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double play

American

[duhb-uhl play] / ˈdʌb əl ˈpleɪ /

noun

Baseball.

a play of continuous fielding action in which two putouts are made. DP

double play British

noun

baseball a play in which two runners are put out

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of double play

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

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double play

And they booed when a safe call at first withstood replay review instead of ending the game on a double play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The Dodgers manufactured another run the next inning with a pair of singles, an error by Mets first baseman Jared Young, and a run-scoring double play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Santana eventually got Caballero to ground into a double play, but the stall tactics irked him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The Dodgers scored in the fourth when Mookie Betts came home from third as Teoscar Hernández hit into a double play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Not a double play combination like the famous Chicago Cubs’ Tinker to Evers to Chance.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

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