0 a baseball player who hits the ball very hard --
1 a baseball player who hits the ball very hard --
He also drove in 107 runs and hit 22 homers; while it was 15 fewer than his previous season, the 34-year old slugger would never again hit as many.
He then changed his number to 44, which would turn out to look like a lucky number for the slugger.
A powerful slugger in the mid-1950s, he also was respected for his strong and accurate throwing arm.
If the out-fighter can avoid those power punches, he can often wear the brawler down with fast jabs, tiring the slugger out.
The word slugger also refers to a powerful batter with a high percentage of extra base hits.
Boxer-punchers are often hard to categorize since they can either be closer in style to a slugger or a boxer.
He is an excellent slugger, and bats as cleanup hitter.
He also won the silver slugger award in 1984.
