透とう明めいランナー

noun

ghost runner; placeholder runner

Baseball term for a runner used when a team has fewer than nine players; the ghost runner advances bases as if real but cannot score or be put out.

• 草くさ野や球きゅうでは、人にん数ずうが足たりないときに透とう明めいランナーを使つかうことがある。

  In amateur baseball, a ghost runner is sometimes used when there aren't enough players.