southpaws
- plural of southpaw.
Example Sentences
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Australia have two left-handed openers in Head and Weatherald and Stokes has the best average against southpaws of all of the England quicks still standing.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
But, this year, manager Dave Roberts decides that Outman can’t hit southpaws and needs to be platooned with the mighty Kiké Hernández.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
Manager Dave Martinez said he sat the left-handed-hitting García to give him rest but also because he wanted him to work on his approach against southpaws.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2023
Curiously, being stacked with powerful righties didn’t help Toronto against left-handed starters — the Blue Jays were 12-20 in games started by southpaws.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
It was Peter Neale who proved years later that there were definite exceptions to the accepted theory that lefthanded batters do badly against southpaws.
From The Boy Grew Older by Broun, Heywood
