righty
Americannoun
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righties
plural
adverb
adjective
noun
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a riɡht-winger
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a riɡht-handed person
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Origin of righty
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Conventional wisdom used to dictate that righty pitchers should only throw changeups against left-handed batters and vice versa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Ace lefty Blake Snell, flamethrowing righty Tyler Glasnow and newly acquired closer Edwin Díaz have been injured for months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Neto hit his second homer of the night in the eighth against righty Chris Martin, and first baseman Nolan Schanuel capped the Angels’ scoring with an RBI single nine pitches later.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
But the 5-foot-7 righty appeared just once in the next nine games.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2024
But Gus just stretched and said, “All righty, then,” and ambled off toward the house.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
Meanwhile, Schlittler’s sinker, which he throws 20% of the time, veers aggressively downward and toward righties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The two joysticks accommodate righties or lefties, but you only use one to fly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
But when it comes to matching up with Shohei Ohtani, they do have a couple righties with successful personal histories against him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025
At home this season, the Orioles had an OPS of .694 against lefties and .739 against righties.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
“We weren’t seeing a lot of left-handed pitching, now we are playing him against righties and he’s doing really well,” Servais said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
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