: one that catches
specifically
: a baseball player positioned behind home plate
Examples of catcher in a Sentence
The cat is a good mouse catcher.
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Four of those five losses came on the road against top-tier opponents in the Cubs and Phillies; one of them came from the first walk-off catcher’s interference call since 1971.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Maldonado has started more games (53 to 49) at catcher than Díaz this season, but Díaz has played in more games (30 to 60) than Maldonado.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025
Defensively, the only hiccup came in the fourth inning when a throwing error by catcher Nick Fortes allowed the Padres’ Luis Arraez to advance to second.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
This marked the second time ever a catcher’s interference ended a baseball game in the divisional era, which began in 1969, per MLB.com.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Maldonado has started more games (53 to 49) at catcher than Díaz this season, but Díaz has played in more games (30 to 60) than Maldonado.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025
Defensively, the only hiccup came in the fourth inning when a throwing error by catcher Nick Fortes allowed the Padres’ Luis Arraez to advance to second.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
This marked the second time ever a catcher’s interference ended a baseball game in the divisional era, which began in 1969, per MLB.com.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
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“Catcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catcher. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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catcher
noun
catch·er
ˈkach-ər 
ˈkech-
: one that catches
especially
: a baseball player who plays behind home plate
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