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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His 2,252 wins are sixth all-time among all major league managers, with the five skippers ahead of him all in the Hall of Fame.
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The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Taylor played 12 major league seasons, winning a World Series ring in 2019 with Washington.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
Shildt has won at least 90 games in each of his first three full seasons as a major league manager.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
The Red Sox are also the 11th team in major league history to have three players reach the 15-homer and 20-steal marks in the same season.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
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The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Taylor played 12 major league seasons, winning a World Series ring in 2019 with Washington.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
Shildt has won at least 90 games in each of his first three full seasons as a major league manager.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
The Red Sox are also the 11th team in major league history to have three players reach the 15-homer and 20-steal marks in the same season.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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