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Meanings of baserunner in English

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(Baseball, softball) A player who is on base.

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        Examples for "runner"
        Examples for "runner"
        1
        David Cameron, Britain's prime minister, was runner-up for the second successive year.
        The Guardian
        2
        He's a good hard runner, a great zone runner with great vision.
        Reuters
        3
        No recent year has been so short of an obvious front runner.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Last year Ireland's outstanding marathon runner Catherina McKiernan won the national prize.
        The Irish Times
        5
        He's a power runner and his feet never stop going, Zimmer said.
        Reuters
        1
        Then the graceful, powerful Lane, champion batter, champion base runner, stepped to the plate.
        The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories
        2
        She stopped so fast that she slid on her side like a base runner.
        White fire
        3
        He was only an ordinary fielder, and a fair base runner, but excelled as a batsman.
        A Ball Player's Career / Being the Personal Experiences and Remi...
        4
        At the same time he must cover his base to stop the base runner from advancing home.
        Outdoor Sports and Games
        5
        But for the sake of the team his chief concern must be to advance the base runner.
        The Minister and the Boy: A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Bo...
        Usage of baserunner in English
        1
        The Liveboard feeds your need with up to the millisecond updates on scores, baserunner positions and jersey numbers.
        Wired
        2
        Three times in the first five innings Cleveland put a baserunner on third but could not advance him the last 90 feet.
        Reuters
        3
        Wells led the league in winning percentage, shutouts, strikeout-to-walk ratio, and fewest baserunners per inning.
        The Yankee Years
        4
        Farnsworth finished the season with a 4.80 ERA while allowing 89 baserunners in 60 innings.
        The Yankee Years
        Frequent collocations
        Baserunner through the time