This page gathers the 609 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Baseball”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 1 of 6: from “1B” to “change”.
- 1B noun The baseball statistic of one-base hits or singles.
- 2B noun second base, second baseman.
- 3B noun Third base, third baseman
- A+ noun Single A advanced league.
- AAAA noun A baseball player who is too good for Minor League Baseball, but not good enough for Major League Baseball.
- aboard adv On base.
- abs noun Initialism of Automated Ball-Strike System.
- ace noun The best pitcher on the team.
- ahead in the count adj Having more strikes than balls against a batter in an at-bat.
- airmail verb To (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.
- alley noun The area between the outfielders.
- Altuve noun A distance of five feet and five inches, used chiefly as a unit to measure distances of home run balls.
- apple noun In full old apple: a baseball.
- arm noun A pitcher
- around the horn prep_phrase Around the infield.
- assist noun A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
- at bat prep_phrase In the batter's box.
- athletic noun A player on the team Oakland Athletics.
- away adj Out.
- back door adj The path of a pitch which starts outside and then slides over the plate.
- back door slider noun A baseball pitch that begins by entering outside the plate, but then breaks back in towards the plate at the last minute.
- backfield noun Synonym of outfield.
- backside throw noun The rotation of the knee and lower body of the side of the batter away from the pitcher during a swing.
- backstop noun A wall or fence behind home plate.
- backstopper noun Synonym of backstop (“catcher”).
- bad hop noun A ball that bounces in front of an infielder in an unexpected way, often as a result of imperfections in the field or the spin on the ball.
- bag noun The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
- balk noun An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
- ball noun A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
- ballhawk noun A fielder who is particularly good at catching fly balls.
- Baltimore chop noun A ball hit forcefully into the ground near home plate, producing a bounce high above the head of a fielder; technique that was…
- bang bang adj Of a play, very close between being an out and being safe.
- bare hand verb To field the ball without one's glove in one's hand.
- barrel noun A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.
- base noun One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
- base on balls noun An instance where the batter is allowed to go directly to first base without the possibility of being put out, due to the opposing pitcher…
- basepath noun The grassless ways around the baseball diamond on which runners advance.
- bat a thousand verb To reach first base on every at-bat.
- bat around verb To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.
- bat away verb To use one's own judgment to aggressively swing at pitches, rather than following a coaches instructions.
- batsman noun A hitter.
- batter noun The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
- batter up intj Used by an umpire to invite the next batter to the batter's box, especially at the beginning of a half-inning.
- battery noun The catcher and the pitcher together
- batting noun The action of using a bat.
- batting average noun A statistical estimation of the hitting ability of a batter, equal to the number of hits divided by the number of official at-bats.…
- batting average on balls in play noun A type of batting average statistic which includes sacrifice flies but not strikeouts or home runs into the calculation.
- BB noun A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
- bean verb To hit with a projectile, especially a deliberately aimed blow to the head.
- bean ball noun Alternative form of beanball.
- beanbrawl noun A fight between teams at a baseball game, typically caused by a beanball.
- beaner noun A pitch deliberately thrown at the head (the bean) of the batter.
- beat out verb To reach base after a bunt or groundball.
- behind noun The catcher.
- behind in the count adj Having fewer strikes than balls against a batter in an at-bat.
- belt verb To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- bench jockey noun A player, coach or manager who verbally annoys and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench.
- bingle verb To achieve a base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.
- black noun The edge of home plate.
- blast noun A direct and fast swing of a bat; a home run.
- bleeder noun Synonym of scratch hit.
- blind noun No score.
- bloop verb To make a hit just beyond the infield.
- blooper noun A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders.
- blue noun An umpire, in reference to the typical dark-blue colour of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by…
- blue jay noun A player for the Toronto Blue Jays.
- boner noun A blunder; a silly mistake.
- bonus baby noun A baseball player who is given a large bonus when joining a professional league for the first time.
- boodler noun A person displaying unsportsmanlike behavior.
- boot noun A bobbled ball.
- bottom noun The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
- bottom of the ninth noun The second part of the ninth and final inning; the end of the game.
- bowler noun The pitcher.
- box noun The rectangle in which the batter stands.
- brewer noun A player for the Milwaukee Brewers.
- bring verb To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
- bring the lumber verb To hit extra-base hits.
- brush back verb To throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).
- brushback pitch noun A pitch that comes very close to the batter, forcing them to move back from the plate.
- bullpen noun An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game.
- bunny hop noun A ground ball that hops along the field instead of rolling.
- bunt noun A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a…
- bunter noun One who bunts.
- bush noun Amateurish behavior, short for bush league behavior
- butcher boy noun Batting at a pitch with a short swing from a bunt position; a slash bunt, a slug bunt.
- cage noun The protective wire mask at the front of a helmet.
- call verb (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
- call balls and strikes verb To act as a home plate umpire.
- cannon noun The arm of a player who can throw well.
- cardinal noun A player on the St. Louis Cardinals team.
- catch noun The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- catcher noun The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
- catcher interference noun An instance of a hitter being awarded first bases, due to the catcher touching the batter's bat during his or her time at bat.
- catcher's interference noun A form of interference in which a catcher intentionally or inadvertently physically hinders a batter from the opportunity to legally swing…
- catcher's mitt noun A large protective glove used by a catcher when playing baseball.
- caught stealing adj Thrown out (i.e. put out) while attempting to steal a base.
- center field noun The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.
- CF noun Initialism of center field.
- CG noun Initialism of complete games; the statistic reporting the number of games thrown by a pitcher.
- change noun A change-up pitch.