left-handed pitcher

collocation in English

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left-handed
adjective
uk
/ˌleftˈhæn.dɪd/us
/ˌleftˈhæn.dɪd/
using your left hand to write and do ...
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pitcher
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪtʃ.ər/us
/ˈpɪtʃ.ɚ/
UK
a large, round container for liquids that has a flat base, a handle, and a very narrow raised opening at the top ...
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He is aleft-handedpitcher.
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I was aleft-handedpitcher.
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He was aleft-handedpitcher, but batted righty.
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Matsui is a 5ft9 in, convert165left-handedpitcher.
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He was aleft-handedpitcher/right-handed batter.
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Third winningestleft-handedpitcherof all time.
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He was a smallleft-handedpitcher, who weighed around 175 pounds.
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He eventually became aleft-handedpitcherafter his team suffered a series of injuries.
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He is a formerleft-handedpitcherwhose active career extended from 19982012.
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Eijun is aleft-handedpitcherwho has extremely erratic throwing motions.
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She is aleft-handedpitcherand started playing at 5 years old.
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He was the firstleft-handedpitcherto win 30 games in a season.
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Theleft-handedpitcher, due to their natural stance and the way they are facing, has multiple moves.
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Honeycutt was aleft-handedpitcherfor 6 different teams over 21 years from 1977 to 1997.
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He is aleft-handedpitcherwho has pitched out of the bullpen and in the starting rotation.
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He became the firstleft-handedpitcherto start his career with six consecutive seasons of double digit wins.
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For instance, with aleft-handedpitcherin and a left-handed batter due up, a right-handed bat may be called in from the bench.
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Kekich was aleft-handedpitcherwho began his career as a starter but later moved to the bullpen as a reliever.
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The last series of his freshman year he was taking a lead off first when theleft-handedpitchergave him a quick-pick.
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He had 2,583 strikeouts, which at the time of his retirement was the highest total for aleft-handedpitcherin baseball history.
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A slider is a pitch that breaks sharply in the direction of the pitcher's arm travel (left to right for aleft-handedpitcher).
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A naturally right-handed player, he had become aleft-handedpitcheronly because he twice broke his right arm in childhood.
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Diekman throws a fastball in the mid-90s (mph), a slider, and an occasional changeup; his fastball is the fastest of anyleft-handedpitcherin the major leagues.
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