ballplayer
noun
ball·play·er
ˈbȯl-ˌplā-ər 
: a person who plays ball
especially
: a baseball player
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Five years ago, my wife and I ran into a Hall of Fame ballplayer.
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
In the weeks that followed, as tributes poured in for Bryant, so did remembrances of a junior college coaching icon and a father figure to scores of ballplayers.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Wendell Smith convinced Brooklyn Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey to take a look at a minor league ballplayer named Jackie Robinson.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2025
Last year, 63 ballplayers suited up for the Sox, a franchise record, breaking the previous mark of 56 set the year before.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
In the weeks that followed, as tributes poured in for Bryant, so did remembrances of a junior college coaching icon and a father figure to scores of ballplayers.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Wendell Smith convinced Brooklyn Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey to take a look at a minor league ballplayer named Jackie Robinson.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2025
Last year, 63 ballplayers suited up for the Sox, a franchise record, breaking the previous mark of 56 set the year before.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Ballplayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballplayer. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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