designated hitter
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- noun
- /ˈdɛzɪɡneɪtɪd ˈhɪtər/
- Jargon
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bateador designado
- Detroit is also ready to welcome back Victor Martinez, who will replace Delmon Young at designated hitter after missing the whole 2012 season with a knee injury.
- designated hitter rule
- designated hitter and pitcher
- designated hitter and outfielder
Examples
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The designated hitter, batting sixth, Jim Traber.
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Played 161 games, including 120 in right, 38 in center, and two as the designated hitter.
Blog text (31) -
how do you feel about the designated hitter rule?
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How can you be against the designated hitter?
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Starting on Opening Day in 1973, the American League adopted the designated hitter rule.
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DETROIT -- The struggle all season long was to find a productive designated hitter.
Blog text (11) -
This was back when the American League had the designated hitter rule and pitchers didn't have to come up to bat.
Fiction book (2001) -
Baseball has adopted the designated hitter, the larger strike zone, and the long-honored afternoon/blue sky/real grass World Series and All-Star games have disappeared.
Academic text (1990) -
Nonetheless, Mercado's admirable effort, along with a solo shot from designated hitter Glen Johnson in the ninth, was not enough to secure the victory for Newark.
Blog text (27) -
The coach decided to use a designated hitter for the pitcher during the game to improve the team's chances of scoring runs.
How Often
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'designate' (to appoint) + 'hitter' (a batter): a hitter who is appointed for a specific role. Although it is a sport-specific term referring to batting in place of the pitcher, the composition is regular and will be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The term designated hitter comes from baseball, where a player is 'designated', meaning chosen, to bat instead of the pitcher. The word designated means 'chosen' and the word hitter shows they only focus on hitting, so the phrase means 'a player chosen to bat in place of the pitcher'.