Facing a pitcher
The crossword clue "Facing a pitcher" is answered by ATBAT, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ATBAT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATBAT answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ATBAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ATBAT, most used first.
- Facing the pitcher - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
- Up - used 71 times, most recently in 2025
- Ready to swing - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Up, in baseball - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to hit - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Chance to swing - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Chance for a hit - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Chance to hit - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Trip to the plate - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- No longer on deck - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Standing by the plate - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Awaiting a pitch - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Hitter's turn - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Plate appearance - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- In the box - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Up, on the diamond - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Diamond opportunity - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Hitting - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Taking one's cuts - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Ready for the pitch - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Slugger's opportunity - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Pitcher Ryan - NOLAN, used 59 times
- Pitcher Martinez - PEDRO, used 26 times
- Facing a glacier - STOSS, used 24 times
- Pitcher of milk? - ELSIE, used 23 times
- Pitcher Hideki - IRABU, used 19 times
- Hall of Fame pitcher Warren - SPAHN, used 18 times
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