Pinch Hitter

Pinch Hitter
The Pinch Hitter in Mario Kart Tour
Appears in	Mario Kart Tour

The Pinch Hitter is a High-End kart in Mario Kart Tour. It is the signature kart of Mario (Baseball) debuting in the 2021 Los Angeles Tour. The kart is a small buggy with a hood resembling a baseball helmet, a seat resembling a baseball glove, and baseball bats with the Mario Kart logo on the back, with two as the exhaust pipes. It uses white-rimmed versions of the Standard tires from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and the emblem appears at the front on the kart. The Pinch Hitter increases the duration of Slipstream boosts and the amount of points awarded for performing Slipstreams.

A white variant called the Cleanup Hitter was introduced alongside the Pinch Hitter in the 2021 Los Angeles Tour, and a black and gold variant named the Wild Slugger was introduced in the 2022 Los Angeles Tour. Like the Pinch Hitter, both have the High-End classification.

Statistics

Statistics
Special skill	Slipstream Plus
Favorite courses (Bonus points ×2)	Wii Maple Treeway T Los Angeles Laps 3 Los Angeles Laps 3T SNES Mario Circuit 2T 3DS Toad Circuit R Tokyo Blur T 3DS Mario Circuit R Tokyo Blur 2R Tokyo Blur 3R SNES Donut Plains 2R/T SNES Mario Circuit 1 3DS Toad Circuit R/T GBA Bowser's Castle 2R RMX Ghost Valley 1T Sydney Sprint Sydney Sprint 2T SNES Mario Circuit 3T New York Minute 4R/T Los Angeles Laps R/T New York Minute 4R RMX Mario Circuit 1 London Loop 3R/T SNES Mario Circuit 1R/T SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2 N64 Koopa Troopa Beach R Amsterdam Drift
Favored courses (Bonus points ×1.5)	Los Angeles Laps 3R/T** SNES Mario Circuit 3R/T** Los Angeles Laps 3R SNES Mario Circuit 2R* GBA Cheep-Cheep Island T* Tokyo Blur 4T Tokyo Blur 3R/T SNES Mario Circuit 1R SNES Mario Circuit 1T RMX Ghost Valley 1R Sydney Sprint R Sydney Sprint 2R/T New York Minute 4 New York Minute 4T SNES Donut Plains 1 SNES Donut Plains 1T London Loop 3 GCN Yoshi Circuit R/T SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2R 3DS Wario Shipyard R Wii Mushroom Gorge T*** 3DS Bowser's Castle R/T
* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3. ** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6. *** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8.

Gallery

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  Mario (Baseball) drifting on Los Angeles Laps 3

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  Mario (Baseball) tricking in the Pinch Hitter on New York Minute 4

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  Mario (Baseball) tricking in the Pinch Hitter on RMX Mario Circuit 1

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  Mario (Baseball) driving in the Pinch Hitter on Berlin Byways 3

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	トップバッター[?] Toppu Battā	Leadoff Hitter (literally "Top Batter")
Chinese	第一棒[?] Dì yī bàng	Leadoff Hitter
French	Turbo-batte rouge[?]	Red Turbo-bat
German	Rot-Baseballer[?]	Red Baseballer
Italian	Battistrada fuoricampo[?]	Home-Run Outrider
Korean	리드오프[?] Lideuopeu	Leadoff
Portuguese	Rebatedor vermelho[?]	Red Hitter
Spanish	Bateador rojo[?]	Red Batter