Vocabulary

strikeout

三振(さんしん)

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun
An out in baseball resulting from a batter's being charged with three strikes.  The third strike can be called by the umpire, or the batter can swing and miss.
打者が三つのストライクを取られてその結果としての野球のアウト。三振は審判によって判断されるか、打者がスイングしてミスする事もあります。

Examples

  1. Reggie Jackson holds the record for the most career strikeouts by a batter with 2,597.

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