base on balls



base on balls

In baseball, the term used when a batter reaches first base after taking four pitches outside the strike zone (known as "balls"). A: "Oh, Robertson's on first?" B: "Yeah, base on balls."
See also: ball, base, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SemSEM (Dutch)Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Dutch
Gautselin-Ancient Germanic
Gevorg-Armenian
Salah-Arabic
Mahavira-Sanskrit
DahliaDAL-yəEnglish (Modern)