hitter
noun
in baseball and cricket, a player whose main skill is hitting the ball or who hits the ball in a specified way.
hitters
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pluralof hitter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In an era where hitters need to prepare for the possibility of unprecedented velocity on every pitch, throwing slowly might just be more effective than ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Dodgers hitters are stymied by the Brewers bullpen, which throws five perfect innings in a 7-4 win that gives Milwaukee a 2-0 lead in the NLCS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Then Scott had the inning of his Dodgers career in the eighth — sitting down the Braves’ 3-4-5 hitters with a nasty array of sliders and fastballs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
He’s one of the few .300 hitters left in the majors, yet he has never hit a single home run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The baseball team was in the middle of a winning streak where he’d pitched two no hitters and his fastball was coming in consistently at eighty-nine mph.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
