designated hitter
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designated hitter — ˌdesignated ˈhitter noun [countable] informal someone who represents someone or does a job in their place … Financial and business terms
designated hitter — ☆ designated hitter n. Baseball a player in the regular batting order who does not play a defensive position, but has been designated to bat in place of the pitcher … English World dictionary
designated hitter — n a baseball player who replaces the ↑pitcher when it is the pitcher s turn to hit the ball … Dictionary of contemporary English
designated hitter — noun count AMERICAN 1. ) in the game of baseball, a player who hits in place of the PITCHER (=the person who throws the ball) 2. ) INFORMAL someone who does another person s job temporarily … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Designated hitter — In baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6.10,[1] an official position adopted by the American League in 1973 that allows teams to designate a player, known as the designated hitter (abbreviated… … Wikipedia
Designated Hitter — Frank Thomas war 18 Jahre als Designated Hitter in der MLB aktiv Designated Hitter (DH) bezeichnet im Baseball und Softball einen zehnten Spieler, der in einem Spiel nur in der Offensive eingesetzt wird; einer der neun Defensivspieler kommt dafür … Deutsch Wikipedia
designated hitter — noun a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher • Hypernyms: ↑batter, ↑hitter, ↑slugger, ↑batsman * * * noun, pl ⋯ ters [count] baseball : a player who is chosen at the beginning of a game to bat in the place of the pitcher and … Useful english dictionary
designated hitter — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms designated hitter : singular designated hitter plural designated hitters American 1) in the game of baseball, a player who hits in place of the pitcher (= the person who throws the ball) 2) informal someone who … English dictionary
Designated hitter — Frappeur désigné Le frappeur designé (anglais designated hitter) est, dans la terminologie du baseball, une personne qui peut entrer à tout moment en jeu et remplacer le frappeur. Il est souvent choisi pour sa qualité de frappe. La règle fut… … Wikipédia en Français
Designated Hitter (short story) — Infobox short story | name = Designated Hitter author = Harry Turtledove country = United States language = English series = genre = Short story publication type = Magazine published in = Fantasy and Science Fiction publisher = Spilogale pub date … Wikipedia
