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🚪 To make leave 💨 To push out ⚾ A runner out
force out

force out

1 7.2
A baseball out that happens when a fielder holding the ball touches the base a runner must reach
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : out por jugada de fuerza
  • Note that the rule depends upon the receiver being "legally forced out of bounds.
  • force out at second

Examples

  • CALVIN (OC): Because he's forced out at third! It's a force! ADAM (OC)

    Fiction book (1999)

  • When a player steps out of bounds, then comes back in—if that player wasn't forced out and is the first to touch the ball, it's a penalty.

    Blog text (1)

  • Instead of having the batter automatically declared out when the infield fly rule is invoked, the defense should be limited to recording one force out.

    Blog text (29)

  • That quickly became two outs when Cano's weak grounder to the right side was fielded by Ross, who got the force out at home.

    Blog text (19)

  • Corey Seager made an impressive play to achieve a force out at second base during the game.

  • The runner was put out at first base due to a quick force out by the fielder.

  • In the final inning, the team secured a force out by tagging the base before the runner arrived.

Synonyms

out
vsforce out
  • Jargon
530 7.5

An event where a batter or runner is removed from play in baseball

is only the case when a required advancing runner is retired by base touch
force
vsforce out
  • Jargon
8 7.3

A baseball play where a runner is put out by a fielder touching the base while holding the ball

is the same action often called by a different term
putout
vsforce out
  • Specialized
1 8.2

An out made by a fielder when they catch a fly ball or tag a runner

focuses specifically on cases where runner had to advance, not all defensive retirements
force play
vsforce out
  • Specialized
7.3

A play where a runner must advance and a fielder with the ball touches the base first

is the same specific ruled method of retiring a runner

Surface Forms

force out singular
force outs plural

Morphology

force + out

The compound clearly links 'force' (to compel) and 'out' (to be dismissed), so a learner who knows both words can infer it means a kind of 'out' produced by forcing someone off. However, the specific baseball rule and mechanics (fielder touching the base the runner is forced to advance to) are sport-specific and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so prior exposure is typically required for full understanding.

Etymology

Force out is a baseball image: a runner is made to move to the next base and a player holding the ball touches that base, so the runner is put out. So the noun names the play where a runner is put out because they were 'forced' to advance to that base.