Glossary of Baseball Terms

0-9
1-2-3 inning
4-bagger
40 man roster
5 hole
5-tool player
30-30 club
40-40 club
.400 Hitter
4-6-3 Double Play
6-4-3 Double Play
5-4-3 Double Play
1-6-3 Double Play
3-6-3 Double Play
3-2-3 Double Play
3-6-1 Double Play
7-2, 8-2, 9-2 Double Play
12-6 Curveball
45 foot line
50 footer
90 feet

A
A-ball
AA
AAA
Aboard
Ace
Ahead in the count
Airmail
ALCS
ALDS
Alley
All star break
American League (AL)
Arm
Around the horn
Assist
Asterisk
At-Bat (AB)
At the letters
Ate him up
At 'em ball
Automatic Double
Away

B
Backstop
Bad Ball Hitter
Bad hop
Bag
Bail
Balk
Bang-Bang play
Banjo hitter
Barehand it
Barrel up
Base coaches
Base knock
Base paths
Baseball Doughnut
Bases loaded
Base on balls
Baserunning
Basket catch
Bartman
Bat
Batboy
Bat around
Bat flip
Batted ball
Batter's box
Batter's Eye
Battery
Batting Average
Battle
Bay Bridge Series
Bazooka
Beanball
Belt
Bench
Bender
Big fly
Big inning
Black Sox
Bleacher Bums
Block the plate
Blooper
Blown save
Blow out
Blue
Boneheaded play
Booted
Bottom of the inning
Box score
BP/Batting practice
Brand new ballgame
Bread and butter
Breaking ball
Break open the game
Bronx Bombers
Brushback
Bullpen
Bunt
Bust him in

C
Cactus League
Campaign
Can of corn
Captain
Cash in
Catch
Caught looking
Caught napping
Cellar
Changeup
Charge the mound
Chase
Chatter
Check the runner
Checked swing
Cheese
Chin music
Chopper
Choke up
Circus catch
Circle Changeup
Cleanup hitter
Clear the bases
Closer
Clubhouse
Cooperstown
Comebacker
Corked bat
Count
Crack of the bat
Crawford Boxes
Crosstown rivalry
Crowd the plate
Curse
Curtain call
Cut
Cut-off
Cutter

D
Dead arm
Dead ball
Dead-ball Era
Dead red
Designated Hitter
Diamond
Dig it out
Dinger
Disabled List
Doctoring the ball
Double
Double play
Double play depth
Double steal
Doubleheader
Down the line
Down the middle
Drag bunt
Drop off the table
Drought
Ducks on the pond
Due
Dugout
Dying quail

E
Earned Run
Earned Run Average(ERA)
Easy out
Eat the ball
Eephus Pitch
Ejected
Error
Even count
Every day player
Expansion team
Extra bases
Extra innings

F
Fall Classic
Fall off the table
Fan
Farm system
Fastball
Fastball count
Fastball happy
Feed
Fielder
Fielder's Choice
Fight off a pitch
Find a hole
Find his swing
Find the seats
Flash the leather
Flip the ball
Fly ball
Force play
Forkball
Foul ball
Foul off
Foul pole
Foul tip
Four-bagger
Four-fingered salute
Frame
Free Baseball
Free pass
Frozen Rope
Full count
Fungo

G
Gap
Gas
Gem
Get a good piece of it
Glove
Go-ahead run
Go the distance
Gold Glove
Golden Sombrero
Golfing
Good eye
Goose egg
Got under the ball
Grand Slam/Granny
Grapefruit League
Green light
Green Monster
Ground ball/Grounder
Ground-rule double
Gun down

H
Hack
Hall of Fame
Hammer
Handcuff
Hanger
Hard hands
Hat Trick
Headhunter
Heat
Help his own cause
Herky-jerky
Hesitation pitch
Hidden ball trick
High and tight
Hill
Hit and run
Hit behind the runner
Hit 'em where they ain't
Hit for the cycle
Hitter's count
Hitter's park
Hold
Home
Home plate collision
Home stand
Hose
Hot box
Hot corner
Hung out to dry

I
Immaculate Inning
Infield fly rule
Infielder
Inherited runner
Inning
Inside-the-park home run
Insurance run
Intentional walk
Interleague play
In the hole

J
Jam
Journeyman
Juicing
Jump
Junk

K
Knock
Knuckleball
Knuckle Curve

L
Lace
Lansdowne Street
Laser Show
Lead
Leadoff hitter
Leaning
Left on base
Leg out
Letter high
Lineup
Line score
Load the bases
Lollipop
Long reliever

M
Magic number
Magic words
Make the pitcher work
Manny Being Manny
Make-up call
Manufacturing runs
McCovey Cove
Meatball
Mendoza line
Metal bat swing
Midsummer Classic
Moneyball
Money pitch
Mop up
Mound

N
Nail-biter
Nailed
Nightcap
NLCS
NLDS
No decision
No-hitter/no-no
No man's land
No pitch
Nose Bleeds

O
Obstruction
O-for
Off-day
Off-speed pitch
On a line
On-base percentage
On-deck
On his horse
On the black
One-hitter
Outfielder

P
Painting the black
Palmball
Passed ball
Payoff pitch
Pearl
Peeking
Pennant race
Pepper
Perfect game
Pesky's Pole
Phantom baserunner
Phantom tag
Pick
Pickle
Pickoff
Pimping
Pinch hitter
Pinch runner
Pine tar
Pitch around
Pitch count
Pitcher's duel
Pitcher's park
Pitchout
Plate appearance
Plate discipline
Platinum Sombrero
Platoon
Play under review
Position player
Pow-wow
Productive out
Pull
Pull hitter
Punchout

Q
Quality start

R
Rain Delay
Rally Cap
Rally squirrel
RBI
Relief pitcher
Repertoire
Robbed
Room Service
Rope
Rosin Bag
Runners at the corners
Runners in scoring position
Run Support
Rule 5 Draft

S
Sabermetrics
Sacrifice/Sac Bunt
Sacrifice/Sac Fly
Safety Squeeze
Sail
Salami
Save
Save situation
Saw off
Scoring position
Scouting
Screamer
Screwball
Sent down
Set-up man
Seventh-inning stretch
the Show
Shutout
Silver Slugger
Sinker
Squeeze play
Slider
Spike
Splitter or Split-Finger Fastball
Slide
Slugger
Slump
Slurve
Small ball
Smoke
Snow cone
Soft hands
Soft toss
Solo home run
Stand up double/triple
Stay alive
Stealing Home
Stolen base
Straight Change
Strike em' out throw 'em out
Strikeout
Strike out bunting
Strike out looking
Strike out swinging
Subway Series
Submariner or Submarine pitcher
Suicide Squeeze
Sweep
Sweet spot
Swing away
Swing for the fences
Switch hitter

T
Tag out
Take
Take the bat out of his hands
Tape measure home run
Tea party
Three bagger
Three up, three down
Tie him up
Tommy John surgery
Top of the inning
Tore the cover off the ball
Tossed
Touch em' all
Trade
Track down
Trade Deadline
Triple Crown
Triple play
Two bagger
Two-Seam Fastball

U
Upper Decker

V

W
Walk off HR
Wall climb
Warning Track
WBC
Wear a pitch
Wheelhouse
Wheels
WHIP
Wild pitch
Window shopping
Winning record
Wins-Above-Replacement (WAR)
Work the count

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