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Hitter vs Eephus - What's the difference?

hitter | eephus |

In baseball|lang=en terms the difference between hitter and eephus

is that hitter is (baseball) one who comes up to bat while eephus is (baseball) an off-speed pitch with unusually low velocity, intended to catch the hitter off guard.

As nouns the difference between hitter and eephus

is that hitter is agent noun of hit; one who hits while eephus is (baseball) an off-speed pitch with unusually low velocity, intended to catch the hitter off guard.

hitter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Agent noun of hit; one who hits.
  • (baseball) One who comes up to bat.

    • Derived terms

    * designated hitter * heavy hitter * pinch hitter * switch hitter

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns

    eephus

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ephus

    Noun

    (Eephus pitch)
  • (baseball) An off-speed pitch with unusually low velocity, intended to catch the hitter off guard.
  • * 2003 , Michael Seidel, Ted Williams: a baseball life?
    • Sewell was determined to live or die by the eephus .
  • * 2004 , Fred Cicetti, Saltwater Taffy: A Summer at the Jersey Shore
    • He figured that, if it were another eephus , he'd have time to react.
  • * 2005 , Randy Roberts, The rock, the curse, and the hub: a random history of Boston sports
    • When, on his first pitch, Sewell served an eephus , Williams almost broke his back trying to get to it.