Lexic.us

Definition of Three-base hit

1. Noun. A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Three-base Hit

Literary usage of Three-base hit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1912)
"-Hf three-base hit to center. three-base hit to right. three-base hit to left. Home run to center. Home run to left. >/ Scratch hit to right. ..."

2. Athletics at Princeton: A History by Frank Presbrey, James Hugh Moffatt (1901)
"From the moment that Bradley stepped to the plate and knocked a three base hit until the end of the tenth inning when Let/on made his second home run, ..."

3. Outing (1893)
"Here Reese opened with a three-base hit, and was sent home by Blair's two-base hit. Subsequent singles by Thomas, Hollister, and Bayne netted three runs, ..."

4. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"A two-base hit is one that enables the batter to run two bases, and a three-base hit, three bases. ..."

5. Athletic Games in the Education of Women by Gertrude Dudley, Frances Kellor (1909)
"... enables her to get second; and three-base hit, to third without stopping. A home run is made when the runner goes all the way round without stopping. ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"A hit by which-two bases can be made (without errors by opponents) is a " two-base-hit," one for three bases a " three-base-hit," and one for four bases a ..."

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