bat in

verb

To bat so that a runner on base effects (a run).

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Meanings

verbbat in (third-person singular simple present bats in, present participle batting in, simple past and past participle batted in)

present singular third person bats in · participle present batting in · participle past batted in · past batted in

  1. transitiveball gamesTo bat so that a runner on base effects (a run).

    a. 2001, William Harrington, Elliott Roosevelt's Murder at the President's Door: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery, 2003 edition, →ISBN, page 55, In 1927, when Ruth hit sixty home runs, Gehrig had a better batting average and batted in more runs.

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Chicago

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