Meanings
plural relief pitchers
- ball gamesA 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.
The team's relief pitchers have not allowed a run in the past six games.
Synonyms: reliever
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
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Translations
Catalan llançador de relleu
- llançador de relleubaseball: replacement pitcher
Finnish vaihtosyöttäjä
- vaihtosyöttäjäbaseball: replacement pitcher
French lanceur de relève
- lanceur de relèvebaseball: replacement pitcher
Japanese 救援投手
- 救援投手 (kyūen tōshu)baseball: replacement pitcher
Korean 구원투수, 소방수
- 구원투수 (guwontusu)baseball: replacement pitcher
- 소방수 (sobangsu)baseball: replacement pitcher
Spanish lanzador de relevo
- lanzador de relevobaseball: replacement pitcher
Cite this entry
relief pitcher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relief%20pitcher
“relief pitcher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relief%20pitcher. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relief pitcher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relief%20pitcher.
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