In baseball , a pinch hitter ( PH ) is a substitute batter . Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play); the manager may use any player who has not yet entered the game as a substitute. Unlike basketball , American football or ice hockey , and in a similar way to association football , baseball does not have a free substitution rule (at the professional level) and thus the replaced player is not allowed back into that game. The pinch hitter assumes the spot in the batting order of the player whom he replaces. Pinch hitters are commonly used to replace a weak hitter (often the pitcher) or to gain a platoon advantage.
11-982: Dancy may refer to: People with the surname [ edit ] Bill Dancy (born 1951), American baseball coach Chanda Dancy (born 1978), American film composer, violinist, keyboardist, and singer Deborah Dancy (born 1949), American painter, printmaker and mixed media artist Franklin D. Dancy (born 1840/1) American politician, blacksmith and mayor Hugh Dancy (born 1975), English actor Jake Dancy (born 1978), American soccer defender John C. Dancy (1857–1920), American politician, journalist, and educator John Dancy (1920–2019), English headmaster Jonathan Dancy (born 1946), British philosopher Keith Dancy (1929–2001), Canadian hockey announcer Mira Dancy (born 1979), American painter Paul Dancy (born 1978), English cricketer Vincent Dancy , American football coach Places [ edit ] France [ edit ] Dancy, Eure-et-Loir , commune in
22-617: A Triple A baseball team, and hitting eight straight pinch hits (occurred during his fifth year). This biographical article relating to an American baseball manager or coach is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pinch hit The player chosen to be a pinch hitter is often a backup infielder or outfielder whose defensive skills are limited. In Major League Baseball (MLB), catchers are less likely to be called upon to pinch-hit, because most teams have only two catchers. Pitchers are rarely used as pinch hitters, because they tend to be worse hitters than other players on
33-583: A player acts as a pinch hitter and his team bats around in the inning, he may come to the plate a second time. The second (and subsequent) times he bats in the inning are not considered pinch-hitting appearances. The pinch hitter need not (but may) assume the same position as the player for whom he pinch-hits as long as some other player assumes that position. For example, on August 16, 2009, the Washington Nationals ' Ryan Zimmerman pinch-hit for second baseman Alberto González and then remained in
44-701: Is an American baseball manager and coach . He was third base coach for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Currently, Dancy is the Minor League Field Coordinator for the Detroit Tigers. Bill Dancy played for six years in the Phillies minor league system. His achievements include: hitting a home run batting both left-handed and right-handed in a game, batting .311 in one season for
55-752: The designated hitter rule is not in effect (e.g., in the Central League in NPB , in the National League before 2022 and American League before 1973 in MLB and leagues such as the Atlantic League which use the double hook rule), pinch hitters are often substituted for the pitcher in the middle or late innings of a game. This is because pitchers are often poor hitters and may become less effective after six to seven innings of pitching. Thus, as
66-430: The designated hitter rule, such that pitchers seldom bat. This eliminates one possible situation in which a pinch hitter may be more desirable. For statistical and scorekeeping purposes, the pinch hitter is denoted by "PH". Pinch hitters are often used to replace a starting player because of injury or when the pinch hitter is thought to have a better chance of reaching base or helping other runners to score. When
77-475: The Eure-et-Loir department United States [ edit ] Dancy, Wisconsin , unincorporated community Other uses [ edit ] Dancy (citrus) , a citrus cultivar of the tangerine/mandarin type Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dancy . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
88-412: The game at third base, with previous third baseman Ronnie Belliard switching positions to play second base after the change. Alternatively, the manager may designate another player to replace the pinch hitter; this scenario is common when a team pinch-hits for a pitcher without executing a double switch, such that the new pitcher then replaces the pinch hitter and assumes the previous pitcher's place in
99-529: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dancy&oldid=1218738196 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bill Dancy William Woodruff Dancy (born November 10, 1951, at Saint Augustine, Florida )
110-400: The manager often plans to replace the pitcher in the next inning, the player being replaced cannot re-enter the game, the major downside of using a pinch hitter. This use of a pinch hitter is often part of a double switch , in which a relief pitcher replaces a defensive player who will not bat soon, and at the same time a defensive player replaces the pitcher who is scheduled to bat soon. If
121-719: The team. However, some pitchers have been used as pinch hitters; this tactic had almost vanished by the 1980s, but later saw a comeback in situations when benches have diminished due to injuries, offering few other options beyond a team's 12 or 13 pitchers. MLB, the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the KBO League (in Korea), the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol (in México ), and various other leagues use
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