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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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
The Dodgers scored in each of the first five innings Thursday, got home runs from Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages and five extra-base hits in all, including those two from Freeland.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
And Sheets, who went from playing almost every day to riding the bench, has supplied five extra-base hits in 17 at-bats this month.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Caissie now has more home runs and extra-base hits than Tucker does in August.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
The Dodgers scored in each of the first five innings Thursday, got home runs from Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages and five extra-base hits in all, including those two from Freeland.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
And Sheets, who went from playing almost every day to riding the bench, has supplied five extra-base hits in 17 at-bats this month.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Caissie now has more home runs and extra-base hits than Tucker does in August.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Extra-base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extra-base%20hit. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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