One pitcher is single-handedly putting an asterisk next to such sweeping statements.

The man whose political clout and social savvy single-handedly put San Francisco back on the national political map is getting his worst approval ratings ever.

He almost single-handedly put it on his back and turned the game around.

(Gregory Gale's even tackier costumes should by rights single-handedly put a stop to an 80's revival in fashion.)

When we played here, he basically single-handedly put us away.

Academic All-American, Rhodes Scholar, the man who single-handedly put Northwestern University back on the map with two trips to the Rose Bowl.

They have challenged the notion that dance music is a Western domain by single-handedly putting India on the international EDM map.

"You probably are single-handedly putting his daughter through college."

A panel of architectural experts has said the building "single-handedly put Cardiff on the architectural map".

Spot on Cultural Map But few dispute the proposition that the opening of the Kennedy Center in 1971 single-handedly put what is sometimes called the new Washington on the cultural map.