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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a switch pitcher is an ambidextrous pitcher who is able to pitch with either the right or left hand from the pitcher's mound. Switch pitchers are rare...
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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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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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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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Pitcher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Annabel Pitcher (born 1982), British children's writer Arthur Pitcher (born 1981), Bermudian...
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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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Justin Verlander (category Major League Baseball pitchers)
VUR-land-ur; born February 20, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously...
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Pedro Martínez (category Major League Baseball pitchers)
25, 1971) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1992 to 2009, for five...
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Look up pitcher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pitcher is a playing position in the game of baseball or softball. Pitcher or pitchers may also refer...
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there have been 24 official perfect games by the current definition. No pitcher has thrown more than one. The perfect game thrown by Don Larsen in Game...
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Annabel Pitcher is a British children's writer. Pitcher was born in a village in West Yorkshire. She studied English Literature at Oxford University....
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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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William Kelly Jr. (born June 9, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball...
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with each play 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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In baseball, a ground ball pitcher (also ground-ball pitcher or groundball pitcher) is a type of pitcher who has a tendency to induce ground balls from...
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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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Clayton Kershaw (category Major League Baseball pitchers)
American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-handed starting pitcher, Kershaw has spent his entire...
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Donaldson (February 20, 1891 – April 14, 1970) was an American baseball pitcher in Pre-Negro league and Negro league baseball. In a career that spanned...
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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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Max Scherzer (category Major League Baseball pitchers)
July 27, 1984), nicknamed "Mad Max", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously...
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Thomas Pitcher (1745-1837) was an English ship-builder who had a shipyard in Northfleet. Pitcher founded the Northfleet Shipyard in 1788, which he owned...
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Zack Greinke (category Major League Baseball pitchers)
GRAYN-kee; born October 21, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Greinke last played for the Kansas City Royals, of...
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Harvey Pitcher (born 26 August 1936) is an English writer, historian and translator. He was born in London, and attended Merchant Taylors' School. During...
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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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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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Jacob deGrom (category Major League Baseball pitchers)
Anthony deGrom (born June 19, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He had previously...
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Frederick William Pitcher (born 5 February 1967) is a Nauruan political figure. In December 2007, Pitcher was appointed Minister of Finance of Nauru,...
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