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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Raleigh is the first major league catcher to ever win the Derby.
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Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
In the first half of this season, two major league pitchers — Boston’s Liam Hendriks and Houston’s Lance McCullers Jr. — received anonymous death threats on social media and denounced them.
—Maria Torres, New York Times, 15 July 2025
Like Blake, major league field coordinator/director of catching Tanner Swanson and assistant hitting coaches Pat Roessler and Casey Dykes never played in the minors.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
Soriano, who is 6-7 with a 3.90 ERA, ranks second among major league pitchers with 55 walks in 113 innings.
—Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
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Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
In the first half of this season, two major league pitchers — Boston’s Liam Hendriks and Houston’s Lance McCullers Jr. — received anonymous death threats on social media and denounced them.
—Maria Torres, New York Times, 15 July 2025
Like Blake, major league field coordinator/director of catching Tanner Swanson and assistant hitting coaches Pat Roessler and Casey Dykes never played in the minors.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
Soriano, who is 6-7 with a 3.90 ERA, ranks second among major league pitchers with 55 walks in 113 innings.
—Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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