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

Milwaukee had runners on first and second base against reliever Will Smith. —Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024

The Dodgers backed Paxton with several superb defensive plays, the biggest coming in the top of the seventh, when Hernández fielded Matt Olson’s leadoff drive off the right-field wall and air-mailed a throw to Betts at second base to cut down Olson, who was trying to stretch the hit into a double. —Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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