ballplayer

noun

ball·​play·​er ˈbȯl-ˌplā-ər 

: a person who plays ball

especially : a baseball player

Examples of ballplayer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On eBay, one user who sells PlayStation 2 memory cards featuring contemporary ballplayers. —Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025

Some wrote the bigger goals that most ballplayers have — making the league, helping their families. —Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025

This biopic of Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) is pretty paint-by-numbers, reducing an inspirational and supremely talented ballplayer to feel-good Hollywood formula. —Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2025

While the baseball world celebrates these three amazing ballplayers, there are some who have real cases for the Hall of Fame that saw another year go by without getting a shot at entering the Hall. —Scott Thompson, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ballplayer

• assayer
• betrayer
• bilayer
• bricklayer
• conveyer
• conveyor
• purveyor
• ratepayer
• soothsayer
• surveyor
• taxpayer
• gayer