Place after batting data (5)
I believe the answer is:
input
'data' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'place after batting' is the wordplay.
'place' becomes 'put' ('put' can be a synonym of 'place'**).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'batting' becomes 'in'.
'put' put after 'in' is 'INPUT'.
(Other definitions for input that I've seen before include "Signal entering a circuit" , "Signal fed to equipment" , "Feed data into a computer" , "Energy" , "supply" .)