Meaning

2 senses
  1. A play in which a batter is retired.

  2. The statistic of the number of outs a defensive player directly caused.

    Jones recorded 15 putouts in the first half of the season.

More definitions
  • an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)

Origin

Deverbal from put out.

Deverbal from put out.

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Forms

plural: putouts
Singularputout
Pluralputouts

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedput out

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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