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

This season, the KCMO native ranks among the top American League rookies in extra-base hits (26), RBIs (40) and hits (59). —Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026

Jose Caballero has been awesome against him, though, going 6-for-13 with three extra-base hits. —David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026

The only extra-base hit he’s allowed over his last nine starts was a double by Houston’s Isaac Paredes on May 31. —ABC News, 18 June 2026

Carolina was 8 for 10 with runners in scoring position, had five extra-base hits and amassed its most runs and hits (16) in nine NCAA Tournament games. —CBS News, 17 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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