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

Over his four-year major-league career, Kim has accumulated 48 defensive runs saved — 24 at shortstop, 15 at second base, nine at third base — and 78 steals. —Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024

Kim would pair nicely with Anthony Volpe up the middle while taking Gleyber Torres' place at second base. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024

With the Dodgers up 4-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Ohtani took off for second base but was thrown out to end the inning. —Jacob Lev, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024

Dodgers Photos: Dodgers, Yankees, Shohei Ohtani, and Aaron Judge in the starriest World Series in decades Oct. 26, 2024 In the fourth inning, with the Dodgers leading, 3-0, Hernández threw out Giancarlo Stanton, who was trying to score from second base on a two-out single. —Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 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