yannigan

English

Noun

yannigan (plural yannigans)

1. (baseball, slang) A rookie.
   • 2010, Bill James, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, page 74:

     […] Sammy Strang, a yannigan from the rival New York Giants […]

   • 2014, Addie Joss, Gary Mitchem, Addie Joss on Baseball, page XII:

     Addie was a star ball player and a student of the sport, but as a sports writer he was a yannigan, a rookie.