: one that catches
specifically
: a baseball player positioned behind home plate
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The cat is a good mouse catcher.
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Pitchers Hagen Smith and Noah Schultz, shortstop Colson Montgomery and catchers Edgar Quero and Kyle Teel are among the members of that youth movement scheduled to attend this weekend.
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Wagner received 284 votes and 73.8% in the 2024 balloting, five votes shy, when third baseman Adrian Beltré, catcher/first baseman Joe Mauer and first baseman Todd Helton were elected.
—Ronald Blum, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2025
Jeff Torborg, a World Series champion catcher who played 10 seasons in the majors and became a manager for 11 more years, has died, the Chicago White Sox announced Sunday.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
With a league-leading 1,603 strikeouts, Dipoto used that as excuses to not offer a qualifying offer to Teoscar Hernandez, and traded Eugenio Suarez to the Diamondbacks for right-hander Carlos Vargas and veteran catcher Seby Zavala.
—Maury Brown, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Wagner received 284 votes and 73.8% in the 2024 balloting, five votes shy, when third baseman Adrian Beltré, catcher/first baseman Joe Mauer and first baseman Todd Helton were elected.
—Ronald Blum, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2025
Jeff Torborg, a World Series champion catcher who played 10 seasons in the majors and became a manager for 11 more years, has died, the Chicago White Sox announced Sunday.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
With a league-leading 1,603 strikeouts, Dipoto used that as excuses to not offer a qualifying offer to Teoscar Hernandez, and traded Eugenio Suarez to the Diamondbacks for right-hander Carlos Vargas and veteran catcher Seby Zavala.
—Maury Brown, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Catcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catcher. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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catcher
noun
catch·er
ˈkach-ər 
ˈkech-
: one that catches
especially
: a baseball player who plays behind home plate
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