How to Use big league in a Sentence

big league

noun

• Broadway is the big leagues, and for big bucks theatergoers expect professionalism.
• The right-hander hadn’t pitched in a big league game since mid-April.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022
• That was the last big league season without a Wild Card.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 28 Oct. 2022
• The injury was exactly what big league teams and their fans fear the most about the WBC.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 16 Mar. 2023
• Manuel was a part-time player for six big league seasons with the Twins and Dodgers.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
• The fan who threw the ball was banned for life from attending big league games.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 19 July 2021
• The 26-year-old prospect made his big league debut Friday in an 8-6 loss to the White Sox.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
• That’s a very normal course of events in big league baseball.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• Walden has long dreamed of raising funds to build a field that could host big league teams in Cairo.
  — Paul Newberry, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2022
• Judge missed the first pitch, then took four balls for the first walk-off RBI of any kind in his big league career.
  — Ronald Blum, courant.com, 23 May 2021
• Of the 27 high schoolers, 11 never appeared in a big league game.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 7 July 2021
• This will be his 11th big league team in a 17-season career.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
• In one of his best big league starts yet, Gonsolin had buried the Braves with his six-inning gem.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022
• That seems to be an apt description through his first two big league starts.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2022
• Crouse made his big league debut at the end of the season and got some extra work in the Arizona Fall League.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 1 Aug. 2022
• But 15 days must elapse before he can be restored to the big league roster.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 11 Oct. 2022
• Bruce Bochy was just starting out as a big league manager with the 1995 Padres.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
• The Reds also called back prospect Jared Solomon, who made his big league debut last week.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 12 May 2022
• Luis Gil, who had been so stellar in his first three big league starts, wasn’t able to get out of the fifth inning.
  — courant.com, 18 Sep. 2021
• The dream though, getting to that big league field if even for one game, was worth more than any dollar signs.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2021
• Kennedy slapped a single through the right side of the infield in the bottom of the fifth inning for his first career big league hit.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2022
• Still, the Sox have been thrilled with what Sale has provided in his first two big league starts in two full years.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
• Friday, Lawrence Butler, one of the club’s top prospects, made his big league debut.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
• Martinez will enter his 13th big league season, and the Dodgers hope there is some life left in his bat.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• Hale, who has been a big league coach for 20 years, got to know Jeter during his career with the Yankees.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2021
• The shortcomings of the A’s farm system is one of the main reasons for the impending breakup of their big league club.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
• Marte made his big league debut in 2012 with Pittsburgh.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 27 Nov. 2021
• But Buehler, who went 23 months between big league starts, was not in the mood for moral victories.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
• Advertisement As a member of the Rays, Rosario was putting together one of his best big league seasons.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
• Sunday was likely his last time seeing a big league game inside the stadium.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024