Pitcher Pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws 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. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting
Major League Baseball Pitcher of the Month Award Major League Baseball Pitcher of the Month Award The Pitcher of the Month award is a Major League Baseball award named by each league for each month of the regular season. The National League started recognizing the award in . The American League followed in . Upon the introduction of each league's award, pitchers became ineligible for the (position players') player of the month award. Players listed with multiple occurrences are denoted by parentheses containing the ordinal. The highest number of Pitcher of the Month awards won by a single player is Roger Clemens' 15. He is followed by Greg