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Ballplayer

🔄 Synonyms of "Ballplayer"

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Word	Definition
baseball playernoun	One who plays baseball, especially professional baseball.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ballplayer"

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Word	Definition
baseball playernoun	One who plays baseball, especially professional baseball.
baseballnoun	A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
playernoun	One who plays any game or sport.
gamblernoun	One who plays at a game of chance, who gambles.
gamernoun	A person who plays any kind of game.
mittnoun	An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
ballnoun	A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
outfieldernoun	(cricket, baseball) A player that plays in the outfield, which is the outer portion of the field.
sluggernoun	(baseball) A batter who has a high percentage of extra base hits.
ballclubnoun	(baseball) A baseball team.
athletenoun	(US, Canada) A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.
sportswriternoun	Alternative form of sports writer (journalist who specializes in sports). [Someone who writes about sports-related topics professionally.]
ballplayingnoun	Alternative form of ball-playing. [Taking part in ball games; being a ball player.]
shortstopnoun	(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.
batboynoun	(baseball, softball) A boy employed to watch over the bats, and assist the players in retrieving them during play.
hitternoun	One who or that which hits.
pitchernoun	(baseball, softball, pesäpallo) The player who delivers the ball to the batter.
infieldernoun	(cricket, baseball) A player who plays in the infield, which is the inner portion of the field.
shortstopsnoun	(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.
catchernoun	(baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.