Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. 
 used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; 
- Example: "a ball-hawking center fielder"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
ball-hawking \ball-hawking\ adj. (Baseball or basketball or
   football)
   skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; --
   used of a Baseball or basketball or football player. a
   ball-hawking center fielder
   [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ball-hawking
    adj 1: used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing
           a batter of a hit; "a ball-hawking center fielder"