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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The four-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger ranks among the top Rockies in an array of statistical categories, including first in triples, second in games played, runs scored, hits, doubles, extra-base hits and total bases, and tied for fifth in homers.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
In 65 games, the former American League batting champion hit .214 with only three extra-base hits, seven walks, and 68 strikeouts in 241 plate appearances.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Those same South Floridians who got to watch The Ohtani Game also spent two months this season watching Tim Anderson — who somehow went two months, and 38 games in a row, without getting any extra-base hits.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Up to that point, Freeman’s only extra-base hit of the postseason was his first-inning triple.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
In 65 games, the former American League batting champion hit .214 with only three extra-base hits, seven walks, and 68 strikeouts in 241 plate appearances.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Those same South Floridians who got to watch The Ohtani Game also spent two months this season watching Tim Anderson — who somehow went two months, and 38 games in a row, without getting any extra-base hits.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Up to that point, Freeman’s only extra-base hit of the postseason was his first-inning triple.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Extra-base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extra-base%20hit. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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