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Job title | Dontrelle Willis |
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a walk. In the numbering system used...
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| Athletic Profession | Con Lucid | |||
| Profession | Roger Clemens | |||
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| Catcher | Craig Biggio |
Catcher is a position played in baseball. The catcher crouches behind home plate and receives the ball from the pitcher. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the catcher is assigned the number 2 (see Baseball scorekeeping). The...
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| Tacks Latimer | ||||
| Elston Howard | ||||
| Jack O'Connor | ||||
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| Outfielder |
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Dave Meier |
Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. An outfielder's duty is to try...
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| Gino Cimoli | ||||
| Sam Mertes | ||||
| Hy Myers | ||||
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| Center fielder | Joe DiMaggio |
A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position between left field and right field. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the center fielder is...
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| Red Killefer | ||||
| Dave May | ||||
| Kenny Lofton | ||||
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| Left fielder | Erik Mourits |
A left fielder (LF), is an outfielder in the sport of baseball who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound. In the numbering system...
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| Gino Cimoli | ||||
| Timo Pérez | ||||
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| Right fielder | Vladimir Guerrero |
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[[Image:Baseball RF.svg|thumb|right|The position of the right fielder]]A right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in right field. Right field is the area of the outfield to the right of...
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| So Taguchi | ||||
| Harvey Pulliam | ||||
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| First baseman | Lou Gehrig |
First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team. A first baseman is the player on the team playing defense who fields the area...
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| Norm Larker | ||||
| Jimmie Foxx | ||||
| Bob Oliver | ||||
| Orlando Merced | ||||
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| Second baseman |
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Erik Mourits |
Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base. Also called...
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| Emil Verban | ||||
| Davey Lopes | ||||
| Joe Orengo | ||||
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| Shortstop |
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Adam Everett |
Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed...
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| Gil Hatfield | ||||
| Roy Smalley | ||||
| Bert Campaneris | ||||
| Derek Jeter | ||||
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| Third baseman | Johnny Pesky |
A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch, moving counterclockwise, to score a run. In the scoring system used to...
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| Frank Malzone | ||||
| Ed Charles | ||||
| Sammy Strang | ||||
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| Designated hitter |
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Vladimir Guerrero |
In baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6.10, an official position adopted by the American League in 1973 that allows teams to designate a player, known as the designated hitter (abbreviated DH), to...
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| David Ortiz | ||||
| Ellis Burks | ||||
| Don Money | ||||
| Al Bumbry | ||||
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| Infielder | Jeff Reboulet |
Baseball teams take turns, one "out" in the field and one "in" at bat. The nine fielding position are commonly grouped as three outfielder, four infielders, and "the battery" (two). Meanwhile the team in at bat sends nine batter to home plate one by...
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| Joe Sewell | ||||
| Ed Romero | ||||
| Sparky Adams | ||||
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| Starting pitcher |
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Dontrelle Willis |
In baseball or softball, a starting pitcher, often abbreviated as starter, is the pitcher who pitches the first pitch to the first batter of a game. A pitcher who enters the game after the first pitch of the game is a relief pitcher.
A manager of a...
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| Bob Feller | ||||
| Justin Verlander | ||||
| Andrew Miller | ||||
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| Relief pitcher |
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Jonathan Papelbon |
A relief pitcher or reliever is a baseball or softball pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, ejection from the game or fatigue. Relievers are further divided informally into closers, middle...
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| Mariano Rivera | ||||
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| Lee Smith | ||||
| Masumi Kuwata | ||||
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