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

The score remained knotted until the eighth inning, when Dodgers left-hander Tanner Scott gave up a leadoff double to Matt Olson — the first extra-base hit of the game — and a two-out RBI single to Ozzie Albies to give the Braves the lead. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Buxton has played in 16 of Minnesota’s last 40 games and is just 8-for-56 with a single extra-base hit in that span. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

The first six Twins reached, two via walk and two via extra-base hits. — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026

The star third baseman collected his first extra-base hit since the operation and delivered a sacrifice fly. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for extra-base hit

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