代だい打だ者しゃ

noun

pinch hitter

Baseball term for a substitute batter. Also used figuratively for a person who steps in to replace someone in a task or role.

• 九きゅう回かい裏うら、代だい打だ者しゃにベテラン選せん手しゅが送おくられた。

  In the bottom of the ninth, a veteran player was sent in as a pinch hitter.

• 彼かれは交こう渉しょうの場ばで代だい打だ者しゃとして呼よばれた。

  He was called in as a pinch hitter at the negotiation.