disabled list
noun
plural disabled lists
US, baseball
: a list of players on a baseball team who are unable to play because of injury or illness and are removed from the active roster : injured list
—usually used with the
With three veterans on the disabled list, the A's are carrying five rookies on their pitching staff.—
Herm Weiskopf
—abbreviation DL
Herm WeiskopfNote: In early 2019, Major League Baseball announced that it would be officially using injured list instead of disabled list in order to avoid any implication that people with disabilities are injured and therefore unable to participate in sports.
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At the time of the trade, Holtzman had challenged the Yankees’ decision to put him on the 21-day disabled list for an ailing back.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Kelly was placed on the 15-day disabled list Aug. 18 with a lower back strain.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
Ashcraft, who has struggled significantly over the past month, gets the next two weeks to regroup after the Reds put him on the 15-day disabled list with the calf bruise suffered in the third inning of Thursday’s start against the Dodgers.
—Gordon Wittenmyer, The Enquirer, 10 June 2023
The Red Sox placed pitcher Garrett Whitlock on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow ulnar neuritis Friday.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
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Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Kelly was placed on the 15-day disabled list Aug. 18 with a lower back strain.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
Ashcraft, who has struggled significantly over the past month, gets the next two weeks to regroup after the Reds put him on the 15-day disabled list with the calf bruise suffered in the third inning of Thursday’s start against the Dodgers.
—Gordon Wittenmyer, The Enquirer, 10 June 2023
The Red Sox placed pitcher Garrett Whitlock on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow ulnar neuritis Friday.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
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disabled list
noun
: a list of players on a team who are unable to play because of injury or illness
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