major league
noun
1
: a league of highest classification in U.S. professional baseball
broadly
: a league of major importance in any of various sports
2
major leaguer
noun
Examples of major league in a Sentence
when you've landed a tenure-track position at that university, you're playing in the major leagues
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The third-year outfielder from the Caribbean island of Curaçao led all major league center fielders in defensive runs saved with 20, per FanGraphs, five more than Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs in second place.
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Pujols, whose 704 home runs are fourth most in major league history, has never coached or managed in the minor or major leagues.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
Was Game 3 Clayton Kershaw’s final major league outing?
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Besides Vogt, two others with major league managerial experience – Phil Nevin and Mark Kotsay – expressed confidence in Suzuki’s readiness for the job.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Pujols, whose 704 home runs are fourth most in major league history, has never coached or managed in the minor or major leagues.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
Was Game 3 Clayton Kershaw’s final major league outing?
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Besides Vogt, two others with major league managerial experience – Phil Nevin and Mark Kotsay – expressed confidence in Suzuki’s readiness for the job.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for major league
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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