slugger
Americannoun
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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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When Dino did chime in with advice, it was often about controlling the strike zone, being a complete hitter rather than just a slugger, and valuing fundamentals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
If anything can get someone to run home and turn on a softball game, it’s a big-time slugger from a big-time school mashing homers like nobody before.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
Former Sooners slugger Jocelyn Alo, the NCAA’s career home run queen, averaged nearly 0.5 homers a game on her way to a record 122.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 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
When Ben Rice began his junior year at Dartmouth, he wasn’t thinking about the major-league draft or a future as one of the most fearsome sluggers on the planet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
This season, out of nowhere, he’s turned into one of the game’s top sluggers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Four years from now, here’s hoping a new crop of American sluggers remember to get a little goofy with it.
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
It didn’t matter why the sluggers had chosen me, only that they had.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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