derrick

1. (transitive) To hoist with, or as if with, a derrick.transitive

2. (transitive, baseball, informal) To remove (a pitcher).Examples: "Stinky, who had batted a bit over .200 with scant power (two home runs in 66 games in 1933), was being derricked by Navin."; "As a rule, when the twirler is derricked, it is because the members of the opposition are beginning to take undue familiarity with his offerings. But this is not always the reason."informaltransitive