ballplayer
Americannoun
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a person who plays ball professionally, especially baseball.
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anyone who plays ball.
noun
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a player, esp in soccer, with outstanding ability to control the ball
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a baseball player, esp a professional
Etymology
Origin of ballplayer
Example Sentences
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Best remembered, that is, if not for the flag rescue that elevated him from a ballplayer to a hero.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Bob was once so popular a ballplayer name that managers had to be careful not to trip over one Bob or another on their way through the clubhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025
Being a big league ballplayer may have been some kids’ dream, but it wasn’t his.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025
“The more I see him every day the more I realize how special of a person and a ballplayer he is.”
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
Ben had been a ballplayer for a long time and he knew other ballplayers the way a gypsy knows other gypsies or a thief other thieves.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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