"ball-player" meaning in English

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          "text": "Ball-players always conclude their Diverſion at Cards.",
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          "text": "[T]he ſaid William Williams is about five Feet, nine Inches, and a Half high, ſlender ſtrait, and well-made, about 28 Years of Age, with […] large and hard Hands, and ’tis ſuppoſed one Hand is larger than the other, as he was a great Ball-Player: […]",
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          "ref": "2024 July 9, Gillian Kasirye, “What will Joao Palhinha bring to Bayern Munich?”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2024:",
          "text": "Aleksandar Pavlovic, still only 20, is held in huge regard in Bavaria but is a ball-player rather than a ball-winner.",
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