moundsman

[ moundz-muhn ]

noun

, Baseball Slang.

, plural mounds·men.

1. pitcher ²( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of moundsman¹

First recorded in 1910–15; mound ¹ + 's ¹ + man

Example Sentences

It ran in 1960 and starred Robert Sorrells as the unusual moundsman.

From Washington Times

The elder moundsman and coach was on a 40-and-over team that won the state title two years ago.

From Washington Times

The Appeal: The Dingo is where whiskey-sodden weeks spent with completely worthless characters are sporadically punctuated by run-ins with the Princeton elite – the great moundsman Dunc Chaplin, as well as the occasionally poignant, pretty-faced, wavy-haired, high-foreheaded, friendly-eyed, Irish-mouthed, built-chinned, good-eared, capable-handed, unmarked-nosed, lightly-built F Scott Fitzgerald.

From The Guardian

But every moundsman has his jinx.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a veteran moundsman, such marks would be merely amazing.

From Time Magazine Archive