Definition of contact hitter
: a hitter in baseball who seldom strikes out
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Moore arrived in 2006 and finally hit on the winning formula for a team with a modest payroll and a spacious park: contact hitters, slick defenders, dominant relievers and short-term No.
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Key returning starters include senior SS/2B Jackson Loftin and 2B/SS Diego Davilla up the middle, two of the best contact hitters.
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One of the major questions prior to this series was whether the Yankees’ swing-and-miss staff would be able to whiff Houston’s contact hitters—the Astros' bat-to-ball skills have the lead so far.
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1982
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