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

With Australia needing one run to advance, Chris Burke walked with one out in the bottom half and Lee robbed Rixon Wingrove of an extra-base hit with a sliding, backhand catch in the right-center gap. —Dallas Morning News, 10 Mar. 2026

So far through Japan’s undefeated first three games Yoshida is 5 for 10 with three extra-base hits, four scored and six runs batted in. —Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026

The one blemish for the Red Raiders was falling to Nebraska, 3-2, to wrap up the action in a game that saw Canady give up the first back-to-back extra-base hits of her career. —Molly Keshin, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026

Reese Atwood, the Longhorns' new career leader in home runs, had the only two extra-base hits for Texas with a pair of doubles. —Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 13 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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