Contact hitter
![Ichiro Suzuki is one of baseball's best contact hitters, consistently among the AL's leaders in at bats per strikeout.[1]](/uploads/202501/06/Ichiro31334.jpg)
In baseball, a contact hitter is a hitter who does not strike out often. Thus, they are usually able to use their bats to make contact with the ball (hence the name contact hitter) and put it in play. As a result of their focus on putting the ball in play, they usually have fewer home runs than power hitters.