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Shortstop   /ʃˈɔrtstˌɑp/   Listen
Shortstop

noun
1.
(baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position.
2.
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base.  Synonym: short.





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"Shortstop" Quotes from Famous Books



... Donald Satterlee brought in Cook who had been taking big risks on second and who reached the plate a fraction of a second ahead of the ball. Willard's got the bases full that inning and for a time it seemed that they would tie the score, but Beeton popped a fly into shortstop's hands ...
— The New Boy at Hilltop • Ralph Henry Barbour
... knows that a baseball team consists of nine players, the positions being pitcher, catcher, first base, second base, third base, and shortstop, which are called the in-field, and right-field, centre-field, and left-field, which positions are called the out-field. The umpire has a very important position in baseball, as his decisions in a close game may result either in ...
— Outdoor Sports and Games • Claude H. Miller


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