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  2. Position player - Wikipedia

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    In baseball, a position player is a player who on defense plays as an infielder, outfielder, or catcher. A pitcher is generally not considered a position player. A designated hitter , who bats but does not play any defensive position, is also not considered a position player.

  3. Pitching by position players - Wikipedia

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    Although it was extremely rare for position players to pitch prior to the mid-2010's, pitching by position players has now become relatively common in Major League Baseball as an alternative to using regular pitchers in lopsided games where the winner is beyond reasonable doubt. This has led to rules being implemented to limit the use of ...

  4. Yips - Wikipedia

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    They are more apparent in pitchers and catchers, players who touch the ball the most in the game, though position players have also been subject to the malady. Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Steve Blass is an example; from 1964 to 1972, he was a dominant pitcher and All-Star; however, beginning in 1973, he suddenly lost his command, issuing 84 ...

  5. Sport psychology - Wikipedia

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    The history of sport psychology dates back to almost 200 years ago, with Carl Friedrich Koch's (1830) publication of Calisthenics from the Viewpoint of Dietetics and Psychology. The first psychology laboratory was established back in 1879 by Wilhelm Wundt, this is where the first experiments of sport psychology were first conducted.

  6. Wins above replacement - Wikipedia

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    Baseball-Reference uses six components to calculate WAR for position players: [13] The components are batting runs, baserunning runs, runs added or lost due to grounding into double plays in double play situations, fielding runs, positional adjustment runs, and replacement level runs (based on playing time). The first five factors are compared ...

  7. Pitcher - Wikipedia

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    Clayton Kershaw, a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitching in a game versus the New York Mets in 2015.. In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk.

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  9. Position (team sports) - Wikipedia

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    In team sports, a position is the role and placement of an individual player within the arrangement of players on the field of play during a game. Many sports measure performance of individual players based on standards for their specific positions.