base hit
noun
: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to reach base safely without benefit of an error or fielder's choice
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Statistically, balls hit at 95 mph or better often result in base hits.
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Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
The Blue Jays stranded a pair of runners in the second and left the bases loaded in the third before pushing across another run in the fourth on Spencer Horwitz’s base hit, which chased Rodriguez.
—Rich Rovito, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2024
Particularly concerting is the dwindling performance of Ohtani, who is 0-for-19 with the bases empty in the postseason, who doesn’t have an extra base hit in six games, and who seems unnerved by the opponents’ general refusal to give him anything in the strike zone.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
While a Red, Rose made base hit number 4,192, passing the great Ty Cobb.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
The Blue Jays stranded a pair of runners in the second and left the bases loaded in the third before pushing across another run in the fourth on Spencer Horwitz’s base hit, which chased Rodriguez.
—Rich Rovito, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2024
Particularly concerting is the dwindling performance of Ohtani, who is 0-for-19 with the bases empty in the postseason, who doesn’t have an extra base hit in six games, and who seems unnerved by the opponents’ general refusal to give him anything in the strike zone.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
While a Red, Rose made base hit number 4,192, passing the great Ty Cobb.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20hit. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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