two-bagger

noun

two-bag·​ger ˈtü-ˈba-gər How to pronounce two-bagger (audio)
plural two-baggers
baseball, informal
: double sense 1b
Former Mariners farmhand David Ortiz led off the inning with a two-bagger. One out later, Torii Hunter singled home the tying run.Dan Raley
Darwin threw wildly on [a] grounder by Wilson, permitting two runs to score, and McRae's two-bagger produced another pair.The Sporting News

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Christian Walker followed with an RBI double in the third, while Cam Smith added a 3-2, two-out, two-run, two-bagger with the bases loaded in the fifth. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025 The rookie is the fifth player in franchise history to collect 15 two-baggers within the first 46 games of his career; Jed Lowrie (2008) and Ted Williams (1939) are the only other Red Sox rookies to reach that mark in the last century. Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2025 But Zaharias retired the side in order in the top of the seventh, then lashed his game-winning two-bagger in the bottom of the inning, driving home pinch-runner JT Anderson and Ryder Kelly, who reached base on an error. Mike Lefkow, Mercury News, 8 May 2025 Lincoln-Way East 20-2 (3) Mackenzie Bacha doubles her pleasure with four two-baggers on the week. Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025

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First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of two-bagger was in 1876

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“Two-bagger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two-bagger. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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