Assertion: pitcher | /r/HasProperty | starter
Facets:
value: with less than five innings
type: OTHER
value: primarily
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Another pitcher entering the Hall in 2015, John Smoltz, was primarily a starter, but spent four seasons as a reliever.
text: indeed the other pitcher warming up besides Sale was another starter, Nathan Eovaldi) pitched the ninth-inning in lieu of their team's regular closer.
text: When the go-ahead run (that is, the run that puts a team ahead and the other team does not tie or get the lead for the remainder of the game) is scored, the winning pitcher is the last pitcher of the half-inning before the go-ahead run is scored, unless that pitcher is a starter with less than five innings pitched, in which case the official scorer awards the win to one of the relievers.
text: If the pitcher was a starter only, the replacement level is 0.12.
text: That would depend on whether the pitcher is a starter or reliever.
text: What determines whether a pitcher is a starter, relief, or a closer?