強打者(きょうだしゃ)

Compound of 強打(きょうだ) ('hard hit') and 者(しゃ) ('person'). Refers to a batter with strong hitting ability, especially for extra-base hits and home runs. Almost exclusively used in a baseball context.

Common collocations

• チームの強打者(きょうだしゃ): the team's slugger
• 強打者(きょうだしゃ)揃(そろ)いの打線(だせん): a lineup full of heavy hitters
• 強打者(きょうだしゃ)を打(う)ち取(と)る: to retire a power hitter (as a pitcher)
• 球界(きゅうかい)屈指(くっし)の強打者(きょうだしゃ): one of the best sluggers in the baseball world

Usage

• A sports-journalism term; fans in casual conversation may also say スラッガー (from the English loanword) or ホームラン打者(だしゃ) ('home run hitter').
• Contrasts with 巧打者(こうだしゃ) ('contact hitter; skilled batsman'), who hits for average rather than power.

Similar words

• スラッガー: slugger — direct loanword, common in modern sports media.
• 好打者(こうだしゃ): good hitter — a batter with a reliable high average, not necessarily a power hitter.
• 長距離打者(ちょうきょりだしゃ): long-ball hitter — emphasizes home-run distance specifically.