Definition of Cleanup position

1. Noun. (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team).

Exact synonyms: Cleanup, Cleanup Spot
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Generic synonyms: Position
Group relationships: Batting Order, Card, Lineup

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleanup Position

cleanses
cleansest
cleanseth
cleanshaven
cleansing
cleansing agent
cleansing cream
cleansingly
cleansings
cleanskin
cleanskins
cleantech
cleanup
cleanup hitter
cleanup hitters
cleanup position (current term)
cleanup spot
cleanups
clear
clear'd
clear(p)
clear-air turbulence
clear-cut
clear-eyed
clear-headed
clear-headedness
clear-out
clear-outs
clear-sighted
clear-thinking

Literary usage of Cleanup position

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Making of a Big Leaguer by Gilbert Patten, Burt L. Standish (1915)
"To give a callow greenhorn the '' cleanup" position seemed positively insulting, and made more than one of the Sluggers, anxious as they were to hammer out ..."

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