From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishballplayerball‧play‧er /ˈbɔːlˌpleɪə $ ˈbɒːlˌpleɪər/ noun [countable] American EnglishDSB someone who plays baseball
Examples from the Corpus
ballplayer• It was a hot July night, and 300 angry ballplayers showed up.• Yes, the Diamondbacks need the additional money so they can sign another ballplayer to another multi-million-dollar contract.• Frank White was a better second baseman and flat-out just plain better ballplayer than Rabbit Maranville.• He was not able to sit down with ballplayers and be one of the guys.• The Yankee ballplayers used to live there during the season, the ones who could afford it, the stars. 