: 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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The 28-year-old star catcher just weeks ago passed Salvador Perez’s record of 48 home runs by a catcher in a single season.
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Sarah Jean Maher, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
The star pass catcher is expected to be fully available for the game.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Kikuchi started the inning retiring catcher William Contreras on a grounder to short but followed that with Yelich’s single and a walk to Andrew Vaughn before notching the second out when Isaac Collins popped out to first.
—Andrew Wagner, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Raleigh would be the first catcher voted MVP since Buster Posey (NL) in 2012 and Joe Mauer (AL) in 2009.
—Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Jean Maher, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
The star pass catcher is expected to be fully available for the game.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Kikuchi started the inning retiring catcher William Contreras on a grounder to short but followed that with Yelich’s single and a walk to Andrew Vaughn before notching the second out when Isaac Collins popped out to first.
—Andrew Wagner, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Raleigh would be the first catcher voted MVP since Buster Posey (NL) in 2012 and Joe Mauer (AL) in 2009.
—Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Catcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catcher. Accessed 23 Sep. 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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