The player who catches the ball in baseball when it is hit by a batter is typically an outfielder or an infielder.
Usually the batter is not out, but if the fielder drops the ball in the act of throwing it to an infielder the batter is out. So your question's answer is no he is not out.
I am not sure what you were going for when you typed this but here's what I thought of: In baseball you have outfielder, infielder, batter, pitcher, and striker. Uses: Outfielder: The outfilder stands in the outfield and catches far-flying balls. Infielder: The infielder stands a little farther in than the outfielder, and catches not as far-flying balls that go just outside the base diamond. Batter: The batter stands at home plate and hits the balls the pitcher throws with a bat. Pitcher: The pitcher throws a ball for the batter to hit and tries to make him/her miss the ball with the bat. Striker: The striker sits crouched behind the batter and catches missed balls (strikes--hence the term "striker"). And yes, guys, I am a girl and I am 13 (when I wrote this). ----------1-18-11----------
Joe Burns - infielder - was born in 1916.
Joe Burns - infielder - died in 1974.
John Murphy - infielder - was born in 1879.
In baseball, a ground out is an out in which a batter hits a ball on the ground and one of the Infielders catches it before it hits the ground and a ground out can also be an instance of a batter hitting a ball in which an Infielder fields a baseball and then throws to another Infielder in order to record an out as long as the batted baseball was hit on the ground.
Jim Kennedy - infielder - was born on 1946-11-01.
Tom Daly - infielder - died on 1938-10-29.
Tom Daly - infielder - was born on 1866-02-07.
Ed Kennedy - infielder - was born on 1861-04-05.
Ed Kennedy - infielder - died on 1912-12-22.