(Baseball, softball) A player who is on base.
1Then the graceful, powerful Lane, champion batter, champion base runner, stepped to the plate.
2She stopped so fast that she slid on her side like a base runner.
3He was only an ordinary fielder, and a fair base runner, but excelled as a batsman.
4At the same time he must cover his base to stop the base runner from advancing home.
5But for the sake of the team his chief concern must be to advance the base runner.
6It was the kind of row usually associated with an umpire's close dicision on a base runner.
7I believe he is the best base runner on the freshman team, if he is not too reckless.
8Ryan was a good hitter, not an overly fast base runner, and a good judge of a fly ball.
9Dayguild grinned and chewed gum as he entered the box and faced little McDornick, champion base runner of the Camdens.
10A base runner should never stop trying to make a base until the ball is in the hands of the baseman.
11Should a base runner overrun a base and then be put out, he should receive the credit for the stolen base.
12There is so little time allowed to judge of the situation that prompt action becomes a necessity with the base runner.
13As a thrower, fielder and base runner he was in the first class, while as a batsman he was only fair.
14Bescher, as in 1911, earned in 1912 the position of leading base runner in the National League.
15Such a ball is snapped from the wrist and should be aimed to catch the base runner who is attempting to steal the base.
16He was a good batsman and a splendid base runner, and was nearly as good a player on the infield as in the out.