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Definition of Designated hitter
1. Noun. A ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher.
Definition of Designated hitter
1. Noun. (baseball) A batter who is permitted to substitute for a pitcher in the batting rotation in Major League Baseball's American League. ¹
2. Noun. (colloquial) A person who is asked to substitute for another in handling a portion of a task for which the other is less capable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Designated Hitter
Literary usage of Designated hitter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brutality Unchecked: Human Rights Abuses Along the U. S. Border with Mexico by Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Americas Watch Committee (U.S.) (1992)
"... in which one of the agents asked "who's the designated hitter? ... (the phonetic
alphabet code for "DH," designated hitter) and Brown replied "affirm. ..."
2. Maggie's Sauna by Paul E. Furdon (2000)
"Both teams will be using a designated hitter for this game, so unfortunately,
... "That's a break, but who's our designated hitter?" Nunzio asked. ..."
3. Home Plate: The Traveler's Food Guide to Cooperstown and Otsego County, NY by Brenda Berstler (2006)
"He has the highest career batting average of any designated hitter. ... Paul Molitor
is the only designated hitter in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. ..."
4. Teaching Adolescent Writers by Kelly Gallagher (2006)
"... ground cannot cause a fumble Baseball's designated hitter rule Hallowed baseball
records broken by steroid users Using the last of the toilet paper roll ..."
5. Family Words: The Dictionary for People Who Don't Know a Frone from a Brinkle by Paul Dickson (1998)
"He would doubtless dismiss the whole thing as absurd as discovering nouvelle
cuisine, the designated hitter, big foot, and the fat farm. ..."
6. An Inverted Sort of Prayer by Chris F. Needham (2006)
"And due to all the new rule changes being introduced into the league there really
wasn't any justifiable, urn—rationale for carrying a designated hitter ..."
7. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"... complete with a designated hitter - a role which he himself often played at
crucial times in the annals of the Sloan-Kettering Institute Analgesic ..."
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