(だつさんしん)

だつさんしん
noun
strikeouts (recorded by a pitcher)
1. strikeouts recorded by a pitcher (baseball)
A pitching statistic counting the number of batters a pitcher strikes out. Viewed from the pitcher's side, in contrast to 三振(さんしん), which is the batter striking out.
あの投手(とうしゅ)奪三振(だつさんしん)(おお)い。
That pitcher racks up a lot of strikeouts.
今日(きょう)試合(しあい)(じゅう)()奪三振(だつさんしん)記録(きろく)した。
He recorded ten strikeouts in today's game.
奪三振(だつさんしん)(りつ)はピッチャーの能力(のうりょく)(しめ)指標(しひょう)だ。
Strikeout rate is a measure of a pitcher's ability.

Formed from (だつ) (to seize, to take away) + 三振(さんしん) (strikeout). Counts strikeouts from the pitcher's perspective — the pitcher 'takes' the strikeout.

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 三振(さんしん): strikeout — the same event seen from the batter's side
  • 奪三振(だつさんしん)(おう): strikeout leader (title for the pitcher with the most strikeouts)