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 words

Related Words

Related: 打率(だりつ) (batting average)

Related: 打点(だてん)王(おう) (RBI leader)

Related: 最優秀選手(さいゆうしゅうせんしゅ) (Most Valuable Player)

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