starting pitcher

English Thesaurus

1. (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game (noun.person)

hypernym	:	hurler, pitcher, twirler,
definition	:	(baseball) the person who does the pitching (noun.person)

hypernym	:	starter,
definition	:	a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning (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)