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strikeout
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Strikeout \Strike"out\, n. (Baseball) an out made by a batter against whom three strikes were called in a single at-bat; also, the same out as credited to the pitcher, in the scoring of the game.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In baseball or softball , a strikeout (or strike-out ) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat . It usually means the batter is out . A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters , and is denoted by K . Although ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An instance or the act of yielding nothing 2 (context baseball English) An instance or the act of striking out 3 (context computing wordprocessing English) Cancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.
Usage examples of strikeout.
He threw a shutout with ten strikeouts, and went two for four at the plate.
He then asked the question: if his reductive approach of looking at just walks, strikeouts, and homers identified the five best pitchers in baseball, how important could all the other stuff be?
Again, he showed his athletic prowess by throwing strikeouts that registered seventy-one miles an hour.
A lower earned run average, fewer home runs allowed, more strikeouts, and fewer walks per nine innings.
Thirty walks and only seventeen strikeouts in one hundred ninety-four at bats.
The ratio of his walks to his strikeouts was among the highest in the league.
The number of walks and home runs he gave up, and the number of strikeouts he recorded were, if not predictable, at least understandable.
The right numbers were walks, home runs, and strikeouts plus a few others.
He thought there was one big thing, in addition to walks, strikeouts, and home runs, that a pitcher could control: extra base hits.
In the five-game series, Scott Hatteberg went 7-14 with three walks, no strikeouts, a home run, and a pair of doubles.
I pitched forty-seven complete games, won twenty-eight of them, led the league in most strikeouts, least hits, most innings pitched, and everything.
She started out with programmers’ puns, and shortly the glassy plain was littered with people named Bit and Buffer, Pinout and Ascii, Peek and Poke, Random, Cursor, String, Loop, Strikeout, Hex, and anything else she could think of.