ball club

noun

1. a permanent team of professional or amateur players of a ball game, especially baseball.
2. a club or similar organization that sponsors and promotes a baseball team.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ball club¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Two other Ricketts siblings, Todd and Peter, also have a piece of the action with the ball club.

From The Daily Beast

It seems we made a mistake when we named our Base Ball Club.

From Project Gutenberg

For legs it had two of those golf-clubs called "putters," and one of its arms was a tennis-racket and the other a base-ball club.

From Project Gutenberg

A challinge was sent to the "Bloo stockin' base ball club," an old man's club in an adjoinin' town.

From Project Gutenberg

Charles inquires whether his handwriting is good enough to qualify him for membership in a base ball club.

From Project Gutenberg

For, to James, to be a catcher in a base-ball club was honor enough for one man, and he had never dreamed of a loftier ambition.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• baseball club