Usually means: Four pitches, batter walks freely.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. base on balls: Merriam-Webster
  2. base on balls: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. base on balls: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. base on balls: Vocabulary.com
  5. base-on-balls, base on balls: Wiktionary
  6. base on balls: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. base on balls: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. base on balls: Dictionary.com
  9. Base on balls: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. base on balls: Rhymezone
  11. base on balls: FreeDictionary.org
  12. base on balls: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. base on balls: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. base on balls: Encyclopedia

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Base on balls: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (base on balls)

noun:  (baseball) An instance where the batter is allowed to go directly to first base without the possibility of being put out, due to the opposing pitcher delivering four balls.

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