full count

noun

baseball
: a situation in which the count to the batter is two strikes and three balls

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Perez worked a full count, then walked to first base on ball four. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2025 Against a ground-ball pitcher in Hill, Conforto took a different approach, working a full count while waiting for something up and over the plate. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025 Vázquez worked a full count, fouling off a 2-2 pitch before drawing a walk to start the third inning. Dan Hayes, New York Times, 11 May 2025 Starter Simeon Woods Richardson had a full count on KC’s Jonathan India. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for full count

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“Full count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20count. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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