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