: 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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Point Loma catcher Avery MacPherson erased that deficit in the home half of the third with her own three-run blast.
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Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Included in Colorado’s faux rally against Rojas’ eephus pitches were home runs by Brett Sullivan, the catcher who finished the game on the mound for the third time in a week, and by Kyle Karros.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
After a strikeout for the second out, Newport batter Noah Whitaker, with Horsley breaking for third base and Hatfield for second, was called out for batter’s interference on Ganesha catcher Dyson Grant’s throw to second base, a throw that sailed into center field.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
The top hitter has been sophomore catcher Annabel Raftery.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
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Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Included in Colorado’s faux rally against Rojas’ eephus pitches were home runs by Brett Sullivan, the catcher who finished the game on the mound for the third time in a week, and by Kyle Karros.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
After a strikeout for the second out, Newport batter Noah Whitaker, with Horsley breaking for third base and Hatfield for second, was called out for batter’s interference on Ganesha catcher Dyson Grant’s throw to second base, a throw that sailed into center field.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
The top hitter has been sophomore catcher Annabel Raftery.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
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“Catcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catcher. Accessed 3 Jun. 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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