Catcher and Shortstop

Catcher

Catcher noun - The position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws.
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Synonyms for Catcher

Shortstop and catcher are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Shortstop" with "Catcher", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: catch, catchy, catching

Shortstop

Shortstop noun - The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base.

Catcher and shortstop are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Catcher" with "Shortstop", this nouns are similar.

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  • Comic Strip / Peanuts Charlie Brown's baseball team: Generally visible in these sequences were himself as pitcher, Schroeder as catcher, Linus at second base, Snoopy at shortstop, and — most memorably — Lucy in right field.
  • Three of the four—shortstop Derek Jeter, catcher Jorge Posada, and closer Mariano Rivera—were together from 1995 to 2011 (when Posada retired), longer than any group of players of its size in the history of major North American sports.
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