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designated hitter
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌdez.ɪɡ.neɪ.tɪd ˈhɪt.ər/ us /ˌdez.ɪɡ.neɪ.t̬ɪd ˈhɪt̬.ɚ/
in baseball, a player who takes a turn to bat (= try to hit the ball) instead of the pitcher (= the player who throws the ball to the person hitting the ball), but who does not play in the rest of the game in any way:
Ramirez will be the Cardinals' designated hitter tonight.
They intend to use him as the team's main designated hitter.
Because of his injury, he is limited to being a designated hitter.
At the end of his career he played mainly as a designated hitter.
They have tried to make the game more exciting by adding a designated hitter who bats in place of the pitcher.
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