ballplayer
noun
ball·play·er
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Definition of ballplayer
: a person who plays ball
especially
: a baseball player
Examples of ballplayer in a Sentence
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The shutdown, which could last about four years, means that park’s ballplayers will have to go elsewhere. — Andrea Salcedo, New York Times, "Pave Our Paradise With Fake Grass? Skateboarders Say No Way," 25 Aug. 2019 Three straight walks and a hit batter upped the lead to 5-1, before Christian Rivera’s second plate appearance of the inning made it 6-1 and the bases still jammed with Clear Lake-area ballplayers. — Houston Chronicle, "NASA-Orange 13s open World Series in California with easy 14-1 victory," 27 July 2019 The ballplayers took drugs, pitchers scuffed the ball, outfielders peered lasciviously at women in the bleachers. — David Shribman, latimes.com, "Jim Bouton’s bawdy ‘Ball Four’ transformed baseball's public image," 11 July 2019 Famed ballplayer Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball’s color barrier, spoke of the historic San Antonio moment, telling the New York Times that the story should be told around the world. — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, "Tourists flock to corner across the Alamo and fail to see the history there," 30 July 2019 Still, many ballplayers can’t help but peek at their mentions and search their name after bad games. — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, "As constant social media criticism magnifies Rockies’ woes, players remain even-keeled about the heat they receive," 28 July 2019 There was still a certain code of the road between ballplayers and the heathens that covered them. — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Doc's Morning Line: Is the Cincinnati Reds pitching staff waning? We're about to find out.," 14 July 2019 In his later years, Bouton struck it rich by helping to invent Big League Chew, the bubble gum packaged to look like the chewing tobacco seen in most ballplayers' mouths. — Alex Johnson, NBC News, "Jim Bouton, Yankees pitcher whose 'Ball Four' blew the whistle on baseball, dies at 80," 11 July 2019 In a way, Don Mattingly was about as far from the hustle and bustle of downtown New York City as an ex-ballplayer could be on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. — Mike Fitzpatrick, The Seattle Times, "MLB commemorates 9/11 anniversary with ballpark ceremonies," 11 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ballplayer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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ballplayer
noun
English Language Learners Definition of ballplayer
US
: a baseball player
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