pinch hitter

English Thesaurus

1. (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter (noun.person)

hypernym	:	batsman, batter, hitter, slugger,
definition	:	(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting (noun.person)

hypernym	:	reserve, second-stringer, substitute,
definition	:	an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced (noun.person)

domain category	:	baseball, baseball game,
definition	:	a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs (noun.act)

domain category	:	softball, softball game,
definition	:	a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer (noun.act)