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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Fernandez also is the general manager of the AUSL’s Utah Talons, for whom UCLA’s other senior slugger Jordan Woolery will play this summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
They’ve been missing injured slugger Juan Soto, who is expected to return as early as Wednesday night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Six were overturned by Major League Baseball’s new ABS challenge system, including back-to-back strike three challenges by Reds slugger Eugenio Suárez that delighted the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
A wild pitch from McLean left Venezuela with runners on second and third base and on the next pitch Kansas City Royals slugger Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly allowed Perez to score.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
The slugger beside me waggled its eyestalks, the glassy marbles taking in a 360-degree view.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
This season, out of nowhere, he’s turned into one of the game’s top sluggers, hitting .331 with a .915 on-base-plus-slugging percentage entering today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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
So at the trade deadline, they went out and added two more sluggers in third baseman Eugenio Suárez and first baseman Josh Naylor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
I haven’t been abducted since the barbecue, but I’ve been thinking about the sluggers more than I care to admit.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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