ballplayer
noun
ball·play·er
ˈbȯl-ˌplā-ər 
: a person who plays ball
especially
: a baseball player
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The city’s residents were avid ballplayers—more than 60 ball courts have been excavated here.
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John Newton, AFAR Media, 24 Jan. 2025
Over the course of an hour-long conversation, Winn stressed this point again and again: The organization’s goal will be to produce winning ballplayers, not just to develop measurable skills.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
The kid that just killed us last year was Skillings a good looking ballplayer.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
There’s a practical aspect to ballplayers’ brunch obsessions too, said Sears.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
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John Newton, AFAR Media, 24 Jan. 2025
Over the course of an hour-long conversation, Winn stressed this point again and again: The organization’s goal will be to produce winning ballplayers, not just to develop measurable skills.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
The kid that just killed us last year was Skillings a good looking ballplayer.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
There’s a practical aspect to ballplayers’ brunch obsessions too, said Sears.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Ballplayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballplayer. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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