junkballer

English

Alternative forms

• junk baller (baseball)
• junk-baller (baseball)

Etymology

junkball +‎ -er.

Noun

junkballer (plural junkballers)

1. (tennis, sometimes derogatory) A player that hits a lot of slow shots.
2. (baseball) A pitcher that relies heavily on off-speed pitches.
   • 2007 June 14, Lee Jenkins, “At 44, Wells Is the Anti-Clemens”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     From the beginning, Clemens was a fireballer, Wells more of a junkballer.