ballplayer

noun

ball·​play·​er ˈbȯl-ˌplā-ər 

: a person who plays ball

especially : a baseball player

Examples of ballplayer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But a ballplayer who looks like a tight end the same as Aaron Judge does has continued to break down the way Mantle did over time because of bad legs of his own. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026

Becoming Bogenphol the ballplayer Bogenpohl first picked up a baseball at age 5. — Latif Love july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

These archetypes, once commonplace, are an endangered species, a style of ballplayer that belongs to the past. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 July 2026

Contreras has always been an overheating boiler of a ballplayer, with a history of arguing with umpires, throwing bats and helmets, and willing to charge the mound over any slight, real or imagined. — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ballplayer

• assayer
• betrayer
• bilayer
• bricklayer
• conveyer
• conveyor
• purveyor
• ratepayer
• soothsayer
• surveyor
• taxpayer
• gayer