relief pitcher
relief pitcher · relief pitchers
A pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher is…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 relief pitcher was no substitute for the ace.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
a pitcher who does not start the game
Examples
1 sentencesThe relief pitcher was no substitute for the ace.
Forms
plural: relief pitchers| Singular | relief pitcher |
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