relief pitcher

English

Noun

relief pitcher (plural relief pitchers)

(baseball) A pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, ejection from the game or fatigue.
The team's relief pitchers have not allowed a run in the past six games.

Synonyms

reliever

Translations

baseball: replacement pitcher

Catalan: llançador de relleu (ca) m
Finnish: vaihtosyöttäjä

Japanese: 救援投手 (kyūentōshu)

See also

closer
set-up pitcher
middle relief pitcher
long reliever
mop-up man

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