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Definition of Shortstop
1. Noun. (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position.
2. Noun. The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base.
Definition of Shortstop
1. n. The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.
Definition of Shortstop
1. Noun. (baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A nimble defender. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shortstop
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shortstop
Literary usage of Shortstop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"He plays closely with the shortstop, pitcher, and catcher, and throws often to
first. THE Shortstop stands between second and third bases, usually just ..."
2. A Vocational Reader: By Park Pressey by Park Pressey (1916)
"PITCHER, Shortstop, OR OUT-FIELDER? ELBRIDGE B. LINCOLN Any one who has tried to
manage a school ... The best of pitchers is usually a failure at shortstop; ..."
3. The Spell-to-write Spelling Books by Ambrose Leo Suhrie, Robert Philip Koehler (1921)
"654 shortstop player umpire center diamond against countries collection together
governor special August colonies knew whose fault ashamed of himself 655 ..."
4. How to Play Baseball: A Manual for Boys by John Joseph McGraw (1914)
"This strength offsets the batting weakness, and speed in a shortstop is more ...
The shortstop must work with the catcher and other infielders on signs. ..."
5. Mass Physical Training for Use in the Army and the Reserve Officers by Joseph Edward Raycroft (1920)
"On slow-hit ball coming to the shortstop the third baseman should cut across in
front of shortstop and field the ball unless the shortstop calls for it. ..."
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