| NOUN | act | putout | an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout) |
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| Meaning | An out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout). | |
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| Example | "the first baseman made 15 putouts" | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Narrower | fielder's choice | A play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing runner instead of the batter |
| force out, force-out, force play, force | A putout of a base runner who is required to run | |
| sacrifice | (baseball) an out that advances the base runners | |
| Broader | out | (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball |
| Verbs | put out | retire |
| put out | cause to be out on a fielding play | |
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