baseball player

• baseball-player, base ball player (obsolete)

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baseball player (plural baseball players)

1. One who plays baseball, especially professional baseball.
   • 1886 July 17, Boston Globe, page 5:

     Several years ago, says the Chicago Tribune, Joe Quest, now of the Athletics, gave the name of ‘Charlie horse’ to a peculiar contraction and hardening of the muscles and tendons of the thigh, to which base ball players are especially liable from the sudden starting and stopping in chasing balls, as well as the frequent slides in base running.