2006-08-23 15:47:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Nope, a pinch hitter is someone that isn't in the game yet hitting for someone coming out of the game (usually at a pitching change), but they can use it to bat righty vs lefty or however they feel comfortable. If someone pinch hits for a player, that player cannot return to the game. SO in the NL, you can't pinch hit for the P and have that P come back in. So in essence the AL is cheating.
A DH is someone who gets paid ONLY to hit for the pitcher. That's all he does. What a crock.
2006-08-23 15:51:54 · answer #1 · answered by scrubs187 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
kind of-except in the AL, the DH is on the starting batting order, whereas the pitcher is not. in the NL, the pitcher is on the starting batting order, usually in the number nine slot, and bats for himself unless the manager decides to use a pinch hitter. heres the difference: at the end of an inning a pinch hitter is used in place of a pitcher (note: this does not apply if the manager uses a pinch hitter for someone OTHER than the pitcher), both the old pitcher and the pinch hitter are done for the game, and a new pitcher must come in.
2006-08-24 12:21:00 · answer #2 · answered by Spearfish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The DH always hits for the pitcher.
The pinch hitter is just a term for entering a player into the game during the replaced players at bat. The pinch hitter can then be replaced by another player on defense or the pinch hitter can stay in the game for the player he pinch hit for.
A pinch hitter can hit for the designated hitter and then stay in the game as the designated hitter from that point forward.
2006-08-24 01:22:06 · answer #3 · answered by Rocky W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, a pinch hitter comes into the game to replace a batter, where as a DH is a actual spot in the lineup, removing the pitcher from the batting order.
The NL requires the pitchers to take at-bats, where as the AL has the DH rule, so the pitcher won't have to take at-bats, and concentrate more on pitching.
2006-08-23 22:51:59 · answer #4 · answered by hammerhead_jd 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not at all. A pinch hitter replaces another player and that player can not remain in the game. So if your pitcher is doing a great job, no need to pinch hit for him. But once you let someone else bat for the pitcher, the pitcher is no longer in the game. The pinch hitter can remain in the game, but is usually replaced by another pitcher.
A DH on the other hand simply bats in place of the pitcher. The pitcher remains in the game, and the batter remains the same.
2006-08-24 08:17:15 · answer #5 · answered by Bingo's Mommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No/ After a pinch hitter bats he takes his position in the field replacing the individual he batted for staying in for the remainder of the game providing it's not the bottom of the ninth and the home team wins it in the bottom of the ninth.
A D/H plays the entire game only as a hitter and does-not play a field position.
Every other year in the world series it's national league rule no D/H that's when the pitcher bats. Then American League rule the D/H is allowed.
2006-08-27 19:40:59 · answer #6 · answered by frankfaraci@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, a designated hitter in the AL plays all nine innings....a pinch hitter only hits for a player (pitcher most of the time) and then if the manager wants that person playing he will keep him in and the person that had the pinch-hitter hit for him cannot be brought bak into the game
2006-08-23 23:46:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, a designated hitter always gets to hit... in the American League, the pitcher doesn't have to hit... (they're wusses). In the National League, the pitcher has to hit for himself in the batting order.
A pinch hitter can be used in either league. The manager can change a batter when they're up to bat and substitute a different player on his bench (that isn't in the starting line-up or hasn't played in the game yet.)
The player that becomes the pinch-hitter bats and enters the game.... the batter who the manager subsituted for gets taken out of the game.
2006-08-23 22:53:16 · answer #8 · answered by cakeeater0119 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pinch hitters in the NL only come in brieflly when a pitcher is retired and it's his time to come up to bat and the other pitcher hasn't come out of the bull pen yet.... a designated hitter in the AL stays in the whole game and bats for the pitcher whoever he is since none of their pitchers bat.
2006-08-23 23:39:05 · answer #9 · answered by Kiss my Putt! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, a pinch hitter comes in and bats in place of anyone in the lineup and most likely replaces that person unless there is a double switch. a designated hitter is in the game from the beginning and all he does is hit. never plays defense
2006-08-23 22:54:30 · answer #10 · answered by hey you 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋