In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal...
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Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps...
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baseball (hardball or softball), a starting pitcher or starter is the first pitcher in the game for each team. A pitcher is credited with a game started if they...
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control pitcher, also known as a finesse pitcher, is a pitcher who succeeds mostly by using accurate pitches, as opposed to a power pitcher who relies...
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Win–loss record (pitching) (redirect from Winning pitcher)
"winning pitcher") and one pitcher on the losing team is given a loss (the "losing pitcher") in their respective statistics. These pitchers are collectively...
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softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who pitches in the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher has been removed from...
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List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders (redirect from List of most winning pitchers of all time)
League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team...
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switch-pitcher is an ambidextrous pitcher who is able to pitch with either the right or left hand from the pitcher's mound. Four 19th-century pitchers are...
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George Pitcher may refer to: George Pitcher (journalist), British journalist, author and Anglican priest George Pitcher (philosopher), American philosopher...
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In American English, a pitcher is a container with a spout used for storing and pouring liquids. In English-speaking countries outside North America,...
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Henry William Pitcher VC (20 December 1841 – 5 July 1875) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross. Pitcher was born at Kamptee in British India...
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Baseball record for home runs hit while playing the position of pitcher. He hit 37 as a pitcher. Baseball Hall of Famers Bob Lemon and Warren Spahn are tied...
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Cephalotus (redirect from Albany Pitcher Plant)
contains one species, Cephalotus follicularis the Albany pitcher plant, a small carnivorous pitcher plant. The pit-fall traps of the modified leaves have...
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play generally beginning when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball that a player on the batting team, called the batter, tries...
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Sarracenia purpurea (redirect from Purple pitcher plant)
Sarracenia purpurea, the purple pitcher plant, northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae...
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Molly Pitcher is a nickname given to a woman who fought in the American Revolutionary War. She is most often identified as Mary Ludwig Hays, who fought...
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Nepenthes (redirect from Tropical pitcher plant)
nih-PEN-theez) is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus...
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The Broken Pitcher is the artwork of French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau.The painting was completed in 1891.It was the first artwork of William-Adolphe...
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Randy Johnson (redirect from Randy Johnson (pitcher))
nicknamed "the Big Unit", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (1988–2009) for six teams...
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Heliamphora (redirect from Marsh pitcher)
"amphora") contains 24 species of pitcher plants endemic to South America. The species are collectively known as sun pitchers, based on the mistaken notion...
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Senator Pitcher may refer to: Fred B. Pitcher (1867–1924), New York State Senate Perley A. Pitcher (1877–1939), New York State Senate This disambiguation...
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Max Fried (category Major League Baseball pitchers)
(/ˈfriːd/ FREED; born January 18, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously...
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The Sporting News established the Pitcher of the Year Award in 1944 to recognize the most outstanding pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB). It was given...
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League Baseball (MLB), the Pitcher of the Month Award is given monthly during the regular season to two outstanding pitchers, one each in the National...
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Jon Peters is a former high school pitcher from Brenham, Texas, famous for registering 53 straight wins. Standing 6'2" 190 lbs., he was well-known while...
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Middle reliever (redirect from Middle relief pitcher)
In baseball, a middle reliever, or middle relief pitcher, is a relief pitcher who typically pitches during the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings of a standard...
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José Fernández (redirect from José Fernandez (pitcher))
Fernández (right-handed pitcher) (1992–2016), Cuban-American baseball pitcher José Fernández (pitcher, born 1993), Dominican baseball pitcher José Fernández (third...
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Sarracenia (redirect from Trumpet pitcher)
genus comprising 8 to 11 species of North American pitcher plants, commonly called trumpet pitchers. The genus belongs to the family Sarraceniaceae, which...
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Jennings (born April 17, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins, Chicago...
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Darlingtonia californica (redirect from California Pitcher plant)
California pitcher plant, the Oregon pitcher plant, cobra lily or cobra plant—is a species of carnivorous plant in the new world pitcher plant family...
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