putout

noun

SayPUUT-owt/ˈpʊtˌaʊt/

2 meanings of putout

1
nouncountable
In baseball, a play that gets a batter out.
The first baseman caught the throw for an easy putout.
A diving catch in center field gave him the putout.
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2
nouncountable
In baseball, a count of the outs that a player in the field makes directly.
She led the team with 210 putouts last season.
His putout total went up after he moved to first base.
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Origin

It comes from the verb phrase "put out".