ball player
Mitt-wearing sports figure
A ball player is someone who plays a sport involving a ball, especially baseball.
In American usage, ball player without qualification typically means a baseball player: He was a ball player in the minor leagues for six years.
The term can extend to basketball, football, or other ball sports when context makes clear which is meant.
- catcherMasked diamond position
- fieldArea of specialty
- athleteSports competitor
- basketballerCourt sport participant
- batterUncooked cake mixture
slugger · shortstop · run · hitter · pitcher · jump · glove · jock · center fielder · starting lineup · team · strikeout · point guard · score · grip · stadium · draft · free agent
- Mesoamerican ballgamestone ring, yoke
participant role
ball playerspectator
Observer at an event
fan · sports fan · viewer · watcher · observer
athletic identity
ball playercouch potato
Habitual sedentary TV watcher
armchair quarterback · desk jockey · bookworm · intellectual