: one that catches
specifically
: a baseball player positioned behind home plate
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The cat is a good mouse catcher.
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Team Brazil, at one point, fielded a battery whose combined age (17-year-old right-hander Vitor Takahashi and 18-year-old catcher Enzo Hayashida) was less than that of Rangers right-handed starter Jacob deGrom (37 years old).
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Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
After giving up two hits and striking out three over two scoreless innings, Glasnow gave up an RBI single to Alejandro Kirk, the Toronto Blue Jays catcher, and was lifted with two runners on and two outs in the third after throwing 50 pitches.
—Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Carlos Narvaez is also back in the lineup at catcher after he was scratched from Tuesday’s lineup with back tightness.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
There’ll be more lineup flexibility when catcher Sean Murphy is healthy.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 4 Mar. 2026
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Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
After giving up two hits and striking out three over two scoreless innings, Glasnow gave up an RBI single to Alejandro Kirk, the Toronto Blue Jays catcher, and was lifted with two runners on and two outs in the third after throwing 50 pitches.
—Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Carlos Narvaez is also back in the lineup at catcher after he was scratched from Tuesday’s lineup with back tightness.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
There’ll be more lineup flexibility when catcher Sean Murphy is healthy.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Catcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catcher. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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catcher
noun
catch·er
ˈkach-ər 
ˈkech-
: one that catches
especially
: a baseball player who plays behind home plate
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