Definition of base hit
: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to reach base safely without benefit of an error or fielder's choice
- Trending Now: More Trending:
- socialism uphold due process asylum insubordinate
- ALL
What's Trending Now
More Trending Words
Recent Examples of base hit from the Web
-
Johnathan Gomez ripped a two-out RBI single — one of four base hits for North Springs in the game — to pull the boys from North Community Park to within one at 3-2.
-
But back-to-back extra base hits in the home half of the second from Kai Grocki and Max Zajec tied the game, 5-5.
-
With one down, Sean Berry and Dave Nillson both delivered two-run base hits against Rod Beck, and with two down, Geoff Jenkins added a double to center that scored pinch runner Lou Collier with the game winner.
-
Shelbie Stotts, Warren Central The senior batted .566 with nine home runs, 25 extra base hits, 32 RBIs and 38 runs scored.
-
And Jung pounced on two lasers directed down the third-base line, depriving both Blake Reese and Nelson Maldonado of extra base hits.
-
Tecza helped his own cause with two base hits and two RBI.
-
The story by Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports suggests several factors for singles accounting for 63.69 percent of the base hits in baseball this year: swing changes, strikeouts and defensive position chief among them.
-
But the movie is more of an on-base hit than a home run.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'base hit.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of base hit
1871
BASE HIT Defined for English Language Learners
base hit
Definition of base hit for English Language Learners
-
baseball : a hit that allows a batter to reach a base safely : a single, double, triple, or home run
Learn More about base hit
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up base hit? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
