home run king
Top long-ball hitter
A home run king is a baseball player who leads the league in home runs for a season, or more grandly, the all-time career record holder.
The title carries weight in a sport obsessed with statistics: Babe Ruth was the home run king for decades before Hank Aaron broke his record.
The phrase sometimes appears in other contexts for anyone who dominates a category.
- sluggerPowerful baseball batter
- power hitterBatter who hits far
- Babe RuthLegendary Yankees slugger
- baseballBat-and-ball team sport
- homerOut-of-the-park hit
Hank Aaron · Barry Bonds · long ball · grand slam · bat · swing · record · record books · steroid · asterisk · moonshot · bleachers · fence · trot · crown · legend · hall of fame · MVP
- winnerswinner, winners, champion, champions, victors
- Baseball Peoplepitcher, catcher, shortstop, first baseman, second baseman
- Sports greatnessUsain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Wayne Gretzky, Simone Biles, Serena Williams
- Japanese BaseballTokyo Dome, Ichiro, Shohei Ohtani, fight songs
home run kingbatting champion
Highest average hitter
bunter · contact hitter · leadoff hitter · Pete Rose · Ty Cobb
home run kingdefensive specialist
Player focused on digging
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