In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. In most cases, the object of a pitch is to deliver the ball to the catcher without allowing the batter to hit the ball. The ball is delivered in such a way that the batter either can't hit a pitch through the strike z ...

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• Pitcher - Pitching in a game
• Pitcher - After the ball is pitched
• Pitcher - Significant pitchers
• Pitcher - Baseball Hall of Fame members
• Pitcher - Other noteworthy pitchers

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Effective pitching is vitally important in baseball. In baseball statistics, for each game, one pitcher will be credited with winning the game, and one pitcher will be charged with losing it. However, pitching is also physically demanding, especially if the pitcher is throwing with maximum effort. A full game usually involves 120-170 pitches thrown by each team, and most pitchers begin to tire before they reach this point. As a result, the pitcher who starts a game often will not be the one who finishes it, and he may not be recovered enough ...

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Pitcher, Pitcher - Pitching in a game, Pitcher - After the ball is pitched, Pitcher - Significant pitchers, Pitcher - Baseball Hall of Fame members, Pitcher - Other noteworthy pitchers

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Pitcher - Baseball Hall of Fame members. Grover Cleveland Alexander Chief Bender Mordecai Brown Jim Bunning Steve Carlton Jack Chesbro John Clarkson Stan Coveleski Candy Cummings Leon Day * Dizzy Dean Martin Dihigo * Don Drysdale Dennis Eckersley Red Faber Bob Feller Rollie Fingers Whitey Ford Bill Foster * Rube Foster * Pud Galvi ...

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Pitcher, Pitcher - Pitching in a game, Pitcher - After the ball is pitched, Pitcher - Significant pitchers, Pitcher - Baseball Hall of Fame members, Pitcher - Other noteworthy pitchers

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