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
Michael Martinez
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The Rangers have just five extra-base hits from third base in that six-week period, only one homer.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
The home run was Devers’s 400th career extra-base hit.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
With the count at three balls, two strikes, the lefty Heyse smashed a low fastball just short of the right field fence 325 feet away, far enough for an extra-base hit.
—Bob Davis, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
Even this season in his first taste of Class AAA, Manzardo had 30 extra-base hits (19 doubles and 11 homers) with 11 HR and 38 RBI in 73 games, batting .238 (.784 OPS).
—Terry Pluto, cleveland, 31 July 2023
That continued with Double-A Bowie this year, but since he was sent back down to Low-A Delmarva in mid-June, Romero has hit .321 with seven extra-base hits in 15 games.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
And both might have less of a case than Steer, who is ninth in the NL among qualified batters with an .876 OPS, has 13 homers and 35 extra-base hits.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
In the three-game series, Betts went 7 for 15 with three extra-base hits, five runs, and four RBIs.
—Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
The rookie has an extra-base hit in six straight starts.
—Joe Noga, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2023
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Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
The home run was Devers’s 400th career extra-base hit.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
With the count at three balls, two strikes, the lefty Heyse smashed a low fastball just short of the right field fence 325 feet away, far enough for an extra-base hit.
—Bob Davis, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
Even this season in his first taste of Class AAA, Manzardo had 30 extra-base hits (19 doubles and 11 homers) with 11 HR and 38 RBI in 73 games, batting .238 (.784 OPS).
—Terry Pluto, cleveland, 31 July 2023
That continued with Double-A Bowie this year, but since he was sent back down to Low-A Delmarva in mid-June, Romero has hit .321 with seven extra-base hits in 15 games.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
And both might have less of a case than Steer, who is ninth in the NL among qualified batters with an .876 OPS, has 13 homers and 35 extra-base hits.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
In the three-game series, Betts went 7 for 15 with three extra-base hits, five runs, and four RBIs.
—Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
The rookie has an extra-base hit in six straight starts.
—Joe Noga, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2023
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First Known Use
1888, in the meaning defined above
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