: one that strikes hard or with heavy blows: such as
a
: a prizefighter who punches hard but has usually little defensive skill
b
: a hard-hitting batter in baseball
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However, with runners in scoring position over the first month of the year, the slugger’s production has unexpectedly cratered, leading to a trend of frustratingly empty key at-bats.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
When his dad played a season with the New York Yankees, Holliday, by then thirteen years old, befriended the slugger Aaron Judge.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
When his dad played a season with the New York Yankees, Holliday, by then thirteen years old, befriended the slugger Aaron Judge.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
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“Slugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slugger. Accessed 7 May. 2024.
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