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total bases

American  
[bey-siz] / ˈbeɪ sɪz /

plural noun

Baseball.
  1. the number of bases reached by a batter as a result of base hits.


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Shohei Ohtani became the first player in 23 years and only 19th in MLB history to reach 400 total bases in a season when the Dodgers clinched the National League West title.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

The veteran first baseman has eclipsed 300 total bases six times and his career high is 361, set last season.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

Bases advanced, in a nutshell, are total bases: a single counts as one, a double as two, a triple as three and a home run as four.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

Jim Rice posted 405 total bases in 1978 and Larry Walker, playing home games in the thin air of Coors Field, had 409 in 1997.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

His 131 total bases topped the big leagues and he was third in OPS at 1.024 behind the Yankees’ Aaron Judge and Houston’s Kyle Tucker.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

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