ballplayer
noun
ball·play·er
ˈbȯl-ˌplā-ər 
: a person who plays ball
especially
: a baseball player
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Not all good ballplayers are as tall as sluggers Aaron Judge, Mark McGwire or Frank Howard.
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Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Where once the ballplayers were the easy marks, now athletes sat at the top of the hierarchy.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Although, as an alcoholic womanizer and gambler, Donny might have been the perfect ballplayer for the 1920s.
—Derek Lawrence, Vulture, 28 July 2025
Urías, 31, is a useful ballplayer, though, and the Astros gave up nothing more than a flier to get him.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 31 July 2025
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Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Where once the ballplayers were the easy marks, now athletes sat at the top of the hierarchy.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Although, as an alcoholic womanizer and gambler, Donny might have been the perfect ballplayer for the 1920s.
—Derek Lawrence, Vulture, 28 July 2025
Urías, 31, is a useful ballplayer, though, and the Astros gave up nothing more than a flier to get him.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 31 July 2025
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“Ballplayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballplayer. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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