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baseman

baseman

57 2.8
A baseball player who defends a base like first, second or third
  • noun
  • /ˈbeɪsˌmæn/
  • US
translation icon : jugador de base
  • Cano, a second baseman who hits like he does, is such a rare commodity.
  • first baseman
  • second baseman

Guys, He's a second baseman, and he's doing well.

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Examples

  • Oh, well... I guess you... in high school, you were a pretty good first baseman.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Whoa, right to the third baseman!

  • And he was the second baseman and and I just remember having an amazing time working with all the.

  • There goes the second baseman, heading to third.

  • Do you think it's important for a first baseman to be left-handed?

  • The third hit a pop fly that was caught by the Red Sox's second baseman.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Robinson Cano, the Yankees' star second baseman, maintained Sunday night that he still felt good at the plate.

    Blog text (8)
  • Colton Wong, second baseman, Saint Louis Cardinals.

  • Ryne Sandberg's a hell of a second baseman, isn't he?

  • The second baseman made a fantastic play to throw out the runner at first base.

Synonyms

baseball player
vsbaseman
72 1.4

A person who plays baseball for a team or as a job

focuses only on defending a base rather than playing generally
infielder
vsbaseman
  • Jargon
12 2.8

A player who defends the area near the bases in baseball or softball

defends one specific base position rather than any infield spot

Compounds

19 3.1

A baseball player who stands near third base and catches and throws balls hit there

18 3.6

A player at first base who catches throws to get runners out

16 4.4

A player who stands near second base and catches or throws the ball to get runners out

Surface Forms

baseman singular
basemen plural

Morphology

baseman = base + man (transparent) = base + man

A clear compound of 'base' + 'man' meaning a person who defends or occupies a base; learners can derive this meaning from its parts.

Etymology

The word baseman comes from two simple words, base and man. In baseball a base is the place players run to and man means 'person', so a baseman is the player who stands by a base to defend it.