0 to do something for someone because they are suddenly unable to do it: --
He was pinch-hitting for one of the regular TV sportscasters, and was a great success.
1 (in baseball) to take another player’s turn to hit --
Pratt, however, was even worse, batting only.133 in the second half and once again being pinch hit for with pitchers.
Damon batted second in the lineup for 156 at-bats in 2002, accounting for nearly all of the rest except for occasional pinch hit.
However, if the opposing manager has an adequate right-handed bat on his bench, he may pinch hit for the left-handed batter, thus restoring his matchup advantage.
Rose batted only.245 with 121 hits, and found himself benched during the latter part of the '83 season, appearing periodically to play and pinch hit.
He also ranks second on the team's all-time pinch hit list with 57, just one behind the team record.
The next day he delivered a pinch hit single in the fifth inning and then remained in the game to play left field.
He started in six games at second and pinch hit in a seventh, and had four multi-hit games.
In that contest, he surrendered a pinch hit single in the eighth, but did not allow any runs until a ninth-inning home run.
