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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Devers and the Mets’ Pete Alonso are the only major league players who have posted four 30-homer, 100-RBI seasons since 2019.
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Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Former major league outfielder and manager Jim Marshall, an original member of the New York Mets in 1962, passed away Sunday, the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
José Ureña tied a record that most players would want no part of Friday night, the new Angels pitcher joining relievers Oliver Drake (2018) and Mike Baumann (2024) as the only players in major league history to play for five teams in one season.
—Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
Eduardo Rodriguez gave his former team chances in Friday’s early innings, but the only damage came on a game-tying RBI triple by Nathaniel Lowe, whose 410-foot knock would have been a home run in 26 of 30 major league ballparks.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Former major league outfielder and manager Jim Marshall, an original member of the New York Mets in 1962, passed away Sunday, the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
José Ureña tied a record that most players would want no part of Friday night, the new Angels pitcher joining relievers Oliver Drake (2018) and Mike Baumann (2024) as the only players in major league history to play for five teams in one season.
—Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
Eduardo Rodriguez gave his former team chances in Friday’s early innings, but the only damage came on a game-tying RBI triple by Nathaniel Lowe, whose 410-foot knock would have been a home run in 26 of 30 major league ballparks.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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