Definition of Texas leaguer

1. Noun. (baseball) a fly ball that falls between and infielder and an outfielder.

Generic synonyms: Fly, Fly Ball
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game

Definition of Texas leaguer

1. Noun. (baseball) A weakly hit fly ball that drops between the infielders and outfielders for a hit; a flare. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Texas Leaguer

Texans
Texarkana
Texas
Texas 42
Texas Independence Day
Texas Ranger
Texas armadillo
Texas blind snake
Texas bluebonnet
Texas cattle fever
Texas chachalaca
Texas fever
Texas heart shot
Texas hold 'em
Texas horned lizard
Texas leaguer (current term)
Texas leaguers
Texas longhorn
Texas mickey
Texas millet
Texas purple spike
Texas ratio
Texas snakeroot
Texas snowbell
Texas snowbells
Texas star
Texas storksbill
Texas toad
Texas toast
Texas tortoise

Literary usage of Texas leaguer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1912)
"... looked worse when Seymour hit a high, short fly to right—a "Texas leaguer." For Evers stood still; he made no move for the ball. ..."

2. Baseball: Individual Play and Team Play in Detail by William Jones Clarke, Fredrick Thomas Dawson (1915)
"... nothing can be done with that "thorn in the side," The Texas leaguer—(a little fly ball just out of reach of both outfielders and infielders). ..."

3. Letters of a Plattsburg Patriot by John Bryson Barnes, O. N. E. (1917)
"The horse slid as if trying to make second on a Texas leaguer. I didn't slide—not to the best of my recollection—but I hove-to when I reached the other side ..."

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