DH

¹

Or dh

abbreviation

1. Racing.,  dead heat.

2. dear/darling husband (used, especially by women, in digital communications to refer to one's husband).

   My DH really likes this place.

3. Baseball.,  designated hitter.

DH.

²

abbreviation

1. (in Morocco) dirham; dirhams.

D.H.

³

abbreviation

1. Doctor of Humanics.

2. Doctor of Humanities.

Example Sentences

However, if he starts the game as a DH and pitches out of the bullpen, the Dodgers would lose the DH once his relief appearance is over.

From Los Angeles Times

“Once you fire him … and you decide to come out of it, you have to take that cost of losing the DH and losing him as a hitter,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times

Tuesday was only the seventh pitching start of the season for Ohtani, who was limited to DH duties for the first two and a half months of the season while completing his recovery from a second career Tommy John surgery he had near the end of the 2023 campaign.

From Los Angeles Times

Then, in meetings with team officials, he expressed some concern with continuing to build up in more simulated sessions, relaying the toll it took on his body to pitch several innings in an afternoon before ramping up to DH later the same night.

From Los Angeles Times

“I played as just a DH last year,” he said, “but to do both at the same time is my usual style.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• backup 
• designated hitter 
• replacement