home run

noun

Definition of home run

1 : a hit in baseball that enables the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases and score a run

2 : an impressive success the president's speech was a home run

Examples of home run in a Sentence

He hit three home runs.

Recent Examples on the Web

The 31-year-old Ramos batted .306 with 15 home runs and an .845 OPS last season, ranking fifth among catchers in Wins Above Replacement at 2.4, via Fangraphs. — Ronald Blum, The Seattle Times, "AP source: Wilson Ramos, Mets agree to $19M, 2-year deal," 16 Dec. 2018 Correa, who will miss at least 19 games with the back stiffness, is hitting .268 with 13 home runs and 49 RBIs this season. — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, "Astros' Carlos Correa out until after All-Star break," 13 July 2018 Prior to his injury, Guerrero was hitting an unprecedented .407/.457/.667 with 11 home runs and 55 RBIs in 204 at-bats for Double-A New Hampshire. — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, "Report: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. To Be Promoted to Triple A," 10 July 2018 Entering Tuesday, Lowrie is hitting .288 with 16 home runs and 62 RBIs. — Noel Harris, sacbee, "How Jed Lowrie of the A's went from stunning snub to first-time All-Star," 10 July 2018 Infielder Max Muncy, with a team-leading 20 home runs and 1.017 OPS, is one of five players on the NL final fan vote to elect the last player on the 32-man roster. — Mike Digiovanna, latimes.com, "Dodgers' Matt Kemp and Kenley Jansen are selected to National League All-Star team," 9 July 2018 Reportedly there are up to eight teams interested in the superstar shortstop who finished play Wednesday hitting .308 with 21 home runs and 59 RBIs. — Bob Brookover, Philly.com, "Manny Machado worth acquiring right now for Phillies | Bob Brookover," 5 July 2018 After opening the MCL season in an 0-for-22 slump, Thorn has batted .426 (11-for-26) in his last six games with two doubles, one home run and 10 RBIs. — Dave Melton, Post-Tribune, "Twisted wrister: Portage graduate Hunter Thorn heals up, then heats up for Northwest Indiana Oilmen," 25 June 2018 Alvarez, 31, had a .181 batting average with eight home runs and 18 RBIs in 45 games . . — BostonGlobe.com, "Bucks guard Sterling Brown sues city of Milwaukee," 19 June 2018

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