reliever
relief pitcher
fireman

Seven relief pitchers would not return to the team in 2011.

He is one of the best relief pitchers in the game.

I'm not saying we still couldn't work something out, but he said they went after the relief pitcher.

He appeared in a total of eight games, all as a relief pitcher.

He went 7-5 in 1969 as both a starting and a relief pitcher.

He appeared in 179 games, all as a relief pitcher.

And he has made several other relief pitchers better, just by being there.

To buy time for a relief pitcher to be prepared to come into the game.

They are usually the second best relief pitcher on a team, behind the closer.

Recently, being a relief pitcher has become more of a career, rather than a reduced position.