PITCHER

Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. Traditionally, the pitcher also bats. Starting in 1973 with the American League and spreading throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the hitting duties of the pitcher have generally been given over to the position of designated hitter, a cause of some controversy. The National League in Major League Baseball and the Japanese Central League are ...

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pitcher

Noun

  1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
  2. , the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
  3. The dominant partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
  4. (Obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
  2. A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See .


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