designated hitter
noun
1
: a baseball player designated at the start of the game to bat in place of the pitcher without causing the pitcher to be removed from the game
2
Examples of designated hitter in a Sentence
you'll have to be my designated hitter in the office while I'm on business trips
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In the fifth, Tigers designated hitter Justyn-Henry Malloy got aboard with a leadoff walk.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
One of those free agents is designated hitter JD Martinez.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
O'Neill signed a three-year contract with the Orioles, but the club lost ace Corbin Burnes and designated hitter Anthony Santander to free agency.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Chapman and designated hitter Wilmer Flores hit back-to-back homers on back-to-back pitches off Brewers’ ace Freddy Peralta.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
One of those free agents is designated hitter JD Martinez.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
O'Neill signed a three-year contract with the Orioles, but the club lost ace Corbin Burnes and designated hitter Anthony Santander to free agency.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Chapman and designated hitter Wilmer Flores hit back-to-back homers on back-to-back pitches off Brewers’ ace Freddy Peralta.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for designated hitter
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“Designated hitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/designated%20hitter. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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