base runner

noun

: a baseball player of the team at bat who is on base or is attempting to reach a base
baserunning noun

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If anything, the two games at Dodger Stadium showed the struggles of the Reds’ offense, with Blake Snell allowing only two base runners in the first six innings of his Game 1 start, while Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up two runs in the first inning of Game 2 before retiring 13 straight. C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Catcher Freddy Fermín threw out Jake Bauers attempting to steal second to erase Morgan’s lone base runner. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 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 See All Example Sentences for base runner

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of base runner was in 1866

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“Base runner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20runner. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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base runner

noun
: a baseball player of the team at bat who is on base or is trying to reach a base
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