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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Catcher Freddy Fermín threw out Jake Bauers attempting to steal second to erase Morgan’s lone base runner.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Built like a small oak-wood icebox, Wilson always looked more like a second baseman who loved planting his feet, hanging in there on a double play, and daring a charging base runner to take him out.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Brennan Bernardino allowed both of May’s base runners to score on a Spencer Horwitz two-run single, then loaded the bases on back-to-back walks to Bryan Reynolds and Tommy Pham.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
He's been the ninth-worst base runner among all shortstops by FanGraphs' base running runs above average metric.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Built like a small oak-wood icebox, Wilson always looked more like a second baseman who loved planting his feet, hanging in there on a double play, and daring a charging base runner to take him out.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Brennan Bernardino allowed both of May’s base runners to score on a Spencer Horwitz two-run single, then loaded the bases on back-to-back walks to Bryan Reynolds and Tommy Pham.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
He's been the ninth-worst base runner among all shortstops by FanGraphs' base running runs above average metric.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
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“Base runner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20runner. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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