How to Use big league in a Sentence

big league

noun

• Broadway is the big leagues, and for big bucks theatergoers expect professionalism.
• The matchup with the Twins was his fourth start with his ninth big league team.
  — Patrick Donnelly, ajc, 24 Apr. 2021
• The fourth big league game for the Angels' top prospect was a rough one.
  — Schuyler Dixon, Star Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020
• The right-hander hadn’t pitched in a big league game since mid-April.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022
• Brown doubled for his first big league hit in the Dodgers’ loss.
  — Beth Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
• For a guy with eight big league outings, just one of them a start.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2021
• That was the last big league season without a Wild Card.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 28 Oct. 2022
• Bubic failed again to get a win in his third big league start.
  — Joe Kay, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
• 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
• Only a few more months stand in the way of Félix Bautista’s return to a big league mound.
  — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
• 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
• The hard-throwing Patiño, San Diego's No. 2 prospect, made his big league debut in the sixth.
  — Bernie Wilson, Star Tribune, 6 Aug. 2020
• Nevin is the son of former big league slugger Phil Nevin.
  — Mike Haim, Star Tribune, 30 Aug. 2020
• 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
• Jarvis, 22, is the son of former big league pitcher Kevin Jarvis.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2020
• Over the course of his big league career, the righty has been good more often than he's been bad.
  — Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
• 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
• The righander is the 20-year-old son of big league pitcher Al Leiter.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2021
• Yonathan Daza hit his first major league home run in his 58th big league game.
  — Michael Kelly, Chron, 21 Apr. 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
• A few days later, Bonifacio was called up to the big league club.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2020
• 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
• Ten years to the day after his first big league hit against the A’s, Ichiro hit an infield single that drove in the lead run in the ninth against Brian Fuentes.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 12 Mar 2025