noun
pinch runner
Baseball term for a substitute base runner.
監督は足の速い選手をピンチランナーに起用した。
The manager used a fast player as a pinch runner.
Variant with interpunct; less common but seen in some contexts.
代走 is the native Japanese term for pinch runner, while ピンチランナー is a loanword from English.
Loanword from English 'pinch runner'.