Base On Balls

Definition: Base On Balls

Base On Balls

Noun

1. (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls".

Specialty Definition: Base on balls

In baseball statistics, a base on balls (BB), also called a walk, is used in baseball to track the performance of pitchers and batters. If a batter receives four pitches which the umpire calls ballss, he is entitled to walk to first base. Receiving a base on balls does not count as an official at bat for a batter but does count as a plate appearance.

Crosswords: Base On Balls

English words defined with "base on balls": ball ♦ pass ♦ walk. (references)

Specialty definitions using "base on balls": BASE FILLER. (references)

Modern Translations: Base On Balls

Language		Translations for "base on balls"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Japanese Kanji		四球 (a walk, four balls). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しきゅう (a walk, allowance, Emperor's coffin, four balls, hit a batter by pitching a ball, payment, pressing, urgent, uterus, womb). (various references)

Pig Latin		asebay onay allsbay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Base On Balls

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-e-l-l-n-o-s-s"
	-2 letters: baseballs, beanballs.
	-3 letters: abalones, baseball, beanball, loanable, nabobess, seasonal.
	-4 letters: abalone, abollae, anlases, balases, balboas, ballons, balneal, bolases, loessal, losable, nobbles, salable.
	-5 letters: abases, abbess, abolla, anoles, baases, babels, balboa, ballon, balsas, beanos, labels, lanose, lesson, llanos, losels, nabobs, nasals, nobble, nobles, sables, salals, salols, salons, season, snells, solans.
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