: 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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Upon initial evaluation, the 22-year-old pass-catcher is believed to have suffered a torn ACL — an injury that would keep him out for the remainder of the Giants' 2025 season.
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Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
Earlier this month, a video from a Philadelphia Phillies game went viral after two fans appeared to dispute who the rightful catcher of a home run ball was.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
In the nineteen-eighties, a Mets catcher named Mackey Sasser couldn’t throw the ball back to the pitcher.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
This zone is crucial for pitch framing, where catchers use their presentation to influence umpires into calling borderline pitches strikes.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
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Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
Earlier this month, a video from a Philadelphia Phillies game went viral after two fans appeared to dispute who the rightful catcher of a home run ball was.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
In the nineteen-eighties, a Mets catcher named Mackey Sasser couldn’t throw the ball back to the pitcher.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
This zone is crucial for pitch framing, where catchers use their presentation to influence umpires into calling borderline pitches strikes.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for catcher
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“Catcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catcher. Accessed 3 Oct. 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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