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((Short description|Baseball term for the primary starting pitcher in a pitching rotation))
((about|the generic baseball term|the Toronto Blue Jays mascot|Ace (mascot)))
((refimprove|date=March 2009))

In [[baseball]], an '''ace''' is a [[starting pitcher]] considered the best pitcher on a team's [[starting rotation]]. Barring injury or exceptional circumstances, a team's ace typically starts on [[Opening Day]]. In addition, aces are usually preferred to start crucial [[playoff]] games, sometimes on three days' rest.<ref>((cite web|title=Ace|url=https://www.sportingcharts.com/dictionary/mlb/ace.aspx|website=Sporting Charts|access-date=March 2, 2017))</ref>

The term may be a derivation of the nickname of [[Asa Brainard]] (real first name: "Asahel"), a 19th-century star pitcher, who was sometimes referred to as "Ace".<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/brainas01.php|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060622233635/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/brainas01.php|archive-date = 2006-06-22|title = This Day in Baseball))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=3041&pid=1466|title=Asa Brainard - Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=2010-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713194033/http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=3041&pid=1466|archive-date=2010-07-13|url-status=dead))</ref>

In the early days of baseball, the term ''ace'' was used to refer to a [[run (baseball)|run]].<ref>[http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020223060748/http%3A//www.hickoksports.com/history/knickerb.shtml "The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club" at Hickoksports.com], including a section on the rules used by the team</ref>

Modern baseball analysts and fans have started using the term ''ace'' to refer to the elite pitchers in the game, not necessarily to the best starting pitcher on each team.<ref>((cite web|title=Baseball Conversation|url=http://forums.prosportsdaily.com/showthread.php?t=753563))</ref> For example, the April 27, 1981, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' cover was captioned "The Amazing A's and Their Five Aces" to describe the [[starting rotation]] of the [[1981 Oakland Athletics season|1981 Oakland Athletics]].<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/06/25/as-amazing-aces-make-it-back-to-anaheim-for-a-day/|title=A's 'Amazing Aces' make it back to Anaheim for a day|newspaper=[[Mercury News]]|date=2016-06-25|access-date=2020-10-06))</ref>

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[[Category:Baseball pitching]]
[[Category:Baseball strategy]]

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