left-hander n. 左撇子, 用左手的一击, 左手投球
left-handerleft-hander[ noun ]- a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
<noun.person>
- a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
<noun.person>
their pitcher was a southpaw
lefthander \left`hand"er\, left-hander \left`-hand"er\n.
a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the
right; a left-handed[1] person.
Syn: lefty, southpaw.
[WordNet 1.5]
- Sobers was on hand to congratulate the 24-year-old left-hander, who was dismissed before lunch for 375.
- Tudor, Cox and Dayley have returned to duty, which makes the Cards smile, but the grin would be larger if left-hander Tudor was in the form that won 21 games with a 1.93 earned run average in 1985.
- Browning, a 28-year-old left-hander, struck out seven Dodgers.
- The left-hander won 253 games, including 21 or more games five years in a row for the New York Giants.