0 a point scored in baseball by hitting the ball so far that you have time to run all the way around the four corners of the playing field before it is returned --
1 (in baseball) a play in which a player hits the ball and scores, usually by hitting the ball a long way so that it comes down beyond the playing area: --
fig. The movie didn’t just make money, it hit a home run (= was extremely successful).
Instant replay review was not used and the home run call stood.
He would collect only 13 more hits for the entire season, however, as he batted only.205 with one home run and nine runs batted in.
The following season, his home run totals went down, but his production went up.
Blum is one of them, commemorating his tie-breaking home run.
It was only his fifth home run of the season.
He played in 43 major league games and did not hit a single home run.
This home run, hit at 3:58 p.m.
He hit 34 homers, slugged.706 and scored 106 runs in 1967, winning in 1968 his second home run title with 27.
