plural dingers
baseball, informal
: home run sense 1
Only the Royals, Astros and Cubs have given up more dingers than the Angels.—
Stephen Cannella
Stephen CannellaRamirez had driven in 72 runs and had scored himself 49 times, while smacking 16 dingers …—David Sabino
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In the 2024 Home Run Derby final, Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was just one dinger away from tying slugger Teoscar Hernández.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
That gave Blackmon 800 career RBIs as well as 227 career homers, pulling him into a tie with Carlos Gonzalez for fifth in dingers in club history.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2024
Machado's dinger broke a tie atop the franchise leaderboard with first baseman and outfielder Nate Colbert, who was a Padre from 1969 through 1974.
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
Friday-Sunday: Tigers vs. Orioles (3), Twins vs. Reds (3)
The buzz: The O’s, tops in the wild-card race by 5½ games, bring a power-happy attack that’s No. 2 in homers (213) and averages 1.5 dingers per road game.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
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Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
That gave Blackmon 800 career RBIs as well as 227 career homers, pulling him into a tie with Carlos Gonzalez for fifth in dingers in club history.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2024
Machado's dinger broke a tie atop the franchise leaderboard with first baseman and outfielder Nate Colbert, who was a Padre from 1969 through 1974.
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
Friday-Sunday: Tigers vs. Orioles (3), Twins vs. Reds (3)
The buzz: The O’s, tops in the wild-card race by 5½ games, bring a power-happy attack that’s No. 2 in homers (213) and averages 1.5 dingers per road game.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Dinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinger. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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