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5-hitter

5-hitter

7.9
A baseball game in which the pitcher allows exactly five hits
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : partido de cinco hits
  • The pitcher celebrated his victory after throwing a stunning 5-hitter against the rival team.

Examples

  • Dave Stewart threw a complete game 5-hitter.

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  • A 5-hitter is a notable achievement for any pitcher in a competitive baseball league.

  • While, based on what he did last year, I agree that Melky is more of a 3-5 hitter (I was saying that long before ST started), if you base it on what's happening so far this year, then it doesn't make sense.

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  • In last night's game, the star player managed to win despite only allowing the other team a 5-hitter.

Synonyms

five-hitter
vs5-hitter
  • Jargon
1 8.4

A baseball game where a pitcher allows exactly five hits

uses numeral digits rather than the word form to name that game

How Many Hits

5-hitter
  • Jargon
7.9
4-hitter
  • Jargon
7.0
3-hitter
  • Jargon
6.3
2-hitter
  • Jargon
1 7.9
1-hitter
  • Jargon
8.8
no-hitter
  • Jargon
23 6.7

Surface Forms

5-hitter singular
5-hitters plural

Morphology

5-hitter = hitter (opaque) = 5 + hit + er

The word is built on the familiar form 'hitter' with a numeral modifier, but the baseball meaning is a specialized convention that is not directly predictable from the component meanings.

Etymology

5-Hitter comes from baseball and is just the number 5 plus the word hit. It simply means a game where the pitcher allows exactly five 'hits', so the number tells you how the pitcher performed.