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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Jesús Rodríguez also went deep for the Giants, who set season highs for runs, hits (25) and extra-base hits (13).
—CBS News, 31 May 2026
Ward led the minor leagues in home runs, RBIs, extra-base hits (73) and total bases (315) last season.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 31 May 2026
Ben Rice had two extra-base hits and four RBIs in a 13-run third inning that was the biggest for the New York Yankees in 21 years, carrying them to a 13-8 victory over the Athletics on Sunday.
—ABC News, 31 May 2026
The Rockies’ Kyle Karros hit an opposite-field line drive that carried to the right-field warning track, but Lee tracked down the potential extra-base hit on the run, then crashed into the chain-link portion of the fence.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 May 2026
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CBS News, 31 May 2026
Ward led the minor leagues in home runs, RBIs, extra-base hits (73) and total bases (315) last season.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 31 May 2026
Ben Rice had two extra-base hits and four RBIs in a 13-run third inning that was the biggest for the New York Yankees in 21 years, carrying them to a 13-8 victory over the Athletics on Sunday.
—ABC News, 31 May 2026
The Rockies’ Kyle Karros hit an opposite-field line drive that carried to the right-field warning track, but Lee tracked down the potential extra-base hit on the run, then crashed into the chain-link portion of the fence.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 May 2026
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“Extra-base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extra-base%20hit. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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