In baseball, position behind the batter (7)
I believe the answer is:
catcher
(Other definitions for catcher that I've seen before include "J D Salinger write ''The . . . . . . . in the Rye''" , "Famous Salinger novel ''The . . . . . . . In the Rye''" , "Baseball fielder" , "Baseball player - in the rye?" , "J D Salinger wrote 'The . . . . . . . in the Rye'" .)