pitcher (English: Pitcher , usually abbreviated as P) is a baseball or softball softball in the game, the defensive party is responsible for pitching the offensive party hitter striker , and is usually regarded as the soul figure who dominates the victory or defeat of the game. As long as the rules are not violated, the pitcher can use any posture to make the pitch. When recording the inning-by-inning process, the number "1" is usually used to represent the pitcher's garrison position.
pitching hands
pitching hands refer to the hand used by the pitcher to hold the ball, swing the arm and throw the ball when making a pitch. The non-difference hands are the hand that wears baseball gloves , responsible for receiving and arresting any form of incoming balls. pitchers are divided into left and right shots according to their usual pitching hands. Since the majority of people use right hands account for, the pitchers of both third-level baseball, group A and B amateur and even professional baseball in various countries nowadays have more right shots, while left shots seem to be less than right shots.
Although most pitchers' habitual pitching hands are trained according to their own habitual hands, there are still many pitchers in baseball in various countries whose daily habitual hands are opposite to those of daily habitual hands. The well-known right-handed left-handed left-handed New York Metropolitan Terminator Billy Wagner of the United States, and former Chinese professional baseball pitcher Lin Yuqing is a left-handed right-handed right-handed.
Position
- waving posture (Windup Position)
- Fixed posture (Set Position)
shot angle
- upper shoulder throw method (high pressure throw method)
- slanted shoulder throw method (three quarters throw method)
- side throw
- lateral throw
- low shoulder throw
- low shoulder throw
- low shoulder throw
- low shoulder throw (lower hook, submarine throw Method)
Solve the method of hitter
- striker
- earth-rolling pitcher
- fly ball pitcher
pitcher division of labor
can be roughly divided into two categories according to the order of the game: starting pitcher and supporting pitcher.
Starting pitcher
At the beginning of the game, the first pitcher on both sides of the teams was called the Starting Pitcher (SP). Generally speaking, the starting pitcher is the most endurance and suppressive pitcher in the team. A good starting pitcher must be able to shoot at least 5 innings and cannot lose too many points to ensure that the team can concentrate on attacking to take the lead. A high-quality starter (including 3 points in 6 innings) is an indicator to judge whether a pitcher is excellent. The ideal situation is that the starter can shoot 7 innings (or about 100 goals), and then the supporter will play. In modern baseball sports where division of labor is becoming increasingly fine, unless the pitcher still uses too many balls, you can challenge special records such as complete shots, blocks, or even complete games, no hits, in order to avoid excessive number of pitches, causing sports injuries, it is rare to see the starting pitcher making a complete field with a single shot. The setting of
00 balls is based on the fact that most starters will quickly accumulate fatigue after using more than 100 balls, but it is only a rule of thumb. The coach will still add or reduce the number of balls used according to the conditions of individual pitchers or the conditions on the field.
support pitcher
Reseller starter in the mid-game is called Relief Pitcher (RP) or bullpen pitcher
can be subdivided into:
- Long relay pitcher (long) reliever, LRP): When the starting pitcher is weak or loses too many points (without 5 innings), he will take over the starting pitcher in the early stage of the game, hoping to control the situation and wait for the team to counterattack
- short relief pitcher (MRP): usually takes over the starting pitcher in the 6th and 7th innings.
- Layout pitcher (set-up man, SU): is responsible for the replacement of the ace rescue pitcher before he has appeared on the court. He usually appears in the 8th inning and is usually used by the team to train future terminators.
- Rescue pitcher (closer, CP): When the team leads very little, it is responsible for the final game control task, and the pitcher who defends the team's results, commonly known as the terminator, patron saint or closeter, usually appears in the 9th inning.
- left-handed specialist, LOOGY: specializes in the left-handed left-handed shot of the left-handed shot, usually leaving the game with only one shot. At present, in order to avoid the high frequency of pitchers being replaced, the Major League Baseball (MLB) restricts the pitcher from being unable to pitch for some reason, in addition to the situation where the pitcher cannot be replaced.
Common ball types for pitchers
In order to make it difficult for the hitter to hit the ball, pitchers usually have several types to confuse the hitter and influence the beater's rhythm. mainly points to fastball, speed ball, and breaking ball.
fast ball (straight ball)
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change ball
- slider
- Forkball (Forkball) Forkball Quick finger ball (Split-Finger Fastball, also known as the cross-finger fastball)
- Curveball (Curveball)
- Spiral ball (Screwball)
- Knuckleball (Knuckleball, also known as butterfly ball)
Pitcher foul type
When a pitcher throws, restrains or other violations of the rules, it is deemed to be a pitcher foul. When there is no base runner, you will remember a bad ball. When there is a base runner, each base runner will push one base position.
- The pitcher makes the pitching related move and stops the pitcher. (For example: pretending to pitch)
- pitcher made false restraints on first base. (Exception: The pitcher must be faked to restrain when exiting the pitcher board)
- The pitcher passed the ball to the base and did not step directly at the base. (For example: free foot is on the direction of home base but restrains the first base)
- pitcher passes the ball to the base without a runner. (Exception: When there is a runner at the first base, it is correct to perform restraint movements at the second base, and the pitcher is not responsible for fouls)
- The pitcher illegally pitches when there is a runner at the base. (For example: the pitcher intends to hit the ball when the runner is not paying attention)
- The pitcher's axle foot is not stepping on the pitcher's board and throwing the ball head-on to the hitter.
- The pitcher did not touch the pitcher board and made a related pitching action.
- pitcher does unnecessary delays in the game. (Subjectively determined by the referee, the most important thing can be ordered to leave the game)
- The pitcher did not hold the ball and stood on the pitcher board or crossed the pitcher board, or left the pitcher board to pretend to shoot.
- When the pitcher takes a regular pitching posture, he will let go of any hand except for the actual pitching or passing the ball to the base.
- The pitcher deliberately or accidentally dropped the ball in his hand.
There are different judgments about this article according to different situations.
. When there is a runner on the base, it is considered a pitcher's foul, and the runners each push forward one base position.
. When there is no runner on the base, the dropped ball remains in the boundary and is not considered a pitch.
. When there is no runner on the base, if the dropped ball is rolled out of bounds, a bad ball will be recorded.
- The pitcher deliberately or accidentally slipped and fell.
- pitcher attempted to deliberately throw four bad balls to the catcher located outside the catcher area.
- pitcher pitches without going through a completely stationary state when he pitches.
- suddenly throws the ball to an unprepared batsman.
- when pitching in violation of regulations regarding front and side pitching.
- pitcher throws the ball after sticking gum or saliva on the ball.
When the pitcher foul occurs, if the hitter is on the ground by hitting, four bad ball walks or turnovers, and other runners push at least one base position forward, it is still considered that the game is in progress.
If a pitcher foul occurs, a foul or a violent pass occurs, the runner must also risk entering the base depending on the situation.
Since the runner unconditionally pushes a base position when the pitcher fouls occurs, the runner who was originally forced to enter the base will become a non-forced to enter the base, which will increase the difficulty of creating outs in the base package. And it may be decided by the "goodbye pitcher foul".
