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View synonyms for base hit

base hit

noun

, Baseball.
  1. a fair ball enabling the batter to reach base without the commission of an error in the field or the making of a force-out or fielder's choice on another base runner.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of base hit1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Example Sentences

If the ring is thrown over one of the "base-hit" or "two-bagger" pegs, it shows the number of bases secured.

Chance was up first in the ninth and he pushed a base hit to right field.

A hit which gains him a single base only is called a "base hit."

He was flabbergasted for a while,” replied Joe, “but he finally called it a two-base hit and let it go at that.

This advice was heeded, and as a result the next man got to first and on another one-base hit managed to reach third.

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