| 单词 | clean-up hitter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclean-up hitter e. Baseball. Also cleanup. The fourth position in a team's batting order, usually reserved for a strong batter whose hits are likely to enable any runner who is on base to score, thus clearing the bases. Frequently attributive, esp. as clean-up hitter or clean-up man. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [adjective] > fourth position in batting order clean-up1909 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > fourth position clean-up1955 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > batter batsman1856 slugger1877 pinch-hitter1899 pinch batter1904 pull hitter1927 switch-hitter1948 designated hitter1961 designated pinch-hitter1967 clean-up hitter1984 1907 N.Y. Evening Jrnl. 16 Apr. 10/2 He has a splendid arm, and he can surely play the ball. He is the cleaner-up hitter of the team.] 1909 Baseball Mag. Nov. 5/2 They are both batters of the ‘clean-up’ kind, that is, they are likely to break up a game at any moment. 1922 N.Y. Times 3 June 10/1 He shifted..Meusel and Ross Young in the order of facing opposing pitchers, the former going to the clean-up position. 1955 E. Burkholder Baseball Immortals App. 133 Frank Delahanty, that old time slugger in clean up. 1984 Gainesville (Florida) Sun 26 Mar. 1 b/5 UF chose to pitch to cleanup man Clark, who popped to UF catcher Tim Owen. 1991 D. Lamb Stolen Season iii. 40 Then L.A.'s clean-up hitter Clarence Maddern smacked a fastball..that soared over the left-field fence. < as lemmas |
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