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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
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Generic synonyms: Position
Group relationships: Batting Order, Card, Lineup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleanup Position
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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