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five-tool player

five-tool player noun: a player who can hit for a high batting average, hit for power, run the bases well, throw well and field well.

Noun

five-tool player (plural five-tool players)

  1. A player who can hit for a high batting average, hit for power, run the bases well, throw well and field well.
    • Five-tool player who hits for avg., power, runs, throws, fields.1993 March, “1993 American League Rookie Scouting Reports”, in Baseball Digest, page 57
    • Griffey is the complete player, one who is known as a five-tool player.2000, Jeff Savage, Sports Great: Ken Griffey, Jr., Enslow Publishers, →ISBN, page 11

Forms of five-tool player

pluralfive-tool players
alternative formfive tool player

Questions about five-tool player

What does five-tool player mean?
Five-tool player means a player who can hit for a high batting average, hit for power, run the bases well, throw well and field well.
What part of speech is five-tool player?
Five-tool player is a noun.
What is the plural of five-tool player?
The plural of five-tool player is five-tool players.

Words near five-tool player in the dictionary

  1. five-stars
  2. five-thousander
  3. five-thousanders
  4. five-thousandth
  5. five-tool
  6. five-tool player
  7. five-tool players
  8. five-twenties
  9. five-way
  10. five-ways
  11. Fiveash

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