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Relief pitcher Moderate

Relief pitcher has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a pitcher who does not start the game

2

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.

See Also
reliever left handed specialist closer long reliever starting pitcher relief pitchers set up pitcher hold
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pitcher
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
closer
Rhyming Words
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