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
Tom VerducciDespite 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
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The Twins recorded consecutive extra-base hits against Kolek.
—Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Castañon is 5-for-13 with three extra-base hits and five RBIs through four games.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Over his last 28 games, Crow-Armstrong has a 19 wRC+ with just one home run and four total extra-base hits.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Carson Kelly finished August without an extra-base hit in 77 plate appearances (22 games) while Crow-Armstrong tallied only five extra-base hits and five RBIs in 112 plate appearances.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Castañon is 5-for-13 with three extra-base hits and five RBIs through four games.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Over his last 28 games, Crow-Armstrong has a 19 wRC+ with just one home run and four total extra-base hits.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Carson Kelly finished August without an extra-base hit in 77 plate appearances (22 games) while Crow-Armstrong tallied only five extra-base hits and five RBIs in 112 plate appearances.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Extra-base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extra-base%20hit. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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