disabled list

noun

plural disabled lists

US, baseball

: a list of players on a baseball team who are unable to play because of injury or illness and are removed from the active roster : injured list

—usually used with the

With three veterans on the disabled list, the A's are carrying five rookies on their pitching staff.

—Herm Weiskopf

—abbreviation DL

Note: In early 2019, Major League Baseball announced that it would be officially using injured list instead of disabled list in order to avoid any implication that people with disabilities are injured and therefore unable to participate in sports.

Examples of disabled list in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Melton, making his third start of the season after beginning the year on the 60-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation, held the Rays to four hits while striking out five in eight innings on 94 pitches. — CBS News, 3 June 2026

The Rockies’ 24-year-old right-hander went on the 15-day disabled list Friday with an elbow sprain. — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 16 May 2026

Bradford was put on the 15-day disabled list to start the season retroactive to March 22. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026

The 35-year-old was originally put on the 10-day disabled list (DL) on March 26 before being moved to the 60-day on May 1 with right and left elbow epicondylitis – more commonly known as tennis elbow. — Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 17 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for disabled list

• characterised
• numismatist
• photoresist
• podiatrist
• positivist
• recidivist
• relativist
• theosophist
• assist
• blacklist
• booklist
• checklist

Medical Definition

disabled list

noun

-ˌlist 

: a list of players on a team who are unable to play because of injury or illness