nine vs ball club

nine and ball club both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nine	Yes	Yes	No	No
ball club	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nine and ball club are synonyms defined as:

nine and ball club: a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

Other synonyms of nine include baseball club, club.

nine (noun)	ball club (noun)
one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face	a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

nine (adjective)	ball club (adjective)
denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten