ballplayer
noun
ball·play·er
ˈbȯl-ˌplā-ər 
: a person who plays ball
especially
: a baseball player
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Fans and media tend to overreact to ballplayers ranting at each other, or batters getting hit by pitches.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Days are interminable, devoid of the only thing any ballplayer dreams of doing.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 19 May 2025
No ballplayer has a better name for being a top prospect than outfielder Zyhir Hope.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Nor did the president specifically address Rose’s tax case in which the former ballplayer pleaded guilty in 1990 to filing false tax returns and served five months in prison.
—Anthony Stitt, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Days are interminable, devoid of the only thing any ballplayer dreams of doing.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 19 May 2025
No ballplayer has a better name for being a top prospect than outfielder Zyhir Hope.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Nor did the president specifically address Rose’s tax case in which the former ballplayer pleaded guilty in 1990 to filing false tax returns and served five months in prison.
—Anthony Stitt, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Ballplayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballplayer. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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