BALLPLAYER

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ballplayer mean? 

• BALLPLAYER (noun)
  The noun BALLPLAYER has 1 sense:

1. an athlete who plays baseball

  Familiarity information: BALLPLAYER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALLPLAYER (noun)

Meaning:

An athlete who plays baseball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ballplayer; baseball player

Hypernyms ("ballplayer" is a kind of...):

athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)

participant; player (a person who participates in or is skilled at some game)

Domain category:

baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ballplayer"):

base runner; runner (a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base))

utility man (a baseball player valued for the ability to play at several positions)

hurler; pitcher; twirler ((baseball) the person who does the pitching)

bush leaguer; minor leaguer (a player on a minor-league baseball team)

big leaguer; major leaguer (a member of a major-league baseball team)

little leaguer (a player between 8 and 12 years of age who is a member of a little-league team)

fielder (a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat)

batsman; batter; hitter; slugger ((baseball) a ballplayer who is batting)

Instance hyponyms:

Carl Yastrzemski; Yastrzemski (United States baseball player (born in 1939))

Ted Williams; Theodore Samuel Williams; Williams (United States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002))

Babe Ruth; George Herman Ruth; Ruth; Sultan of Swat (United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948))

Jack Roosevelt Robinson; Jackie Robinson; Robinson (United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972))

Leroy Robert Paige; Paige; Satchel Paige (United States baseball player; a Black pitcher noted for his longevity (1906-1982))

Musial; Stan Musial; Stan the Man; Stanley Frank Musial (United States baseball player (born in 1920))

John Joseph McGraw; John McGraw; McGraw (United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934))

Mays; Say Hey Kid; Willie Howard Mays Jr.; Willie Mays (United States baseball player (born in 1931))

Mantle; Mickey Charles Mantle; Mickey Mantle (United States baseball player (1931-1997))

Gehrig; Henry Louis Gehrig; Lou Gehrig (baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941))

DiMaggio; Joe DiMaggio; Joseph Paul DiMaggio (United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999))

Berra; Lawrence Peter Berra; Yogi; Yogi Berra (United States baseball player (born 1925))

Aaron; Hank Aaron; Henry Louis Aaron (United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934))

Cy Young; Danton True Young; Young (United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955))