slugger
Americannoun
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sluggers
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a person who strikes hard, especially a boxer noted for the ability to deliver hard punches.
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Baseball. a player who frequently gets extra-base hits; a strong hitter.
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The Rays have the best slugger they’ve ever had in their history: third baseman Junior Caminero, who hit 42 homers during the regular season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The Phillies have upended a century of baseball lineup wisdom by putting their slugger in the leadoff spot and batting their contact hitter cleanup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
He can play first base, but that takes slugger Andrew Vaughn out of the lineup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Despite his slow start, the 24-year-old leads the NL in OPS and ranks second in homers behind only Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Hell, I could be some slugger kid’s science fair project.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
The bat speed leaderboard is filled with some of MLB’s most fearsome sluggers, like the Tampa Bay Rays’ Junior Caminero, the St. Louis Cardinals’ Jordan Walker and the Philadelphia Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
He had just turned 22, came with otherworldly talent and seemed poised to become one of baseball’s most devastating sluggers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Despite a roster full of noted sluggers like Kyle Schwarber and Judge, Team USA scraped by with a sleepy offense.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026
Chicago started left-hander reliever Drew Pomeranz as the clubs hoped to subdue sluggers who had combined for a one-series MLB playoff record 21 first-inning runs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2025
The sluggers had shown me a projection of the earth exploding again, along with the big, red button, but they hadn’t shocked or blissed me.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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