Antonym: catcher. Similar words: pitch, kitchen, bitch, switch, switch on, switch off, catches, pit. Meaning: ['pɪtʃə(r)] 
n. 1. (baseball) the person who does the pitching 2. an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring 3. the quantity contained in a pitcher 4. the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit.
n. 1. (baseball) the person who does the pitching 2. an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring 3. the quantity contained in a pitcher 4. the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit. 
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181. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have thrown the ball to the first baseman . Shaya would have been out and that would have ended the game.
182. It made him the oldest pitcher in baseball history to throw a shutout.
183. New York won the game the hard way after scheduled starting pitcher, Phil Hughes, was pulled due to a back problem.
184. Deadly beauty, the pitcher plant traps insects in its fluid-filled cup, where they drown.
185. Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.