Definition of "baserunner" [baserunner]

• A player who is on base. (noun)
• By extension, a player who is trying to advance from base to base. (noun)

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• "Regardless of what actually happens to baserunners (note that our definition of 'baserunner' excludes those rounding the bases on a home run, simply for ease of writing's sake)."
• "It handcuffed me because it went through (baserunner Joe) Mauer's leg almost."
• "The day before the Bautista trade, he was catching for Triple-A Norfolk when a baserunner collided with him at home plate, tearing the posterior cruciate ligament in Huber's left knee."