首位(しゅい)打者(だしゃ)

しゅいだしゃ
noun
batting champion; leading hitter
1. batting champion; leading hitter
The player with the highest batting average in a league or season. An important statistical title in professional baseball.
今年(ことし)の首位(しゅい)打者(だしゃ)は誰(だれ)だろう。
I wonder who this year's batting champion will be.
彼(かれ)は三年(さんねん)連続(れんぞく)で首位(しゅい)打者(だしゃ)に輝(かがや)いた。
He won the batting title for three consecutive years.
首位(しゅい)打者(だしゃ)争(あらそ)いが終盤(しゅうばん)まで続(つづ)き、最後(さいご)の試合(しあい)まで目(め)が離(はな)せなかった。
The batting title race continued until the final stretch, and you couldn't take your eyes off the last game.

Combines 首位(しゅい) (first place, top position) and 打者(だしゃ) (batter, hitter). A prestigious individual title in Japanese professional baseball (日本(にほん)プロ野球(やきゅう)), awarded to the player with the highest batting average who meets the minimum plate appearance requirement.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 首位(しゅい)打者(だしゃ)争(あらそ)い: batting title race
  • 首位(しゅい)打者(だしゃ)に輝(かがや)く: to win the batting title
  • 首位(しゅい)打者(だしゃ)を獲得(かくとく)する: to capture the batting title
  • 通算(つうさん)首位(しゅい)打者(だしゃ): career batting title count

RELATED TERMS:

  • 打率(だりつ): batting average
  • 本塁打(ほんるいだ)王(おう): home run king
  • 打点(だてん)王(おう): RBI leader
  • 最多(さいた)安打(あんだ): most hits
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