PINCHRUNNER

Pinch runner

A pinch runner is a baseball player substituted for the specific purpose of replacing a player on base. The pinch runner may be faster or otherwise more skilled at base-running than the player for whom the pinch runner has been substituted. Occasionally a pinch runner is inserted for other reasons, ejection, or if the original player on base has become injured .

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pinch runner

Noun

  1. A substitute runner, usually brought in to replace a slow runner to increase the chance of that runner scoring.


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