base runner
noun
: a baseball player of the team at bat who is on base or is attempting to reach a base
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Take Snell’s 2023 Cy Young campaign, when the left-hander allowed base runners close to free rein.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
Hendricks allowed just two base runners the second time through the batting order and both were erased on 4-6-3 double plays.
—Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 3 Aug. 2025
Kuhio Aloy battled Phillips to 3-2 before striking out to strand a base runner.
Arkansas 0, Tennessee 0 — Middle 1st Inning
Zach Root retired the Vols in 8 pitches in the top of the first inning.
—Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2025
An offense that had just one runner in scoring position until the seventh drove in three of five base runners that inning.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
Hendricks allowed just two base runners the second time through the batting order and both were erased on 4-6-3 double plays.
—Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 3 Aug. 2025
Kuhio Aloy battled Phillips to 3-2 before striking out to strand a base runner.
Arkansas 0, Tennessee 0 — Middle 1st Inning
Zach Root retired the Vols in 8 pitches in the top of the first inning.
—Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2025
An offense that had just one runner in scoring position until the seventh drove in three of five base runners that inning.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Base runner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20runner. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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