on base
idiom
baseball
: occupying one of the bases (first, second, or third) during a game
There's a runner on base.
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The Razorbacks had 10 hits, but were 4 for 16 with runners on base and 3 for 13 with runners in scoring position.
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Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2025
The Sox left eight on base while suffering their fifth straight defeat.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
Forty-three of Walker’s 74 strikeouts have come with a runner on base, problematic for an offense that has scored the sport’s seventh-fewest runs.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 June 2025
Most troubling: His .287 on base average is tied for 146th among 168 big-league players.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025
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Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2025
The Sox left eight on base while suffering their fifth straight defeat.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
Forty-three of Walker’s 74 strikeouts have come with a runner on base, problematic for an offense that has scored the sport’s seventh-fewest runs.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 June 2025
Most troubling: His .287 on base average is tied for 146th among 168 big-league players.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025
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“On base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20base. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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