slugger

Example Sentences

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Mike Piazza, the slugger expensively coached from boyhood in the modern manner, saw “the silver spoons of his youth smelted into the first of ten consecutive Silver Slugger awards.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Former Dodgers slugger Yasiel Puig rejected a plea agreement and is fighting federal charges at trial.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

But he was the best free-agent slugger available on the market this winter, a four-time All-Star who has averaged 27 home runs a year over the past five seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

That helped inspire the Canadian club to sign a four-year deal worth $60 million with infielder Kazuma Okamoto, a former Tokyo Yomiuri Giants slugger who helped Japan win the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

I was startled by a slugger who appeared from the darkness and approached me at a crawl.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson