Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who hurls; especially, one who plays at hurling.
- n. One employed in carrying stones, peat, or other material on a wheelbarrow.
Wiktionary
- n. Agent noun of hurl; someone who hurls or throws.
- n. baseball, slang, 1800s The pitcher.
- n. Someone who participates in the sport of hurling.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who hurls, or plays at hurling.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (baseball) the person who does the pitching
Examples
“Jonathan Sanchez, former no-hitter hurler, is the 4th pitcher in the rotation and Todd Wellemeyer is holds down the 5th spot of this outstanding rotation.”
“Also, while he may need to work on his breaking pitches, the consensus is that the hurler could be a pivotal part of any major league rotation.”
“Cubs hurlers put up seven shutout innings today; even star "hurler" Neal Cotts goosed the”
“Reuters New York Yankees starting pitcher Ivan Nova The streak ties Ford's 1950 rookie campaign for most consecutive wins for a Yankees rookie hurler.”
The Wall Street Journal: Nova Quietly Chases a Record Held by Whitey Ford
“No other rookie hurler with at least 150 innings has ever had more than nine strikeouts and fewer than three walks per nine innings.”
The Wall Street Journal: Pineda's Early Numbers Should Have Fans Salivating
“In one episode, pitching hopefuls visit Citi Field, home of baseball's New York Mets, and get tips from former major-league hurler Frank Viola .”
The Wall Street Journal: Bud Angles for Buzz With Reality Show
“If Japanese hurler Yu Darvish is sold by his Nippon Professional Baseball team, the Nippon Ham Fighters, the Yankees will surely be interested and could bid big in the hope he could be that genuine No. 2 starter.”
“Statistics from the afternoon game are just a snapshot of the Mets' 1991 season, when both the left-handed hurler and his team, the one he had cheered for as a boy, collapsed.”
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