southpaw
a person who is left-handed.
Sports.
a player who throws with the left hand, especially a pitcher.
Boxing. a boxer who leads with the right hand and stands with the right foot forward, using the left hand for the most powerful blows.
Origin of southpaw
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It seems fair to say that the southpaw advantage has shaped the game we know in fundamental ways.
What Really Gives Left-Handed Pitchers Their Edge? | Guy Molyneux | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightYou would be able to count all the lefty pitchers in the Hall of Fame on your fingers, and every few years we might debate whether a southpaw will ever win the Cy Young Award again.
What Really Gives Left-Handed Pitchers Their Edge? | Guy Molyneux | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightTherefore, if southpaws are achieving superior movement, that should show up in the rate of spin on their pitches.
What Really Gives Left-Handed Pitchers Their Edge? | Guy Molyneux | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightWe turn now to estimating the size of the “southpaw advantage,” which we define as the overall advantage a pitcher gains solely from being left-handed, as compared to a right-handed pitcher with equal pitch quality.
What Really Gives Left-Handed Pitchers Their Edge? | Guy Molyneux | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightAs we stated earlier, southpaws have pitched 28 percent of major league innings in recent years, despite representing just 10 percent of the male population.
What Really Gives Left-Handed Pitchers Their Edge? | Guy Molyneux | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
The four-part story of Henry Wiggen begins with The southpaw, which was published a year after The Natural.
The 13 Best Baseball Books: From ‘The Art of Fielding’ to ‘Moneyball’ | Jimmy So | April 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was one of the pitchers who when he was good was very good indeed, and on that day his southpaw slants were simply unhittable.
Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team | Lester ChadwickThen a veritable torrent of hits broke from the Bostons bats and drove the southpaw from the mound.
Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team | Lester ChadwickAt the age when its purity was whitest, a great moon hung midway between southpaw peak and Moon mountain.
The Red Debt | Everett MacDonaldThe enemy over in southpaw had already advanced the prophecy that they would take the meeting-house.
The Red Debt | Everett MacDonaldOver in southpaw the enemy gazed down from the heights upon this spectacle in amazement.
The Red Debt | Everett MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for southpaw
/ (ˈsaʊθˌpɔː) informal /
a boxer who leads with his right hand and off his right foot as opposed to the orthodox style of leading with the left
any left-handed person
of or relating to a southpaw
Origin of southpaw
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