knuckleballer

noun

knuck·​le·​ball·​er ˈnə-kəl-ˌbȯ-lər 

plural knuckleballers

: a baseball pitcher who specializes in pitching knuckleballs

… interviewed Phil Niekro, a master knuckleballer now pitching for the Cleveland Indians.

—Scientific American, July 1987

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