Definitions

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  • noun baseball, softball A player who is on base.
  • noun baseball, softball By extension, a player who is trying to advance from base to base.

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Examples

  • Regardless of what actually happens to baserunners (note that our definition of 'baserunner' excludes those rounding the bases on a home run, simply for ease of writing's sake).

    Lookout Landing Graham 2010

  • Regardless of what actually happens to baserunners (note that our definition of 'baserunner' excludes those rounding the bases on a home run, simply for ease of writing's sake).

    Lookout Landing Graham 2010

  • Stingy, steely-eyed and spectacular, while he walked six, he fanned an equal number; and no other baserunner besides the leadoff batter Ellsbury—who was left stranded in that first inning—reached third.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • Holding the potent Yankee batting order hitless through the first four innings—the only pinstripe baserunner came via a second-inning walk to Hideki Matsui—he worked 5-2/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits while striking out three and walking only two.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • To that point, Gaudin, needing only one more out to qualify for the win, allowed only one baserunner to advance beyond first base.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • Holding the potent Yankee batting order hitless through the first four innings—the only pinstripe baserunner came via a second-inning walk to Hideki Matsui—he worked 5-2/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits while striking out three and walking only two.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • The day before the Bautista trade, he was catching for Triple-A Norfolk when a baserunner collided with him at home plate, tearing the posterior cruciate ligament in Huber's left knee.

    Bautista's Afternoon as a Met Mike Sielski 2011

  • Stingy, steely-eyed and spectacular, while he walked six, he fanned an equal number; and no other baserunner besides the leadoff batter Ellsbury—who was left stranded in that first inning—reached third.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • It handcuffed me because it went through (baserunner Joe) Mauer's leg almost.

    For Pujols, All-Star Game's excitement eclipses error 2009

  • To that point, Gaudin, needing only one more out to qualify for the win, allowed only one baserunner to advance beyond first base.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

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