full count

[fool kount]

noun

Baseball.

1. a count of three balls and two strikes on the batter, considered full because either a fourth ball or a third strike would end the at-bat by, respectively, walking or striking out the batter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of full count¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Muncy was hit by a pitch in the right forearm with one out in the eighth — eventually forcing him to exit the game — only for Hernández to fly out first-pitch swinging and Conforto to strike out on a full count.

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Alex Freeland struck out in another full count looking at strike three.

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Not surprisingly, I found it hard to get anything like a full count of people injured or detained in those demonstrations, which leads me to think that one future project of the Costs of War Project that I’ve long been associated with might be to tally up injuries and possible deaths among Americans whose streets are clearly going to be increasingly overrun by law enforcement and National Guard troops in this new Trumpian era.

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In a full count, Muncy did, launching a sky-high pop-up down the first base line.

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Only when closer Easton Hawk struck out Murray State’s Dominic Decker on a full count for the final out could the Bruins exhale.

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