Sentence examples for as a base runner from inspiring English sources
As a base runner, he would not look up to track the ball off the bat.
He was, however, very fast as a base runner and as a defensive player.
He was more skilled as a base runner than the pitcher was at holding him on.
BRAVES' JONES INDIGNANT Chipper Jones of the Braves fumed over Rockies pitcher Jamie Moyer's claim that Jones was stealing signs as a base runner on Saturday.
"I think it's your job as a base runner, when the hitter does his job, you do everything you can to score a run," Wigginton said.
He is learning the nuances of each pitcher's move: Al Leiter's is better than Zeile remembers it as a base runner, and Hampton is very quick to the plate.
A.311 hitter last year who nearly won Saturday's game, missing a pinch-hit home run with a drive that landed a few feet foul, Hampton relishes his contributions as a hitter, a base runner and a fielder.
In 2002 James, with Jim Henzler, published the 729-page Win Shares, in which he outlined a method that made it possible to sum up the performance for each season of every player in major-league history by a single number based on his contributions as a hitter, a fielder, a base runner, or a pitcher.
Hit-and-runs are when a base runner takes off from the base as soon as the ball leaves the pitcher's hand.
At 36, he's the career leader among third basemen with 112.5 Wins Above Replacement (a measure that considers a player's contributions as a batter, a fielder and a base runner).
Or, as Dallas Braden reminded everyone two years ago, a base runner jogging back to the dugout after a third out had better not cut across the mound and step on the rubber.
