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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Duran joined Jacoby Ellsbury (2011) and Mookie Betts (2018) as the only Red Sox players to record 30 or more steals and record 80 or more extra-base hits in a season.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
And Freeman entered the series with the Yankees without an extra-base hit in the postseason.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
The Orioles in 2024 ranked second in home runs (235), third in extra-base hits (530) and slugging percentage (.435), fourth in runs (786) and RBIs (759) and seventh in hits (1,391) and batting average (.250).
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2024
Julio Rodríguez, the dynamic rookie center fielder who had Seattle’s only extra-base hit, flied out to end the season.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
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Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
And Freeman entered the series with the Yankees without an extra-base hit in the postseason.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
The Orioles in 2024 ranked second in home runs (235), third in extra-base hits (530) and slugging percentage (.435), fourth in runs (786) and RBIs (759) and seventh in hits (1,391) and batting average (.250).
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2024
Julio Rodríguez, the dynamic rookie center fielder who had Seattle’s only extra-base hit, flied out to end the season.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
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“Extra-base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extra-base%20hit. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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