noun
leading hitter; batting champion
Baseball term for the player with the highest batting average in a league or team.
彼は今シーズンのリーディングヒッターだ。
He is the leading hitter this season.
リーディングヒッターのタイトルを獲得した。
He won the batting title.
Variant with interpunct; less common in running text.
The native Japanese equivalent, more common in Japanese baseball reporting.
Borrowed from English 'leading hitter'.