bush leaguer

bush leaguer
1. Also called busher. Baseball.
a. a player in a minor league.
b. an incompetent player, as one who behaves or plays as if he or she belonged in a minor league.
2. a person who performs at an inferior level or in an inferior manner.
[1905-10, Amer.]

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