In baseball, a cleanup hitter is the fourth hitter in the batting order. The cleanup hitter is traditionally the team's most powerful hitter. His job is to "clean up the bases", that is, drive in base runners.[1]
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In baseball, a switch hitter is a player who bats both right-handed and left-handed, usually right-handed against left-handed pitchers and left-handed...
not been hit. The catcher will also sometimes attempt to block the plate in order to prevent a run being scored. Designated hitter Pinch hitter Pinch runner...
no-hitter. Some play-by-play on-air announcers will also avoid mentioning the no-hitter until either an opposing batter gets a hit or the no-hitter is...
average to .215. Another term used in baseball to indicate that a hitter is hitting below the Mendoza Line is that he is "on the interstate". It derives...
champion. He was the cleanuphitter for the only St. Louis Browns team to win an American League pennant in 1944, and was a top power hitter for the Boston...
Houston Astros on August 28, 2023. The cycle is about as uncommon as a no-hitter; it has been called "one of the rarest" and "most difficult feats" in baseball...
the cleanuphitter. While hitting second in 2013, he hit .240 with two home runs and six RBI in 23 games. In 127 games while hitting fourth, he hit .265/...
triples. In baseball, a power hitter typically bats fourth or "cleanup" in a Major League lineup, which consists of 9 hitters in a rotating order. In terms...
no-hitter on July 15, 1973, versus Detroit and walked eight in his subsequent no-hitter against Minnesota, both respective highs for his no-hitters. Ryan...
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batters. With the bases loaded, Ellis attempted to throw strikes to cleanuphitter Tony Pérez but walked him, forcing home a run. After Ellis aimed two...
McLain and Bob Gibson dominated hitters, producing 339 shutouts. Carl Yastrzemski was the only American League hitter to finish the season with a batting...
vicinity of a player of the opposite team, but is typically expected not to hit that player with the ball. In cricket, the equivalent term is "beamer". Some...
as the cleanuphitter for the Royals; he hit his first MLB home run off Yankees pitcher A. J. Burnett. In his first month with the Royals, he hit .283 with...
professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). Fielder was a power hitter in the 1980s and 1990s. He attended...
all-around hitter on the team, who tries to help baserunners to score runs, and if possible to reach base himself. The fourth batter is the cleanuphitter, and...
runner when one of the following happens: He hits the baseball into fair territory and is not put out, He hits into a fielder's choice, The defensive team...
driving in 100 or more runs batted in between 1924 and 1929 as the team's cleanuphitter. In 1924, he established a major league record for driving in 12 runs...
season games and hitting over .300 for the first time in his career. He led the league in both hits (174, tied with teammate and cleanuphitter Nobuhiko Matsunaka)...
became the cleanuphitter behind franchise icon Todd Helton in the middle of the 2005 season. After 119 at bats into the season, Holliday hit his first...
grand slam). The fourth batter in the batting lineup is called the cleanuphitter. In basketball, the number four is used to designate the power forward...