Meaning of pinch hitter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A substitute batter; one who pinch-hits.
2. An aggressive batsman brought on to score runs quickly, even at the risk of losing his wicket.
3. A person who substitutes for another to perform one or more tasks.
   colloquial

Examples

“This year the Tigers are using pinch hitters 72 percent more often than the league average. They entered Thursday leading the league with 59 pinch-hit plate appearances. Tigers pinch hitters were batting .231, above the league average for pinch hitters of .217.”

“I’ll be sending a pinch hitter to do the presentation because I have the flu.”

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