完かん投とう

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完投する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

complete game; going the distance

Baseball term for a pitcher throwing the entire game without being relieved. Used as a noun or with する.

〈人ひと〉が完かん投とうする(a pitcher) pitches a complete game
田た中なか投とう手しゅはこの試し合あいで完かん投とうした。
Pitcher Tanaka pitched a complete game in this match.
完かん投とう勝しょう利りを挙あげるto earn a complete-game victory
彼かれは今こんシーズン初はじめて完かん投とう勝しょう利りを挙あげた。
He earned his first complete-game victory this season.
〈数すう〉試し合あい完かん投とうするto pitch a complete game in a given number of matches
彼かれは今こん季きすでに三さん試し合あい完かん投とうしている。
He has already pitched three complete games this season.

継けい投とう
完投 means a pitcher throws the entire game alone, whereas 継投 means the team switches between multiple pitchers during the game.

完かん封ぷう
完投 just means pitching the whole game regardless of runs allowed, while 完封 specifically means pitching a complete-game shutout with no runs given up.
完かん全ぜん試じ合あい
完投 only requires finishing the game as the sole pitcher, while 完全試合 is the much rarer feat of a perfect game with no hits, walks, or errors allowed.
完かん走そう
完走 and 完投 both use 完 to mean 'completing' something, but 完走 is about finishing a race by running while 完投 is about a pitcher throwing an entire baseball game.

回かいN4
完投 is counted with 回 when tallying how many times a pitcher has pitched a complete game, as in 三回完投した.

Compound of 完 (complete) and 投 (throw/pitch). A straightforward baseball term.