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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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George Pitcher may refer to: George Pitcher (journalist), British journalist, author and Anglican priest George Pitcher (philosopher), American philosopher...
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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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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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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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Smith (born July 10, 1989) is an American professional baseball relief pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the...
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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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Ramón Jaime Martínez (born March 22, 1968) is a Dominican-American former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He won 135 games over a 13-year career, mostly...
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General Pitcher may refer to: Duncan Pitcher (1877–1944), British Indian Army brigadier general Nathaniel Pitcher (1777–1836), New York Militia brigadier...
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William Kelly Jr. (born June 9, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB). He has...
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– September 25, 2016) was a Cuban-born American professional baseball pitcher who played four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a member...
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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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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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Ace (baseball) (redirect from Ace pitcher)
In baseball, an ace is a starting pitcher considered the best pitcher on a team's starting rotation. Barring injury or exceptional circumstances, a team's...
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Batters faced (redirect from Batters Faced by Pitcher)
Batters Faced (TBF) or Batters Facing Pitcher (BFP) is the number of batters who made a plate appearance before the pitcher in a game or in a season. For a...
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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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Shohei Ohtani (category Major League Baseball pitchers)
[oːtaɲi ɕoːheː]; born July 5, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball...
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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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Power pitcher is a term in baseball for a pitcher who relies on pitch velocity at the expense of accuracy. Power pitchers usually record a high number...
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