In baseball, a closing pitcher, more frequently referred to as a closer (abbreviated CL), is a relief pitcher who specializes in getting the final outs...

Look up closer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Closer or Closers may refer to: Closer (2000 film), a documentary by Tina Gharavi Closer (2004 film)...

Yankees and was named their closer in September 2024. Weaver grew up a fan of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He graduated from DeLand...

"A's closer Blake Treinen earns historic raise in arbitration case". SFChronicle.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019. "Blake Treinen Stats". Baseball-Reference...

Royals. In baseball statistics, the term save is used to indicate the successful maintenance of a lead by a relief pitcher, usually the closer, until the...

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada. One of the big...

2015, this time as the team's closer. He was then traded to the Detroit Tigers in 2016, and became the Tigers' closer. In his rookie season, Rodríguez...

1989) is an American professional baseball relief pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals...

Casey Richard Close (born October 21, 1963) is an American former baseball player and sports agent. Close was born in Columbus, Ohio and graduated from...

setup man, he became the Yankees' closer in 1997. In the following seasons, he established himself as one of baseball's top relievers, leading the major...

man) Closer Manager Coaches Athletic Trainer Equipment manager General manager Batboy Ball boy/girl Team physician Infield shift Ace (baseball) Starting...

Yankees' closer and was an MLB All-Star in 2022 and 2024. Holmes attended Slocomb High School in Slocomb, Alabama, and pitched for the school's baseball team...

non-traditional closer situations. He was selected as the Sporting News National League Manager of the Year and was voted by the Baseball Writers' Association...

injuries to closer Ryan Madson and middle relievers Bill Bray and Nick Masset led manager Dusty Baker to put Chapman in the setup role. Interim closer Sean Marshall...

Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28, 1957) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager. He is currently a color commentator for the Detroit...

next season he was promoted to closer. Middle reliever Andrew Miller became the first relief pitcher other than a closer to win a League Championship Series...

specialist, the middle reliever, the setup man, and/or the closer. In abbreviating baseball positions, P is used as a general designation for pitchers...

Athletics for closer Billy Koch and two minor leaguers. During the 2003 season with the Athletics, Foulke would distinguish himself as a closer, leading the...

(109)—were both inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Fran Zimniuch in Fireman: The Evolution of the Closer in Baseball wrote, "But you have to be a great...

Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National...

Netherlands World Baseball Classic Roster". Mister Baseball. March 13, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2017. "Netherlands add All-Star closer Kenley Jansen to...

2, 2017. Gans, Andrew (December 10, 2018). "Glenn Close Says Sunset Boulevard Film 'Inching Closer' to Reality". Playbill. Archived from the original...

) Closer (baseball), a relief pitcher who specializes in finishing a game Central League, one of two leagues in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Continental...

League Baseball by hitting 16 batters with a pitch. He would repeat this feat in 2001 plunking a career-high 18 batters. In 1999, Boston's closer Tom Gordon...

Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), including teams affiliated with MLB clubs. Entering...

The Kia Tigers (Korean: KIA 타이거즈) are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Until 2001...

at the World Baseball Classic A Closer Look at the Tiffany & Co. Trophy Japan Won at the World Baseball Classic "Special | The Baseball Hall of Fame and...

journalist Russ Taylor (baseball broadcaster) (1926–1977), Canadian play-by-play baseball announcer Russell Taylor (The Closer), a character from the American...

of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United...

himself one of baseball's elite closers. In what would turn out to be a very prophetic quote, he replied: An elite closer is a closer who's part of a...