extra-base hit

noun

: a hit in baseball that lets the batter take more than one base : a double, triple, or home run

He was on pace to collect 107 extra-base hits. (Only Babe Ruth, with 119 in 1921, and Lou Gehrig, with 117 in '27, had more.)

—Tom Verducci

Despite missing 17 games with a thigh injury, he has 10 home runs and ranks second on the team in runs batted in, is third in extra-base hits and fifth in runs scored.

—Michael Martinez

Examples of extra-base hit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the 28-year-old robbed Francisco Lindor of an RBI extra-base hit with a crashing catch into the wall to end the third. — ABC News, 8 July 2026

My strength, obviously this year, has been the slugging, homers, extra-base hits. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026

The Yanks were only able to manage one extra-base hit off the bat of Trent Grisham in the ninth. — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026

Anthony Volpe has been great against Ryan with a 6-for-12 with two extra-base hits. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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