second base

noun

1

: the base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball

2

: the player position for defending the area on the first-base side of second base

second baseman noun

Examples of second base in a Sentence

He slid into second base.

He used to play second base for the Red Sox.

Recent Examples on the Web

Hernandez, who was on third base, hestitated enough to be late at the plate, and Will Smith, who was on second base, did not move to third, meaning the Brewers got two force outs in a 8-6-2 double play. —Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025

Filling the infield, fixing the offense Gleyber Torres will be a free agent after posting a 113 wRC+ in his one year with the Tigers, which means there is an opening at second base. —Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025

Batting ninth in Game 1, Bevacqua doubled off a split-finger fastball from Hall of Fame ace Jack Morris only to stumble around second base and get thrown out at third. —Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025

But Chisholm grounded out to second base to end the threat of tying, or even better for the home team, taking the lead. —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for second base

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Kids Definition

second base

noun

: the base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball or the position of the player defending the area around it