English > ballplayer: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | An athlete who plays baseball. |
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| Synonym | baseball player |
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| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
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| Instances | Aaron, Henry Louis Aaron, Hank Aaron | United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934) |
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| Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi, Yogi Berra | United States baseball player (born 1925) |
| DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio, Joseph Paul DiMaggio | United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999) |
| Gehrig, Lou Gehrig, Henry Louis Gehrig | baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941) |
| Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle | United States baseball player (1931-1997) |
| Mays, Willie Mays, Willie Howard Mays Jr., Say Hey Kid | United States baseball player (born in 1931) |
| McGraw, John McGraw, John Joseph McGraw | United States baseball ... / baseball player and manager (1873-1934) |
| Musial, Stan Musial, Stanley Frank Musial, Stan the Man | United States baseball player (born in 1920) |
| Paige, Satchel Paige, Leroy Robert Paige | United States baseball player |
| Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Jack Roosevelt Robinson | United States baseball player |
| Ruth, Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat | United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948) |
| Williams, Ted Williams, Theodore Samuel Williams | United States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002) |
| Yastrzemski, Carl Yastrzemski | United States baseball player (born in 1939) |
| Young, Cy Young, Danton True Young | United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) |
| Narrower | base runner, runner | A baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) |
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| batter, hitter, slugger, batsman | (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting |
| fielder | A member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat |
| little leaguer | A player between 8 and 12 years of age who is a member of a little-league team |
| major leaguer, big leaguer | A member of a major-league baseball team |
| minor leaguer, bush leaguer | A player on a minor-league baseball team |
| pitcher, hurler, twirler | (baseball) the person who does the pitching |
| utility man | A baseball player valued for the ability to play at several positions |
| Broader | athlete, jock | A person trained to compete in sports |
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| player, participant | A person who participates in or is skilled at some game / game |
| Spanish | beisbolista, jugador de béisbol |
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| Catalan | jugador de beisbol |
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