Pitcher

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Pitcher may refer to the following:

General

• Pitcher (container), a container for fluids
• Pitchers (ceramic material), scrap ceramic material that has been broken, or otherwise rejected, in the course of manufacture

Baseball and softball

• Pitcher, a playing position in the game of baseball or softball. See also:
  • Starting pitcher, the pitcher who pitches the first pitch
  • Relief pitcher, a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher has been removed
    • Middle relief pitcher, relief pitchers who commonly pitch in the 6th or 7th innings
    • Setup pitcher, a relief pitcher who regularly pitches before the closer
    • Closing pitcher, a relief pitcher who tries to get the final outs in a game to secure victory for his team
  • Power pitcher, a pitcher who relies on the velocity of his pitches
  • Control pitcher, a pitcher who relies on the accuracy of his pitches
  • Groundball pitcher, a pitcher that relies on getting hitters to hit into ground outs

Biology

• Pitcher plant, one of a type of carnivorous plants
• Pitcher's thistle, a species of thistle native to sand dune shorelines along the upper Great Lakes

People

• Arthur Pitcher, a Bermudian cricketer
• Azeem Pitcher, a Bermudian cricketer
• Duncan Pitcher, a British Army and Royal Air Force officer
• Ernest Herbert Pitcher, recipient of the Victoria Cross in WWI
• George Pitcher, a journalist, author, public relations pioneer and an Anglican priest
• Henry William Pitcher, recipient of the Victoria Cross in India
• Molly Pitcher, a carrier of water during the American Revolution
• Nathaniel Pitcher, a former Lt. Governor of New York
• Oliver Pitcher, a Bermudian cricketer
• Rebecca Pitcher, an American musical theatre actress
• Thomas Gamble Pitcher, (1824-95), American soldier
• Tony J. Pitcher, a fisheries scientist
• Zina Pitcher, an American physician, politician, educator, and academic administrator

Places

In the United States:

• Pitcher, New York, a town in Chenango County
• Pitcher Mountain, a summit in New Hampshire

See also

• Picher

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