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2. Batting order (baseball) - Wikipedia

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   The batting order is the main component of a team's offensive strategy. In Major League Baseball, the batting order is set by the manager, who before the game begins must present the home plate umpire with two copies of his team's lineup card, a card on which a team's starting batting order is recorded. The home plate umpire keeps one copy of ...

3. Batting (baseball) - Wikipedia

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   The lineup or batting order is a list of the nine baseball players for a team in the order they will bat. During the game, the only way to change the lineup is via substitution, as batting out of turn is not allowed. Once the ninth person in the lineup finishes batting, the first person bats again; this is the top of the order.

4. Leadoff hitter - Wikipedia

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   Rickey Henderson, career leader in Major League Baseball for leadoff home runs [1] In baseball , a leadoff hitter is a batter who bats first in the lineup . It can also refer to any batter who bats first in any inning.

5. Cleanup hitter - Wikipedia

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   Each individual hitter's strengths and weaknesses determine their spot on the daily lineup card. As the number four hitter's primary responsibility is to turn base runners into runs, a hitter with a high slugging percentage and batting average, especially with runners in scoring position, is generally preferred to the higher on-base percentage (OBP) and low strikeout rates of hitters earlier ...

6. Yankees starting Jose Trevino at catcher for World Series ...

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   The Yankees hope Jose Trevino can provide some more offense for a struggling lineup. ... who hit a combined 1-for-8 in Games 1 and 2 and is batting .098 in the postseason. In the Bronx for Game 3.

7. Plate appearance - Wikipedia

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   A batter is not credited with a plate appearance if, while batting, a preceding runner is put out on the basepaths for the third out in a way other than by the batter putting the ball into play (i.e., picked off, caught stealing). In this case, the same batter continues his turn batting in the next inning with no balls or strikes against him.