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I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts.
Dan Quisenberry

Meaning of "relief pitcher" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RELIEF PITCHER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RELIEF PITCHER

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Relief pitcher is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RELIEF PITCHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

relief pitcher

Relief pitcher

In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, fatigue, ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as being substituted by a pinch hitter. Relief pitchers are further divided informally into various roles, such as closers, set-up relief pitchers, middle relief pitchers, left/right-handed specialists, and long relievers. Whereas starting pitchers usually rest several days before pitching in a game again due to the amount of pitches thrown, relief pitchers are expected to be more flexible and typically pitch more games but with fewer innings pitched. A team's staff of relievers is normally referred to metonymically as a team's bullpen, which is the area where the relievers sit during games, and in which they warm-up prior to entering the game.

Definition of relief pitcher in the English dictionary

The definition of relief pitcher in the dictionary is a pitcher who replaces a side's main pitcher during a game Also called: reliever.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RELIEF PITCHER

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WORDS THAT END LIKE RELIEF PITCHER

batcher
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Synonyms and antonyms of relief pitcher in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «relief pitcher» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RELIEF PITCHER

Find out the translation of relief pitcher to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of relief pitcher from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «relief pitcher» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

救援投手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lanzador de relevo
570 millions of speakers

English

relief pitcher
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राहत पिचर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جرة الإغاثة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

помощи кувшин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jarro de relevo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ত্রাণ প্যাচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lanceur de relève
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kendi pelepasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Relief Pitcher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リリーフピッチャー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구원 투수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pitcher relief
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cứu trợ bình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிவாரண குடம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आराम पिचर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kurtarma sürahisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lanciatore di rilievo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ulga dzban
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

допомоги глечик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ajutor ulcior
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανακούφιση στάμνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verligting kruik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lättnad kanna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

relief pitcher
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of relief pitcher

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RELIEF PITCHER»

The term «relief pitcher» is normally little used and occupies the 112.419 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RELIEF PITCHER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about relief pitcher

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3 QUOTES WITH «RELIEF PITCHER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word relief pitcher.
1
Dan Quisenberry
A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.
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Dan Quisenberry
I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We're bench players, and bench players shouldn't be M.V.P.
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Dan Quisenberry
I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELIEF PITCHER»

Discover the use of relief pitcher in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to relief pitcher and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Coaching Pitchers
These pitches should be divided equally among the different pitches he throws, with some emphasis on the area he needs to improve. Relief-Pitcher Work Coaches who use their bullpen effectively are most often the most successful coaches.
Joe McFarland, 2003
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The Official Rules of Baseball Illustrated
(3) If, when pitchers are changed, the count is 2 balls, 2 strikes, 1 ball, 2 strikes, 1 ball, 1 strike, 1 ball, no strike, no ball, 2 strikes, no ball, 1 strike, charge that batter and his actions to the relief pitcher. (i) When pitchers are changed during an ...
David Nemec, 2006
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Coaching Baseball Successfully
In some games, a relief pitcher may have to warm up more than once as situations dictate from inning to inning. As that occurs, the relief pitcher should throw primarily off-speed pitches as he warms up, refraining from throwing the fastball, ...
Mike Curran, Ross Newhan, 2007
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Baseball Scorekeeping: A Practical Guide to the Rules
The third run is properly charged to the relief pitcher (P2), as an earned run. Because the runs scored by the two batters that reached base would not have scored if the defensive team had not committed an error on the last batter that the first ...
Andres Wirkmaa, 2003
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The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third Edition)
relief pitcher 1. A substitute pitcher who enters the game, often in a critical situation, to take over for the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher. One of the most dramatic developments in baseball during the 20th century has been the evolution ...
Paul Dickson, Skip McAfee, 2011
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The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia
Saves became an official statistic in 1969. Saves are calculated based on the official definition of saves at the time. Saves before 1 969 are based on how many times a relief pitcher finished pitching a victory for his team without getting a win.
Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer, Stuart Shea, 2007
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Baseball Hacks: Tips & Tools for Analyzing and Winning with ...
Why are relief pitcher statistics flawed? Here are several big problems: ERA can be misleading If the middle relief pitcher pitches only a few innings for the season , there is not a statistically significant threshold for meaningful informa- tion. Also  ...
Joseph Adler, Joseph Adler, M.E, 2006
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Touching All the Bases: Baseball in 101 Fascinating Stories
The relief pitcher must enter the game with the potential tying run on base, at bat, or on deck; ~ the relief pitcher must pitch one inning with a lead of three runs or less; or ' the relief pitcher must pitch effectively (in the judgment of the official ...
Thomas D. Phillips, 2012
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Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts ...
When a starting pitcher is pulled from the game and there is at least one base runner, the number of earned runs he gives up depends greatly on the performance of the relief pitcher. For example, suppose that Joe leaves the game with two ...
Wayne L. Winston, 2012
10
The Evolution of Pitching in Major League Baseball
system, where he got knocked around as a starting pitcher, the slick curveball artist was converted to a relief pitcher in Newark in ¡933. And, as they say, the rest is history. Grandma Murphy found his niche, making 20 consecutive relief ...
William F. McNeil, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELIEF PITCHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term relief pitcher is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dodgers call up Chin-hui Tsao, a relief pitcher with troubled past
The last time Chin-hui Tsao pitched for a team in the majors was in 2007, when he was 26 years old. He'll have a chance to change that Wednesday after being ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
Twins Minor League Relief Pitcher of the Month - June 2015
Each month here at Twins Daily, we post our choices for Twins minor league relief pitcher, starting pitcher and hitter of the month. Today, I want to share with you ... «Twins Daily, Jul 15»
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Report: LSU relief pitcher Zac Person signs deal with Astros
Person, a left-handed relief pitcher out of LSU and 9th-round draft pick, plans to travel from his home in Eunice, La., to join Houston's Class A Short Season ... «The Advocate, Jun 15»
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Bring in a Relief Pitcher—of Cocktails
In a pitcher, combine 1 jalapeño, halved and seeded, 15 ounces tomato juice, 6 ounces fresh orange juice, 2 ounces fresh grapefruit juice, 1 ounce fresh lime ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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The Oakland A's just called up a relief pitcher who pitches with both …
When Venditte appears in his first game, he will be the first switch pitcher in Major League Baseball since 1894 and the first pitcher to use both arms in a single ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
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Henderson State relief pitcher picks up national honor
The university announced Monday that junior relief pitcher Nick Vanthillo has been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings ... «Arkansas Online, May 15»
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Fantasy baseball rankings: Relief pitcher
Before you pull the trigger on that fantasy baseball trade, check out our rankings by position for the rest of the 2015 MLB season. These are our latest fantasy ... «SportingNews.com, May 15»
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Braves relief pitcher suspended 80 games after failing drug test
Braves relief pitcher suspended 80 games after failing drug test. Apr 21, 2015, 6:58am EDT Updated Apr 21, 2015, 10:32am EDT. Industries & Tags: Sports ... «Atlanta Business Chronicle, Apr 15»
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Get to know Hansel Robles, Mets new relief pitcher (VIDEO)
The Mets signed the 24-year-old right-handed pitcher out of the Dominican ... He had a 4.31 ERA last season in Double-A between 12 relief appearances and ... «NJ.com, Apr 15»
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Alex Torres wears massive protective hat and the jokes roll in
Relief pitcher Alex Torres has once again chosen safety over style, and once again he has been mocked as a result. Torres, who recorded out No. 27 for the ... «Larry Brown Sports, Apr 15»

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