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Definition of Base on balls
1. Noun. (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls. "He worked the pitcher for a base on balls"
Generic synonyms: Accomplishment, Achievement
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Derivative terms: Walk, Walk
Definition of Base on balls
1. Noun. (baseball) An instance where the batter is allowed to go directly to first base without the possibility of being put out, due to the opposing pitcher delivering four balls. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Base On Balls
Literary usage of Base on balls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outing (1893)
"First base on balls—Hunt, Allen, Landis, Ellis, Colby, Anderson, Draper, Cleveland.
... First base on balls—Off Highlands, 2 ; off Carter, 4. ..."
2. Athletics at Princeton: A History by James Hugh Moffatt, Frank Presbrey (1901)
"A base on balls, a single hit and an error gave Harvard another run and ...
For Princeton, Brownlee was given his base on balls, took second and third, ..."
3. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"A two-base hit is one that enables the batter to run two bases, and a three-base
hit, three bases. A four-base hit is called a "home run." base on balls. ..."
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