereby an extended portion of the base is available to a player running toward first base, which the player may tag in order to be safe, and thus the danger of collision with another player attempting to tag the first player out at first base is substantially reduced, with a resultant reduction in the incidence of injury to either of the players.