how (are) you hitting them?, phr. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

how (are) you hitting them? phr.

also how (are) they hitting?

[sporting imagery]

(US) a phr. of greeting, how are you?

1920		R.J. Fry Salvation of Jemmy Sl. II i: Hello, mammy. Well, gummer, how they hittin’ today?
1933		J.T. Farrell Gas-House McGinty 16: Well, Mac, ole boy, ole boy, how they hittin’ today.
1965		(con. 1930s) R. Wright Lawd Today 58: How are you hitting these days?
1974		C. Loken Come Monday Morning 53: How you hittin’ ’em, Russ?