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Definition of switch-hitter in English: switch-hitternoun 1Baseball An ambidextrous batter. Example sentencesExamples - The only switch-hitter who swatted more home runs than Murray was Mickey Mantle.
- In the answer to a letter-writer in the November issue with regard to switch-hitters winning a league batting title, you omitted Pete Reiser.
- He's a switch-hitter who can handle the demands of being in the middle of a lineup.
- The switch-hitter had 100 hits from each side of the plate in 1979, when he led the National League with 211 hits.
- Reluctantly at first, the Orioles let it happen and watched Murray blossom into one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history.
- Facing four switch-hitters in a row, it wouldn't have mattered much, as he worked through the tenth allowing only a Sierra single.
- But very little about the switch-hitter's rookie season in 1999 suggested the kind of offensive potential he showed last year.
- A chart in the July issue of Baseball Digest listed switch-hitters with the most extra-base hits in a season.
- In an earlier issue of Baseball Digest, it was stated that Bernie Williams of the Yankees is one of seven switch-hitters to win a batting title in the majors.
- The Rangers had four switch-hitters in their major league camp - two on the 40-man roster, Carl Everett and Mark Teixeira, and two non-roster invitees.
- The honor helped solidify Jones' high ranking among current major league switch-hitters.
- Kata, 25, a switch-hitter, stepped in when Arizona regular second baseman Junior Spivey was injured. He proved a real find.
- September 28: Cardinals shortstop Garry Templeton becomes the first major league switch-hitter to collect 100 or more hits from both sides of the plate.
- The upsurge in such talented players was readily apparent last season when there were no less than 94 switch-hitters who came to bat in the majors, 47 in the American and 47 in the National League.
- The updated list of switch-hitters who collected 30 or more homers in a season is still topped by Mickey Mantle who belted 54 round-trippers in 1961.
- The switch-hitter led the National League in stolen bases in 1960 and 1961.
- For the past few years, the respect he received in the clubhouse elevated the switch-hitter to a unique level of respect that fell somewhere between player and coach.
- Well, I think they see in him what I see in him, which is a switch-hitter who plays good defense at all three outfield spots, has incredible plate discipline and some good power.
- I mean, look at how many switch-hitters there have always been in baseball.
- Ken Caminiti tied Mantle's record for most RBI as a switch-hitter when he drove in 130 runs for the Padres in 1996.
2North American informal A bisexual person. if I bring any switch-hitters home, it's hands off Example sentencesExamples - No, I don't broadcast around the school that I'm a switch-hitter, but at that moment I could have and I wouldn't have cared who heard me, because she was back with me.
- In those days, she was a switch-hitter, now she was straight dyke.
- She definitely didn't want to let the cat out of the bag about her being a switch hitter.
Derivatives adjective A switch-hitting, multi-position player, Rose collected 200 or more hits in a season ten times, leading the league seven times while winning three National League batting titles. Example sentencesExamples - Tony Clark put together four good years with the Tigers in the 1990s, beginning in 1996 as a 24-year-old switch-hitting first baseman who belted 27 homers.
- The quiet, switch-hitting outfielder returned to the Yankees in 1979, which turned out to be his final major league season.
- The Red Sox could use the switch-hitting Bill Mueller at third and the left-handed hitting Adam Kennedy at second against righties and use the right-handed hitting Youkilis at third and Mueller at second against lefties.
- When I played, little switch-hitting guys like Maury Wills were more popular.
- The huge switch-hitting first baseman is only 28, and figures to be entering his peak years. If he can stay healthy, he's almost a cinch to make an exceptional comeback.
Definition of switch-hitter in US English: switch-hitternounˈˌswiCH ˈhidərˈˌswɪtʃ ˈhɪdər Baseball 1A batter who can hit from either side of home plate. Example sentencesExamples - But very little about the switch-hitter's rookie season in 1999 suggested the kind of offensive potential he showed last year.
- He's a switch-hitter who can handle the demands of being in the middle of a lineup.
- For the past few years, the respect he received in the clubhouse elevated the switch-hitter to a unique level of respect that fell somewhere between player and coach.
- The only switch-hitter who swatted more home runs than Murray was Mickey Mantle.
- Reluctantly at first, the Orioles let it happen and watched Murray blossom into one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history.
- Kata, 25, a switch-hitter, stepped in when Arizona regular second baseman Junior Spivey was injured. He proved a real find.
- September 28: Cardinals shortstop Garry Templeton becomes the first major league switch-hitter to collect 100 or more hits from both sides of the plate.
- In an earlier issue of Baseball Digest, it was stated that Bernie Williams of the Yankees is one of seven switch-hitters to win a batting title in the majors.
- I mean, look at how many switch-hitters there have always been in baseball.
- The upsurge in such talented players was readily apparent last season when there were no less than 94 switch-hitters who came to bat in the majors, 47 in the American and 47 in the National League.
- Ken Caminiti tied Mantle's record for most RBI as a switch-hitter when he drove in 130 runs for the Padres in 1996.
- Well, I think they see in him what I see in him, which is a switch-hitter who plays good defense at all three outfield spots, has incredible plate discipline and some good power.
- The updated list of switch-hitters who collected 30 or more homers in a season is still topped by Mickey Mantle who belted 54 round-trippers in 1961.
- The switch-hitter led the National League in stolen bases in 1960 and 1961.
- The honor helped solidify Jones' high ranking among current major league switch-hitters.
- In the answer to a letter-writer in the November issue with regard to switch-hitters winning a league batting title, you omitted Pete Reiser.
- Facing four switch-hitters in a row, it wouldn't have mattered much, as he worked through the tenth allowing only a Sierra single.
- A chart in the July issue of Baseball Digest listed switch-hitters with the most extra-base hits in a season.
- The Rangers had four switch-hitters in their major league camp - two on the 40-man roster, Carl Everett and Mark Teixeira, and two non-roster invitees.
- The switch-hitter had 100 hits from each side of the plate in 1979, when he led the National League with 211 hits.
- 1.1North American informal A bisexual.
Example sentencesExamples - No, I don't broadcast around the school that I'm a switch-hitter, but at that moment I could have and I wouldn't have cared who heard me, because she was back with me.
- In those days, she was a switch-hitter, now she was straight dyke.
- She definitely didn't want to let the cat out of the bag about her being a switch hitter.
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