pickoff
in baseball, throw by a pitcher to a fielder so the fielder can tag out a runner who is leading off or trying to steal the next base
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Summary
pickoff ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- pickoff's image is recorded as 20170718 Dodgers-WhiteSox Clayton Kershaw pickoff throw.jpg[2].
- pickoff's subclass of is recorded as throwing[3].
- pickoff's subclass of is recorded as fielding[4].
- pickoff's has part is recorded as tag out[5].
- pickoff's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05_yn4[6].
- pickoff's participant is recorded as pitcher[7].
- pickoff's participant is recorded as defense[8].
- pickoff's different from is recorded as pitch[9].
- pickoff's Quora topic ID is recorded as Pickoff[10].
- pickoff's has goal is recorded as prevention[11].
- pickoff's has goal is recorded as out[12].
- pickoff's KBpedia ID is recorded as Pickoff[13].
- pickoff's WikiBaseball ID is recorded as 牽制[14].
Why It Matters
pickoff ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[1] pickoff has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] pickoff is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]