four-bagger

four-bagger

slang In baseball, a home run (as it causes one to touch all four "bags," or bases). Scotty just hit a four-bagger and gave us a one-run lead!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

four-bagger

n. a home run in baseball. Wilbur hit his third four-bagger of the season.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • (I've) got to run
  • got to run
  • (one) has to run along
  • have to run along
  • run like the wind
  • have (one) on the run
  • have someone on the run
  • run over to
  • run over to (someone or something)
  • run about
References in periodicals archive
After being traded to the Brewers for four players on July 7, Sabathia hit a four-bagger in his second start for the Brew Crew on July 13.
In fact, at the end of the century Roger Connor was the career leader in home runs with 138, and only seven players had smashed 100 or more four-baggers. During the first two decades of the new century, an era commonly referred to as the Deadball Era, home run production by batters decreased from the general production rate of the 19th century.
Joe obliged and swatted the first pitch for another four-bagger.
Sophomore Jayme Mask led the way against Quaboag, tossing a four-hit gem while also hitting a four-bagger for the Indians.
On July 4, 1976, the Phillies' Tim McCarver lost a four-bagger on the 200th anniversary of our country when he passed Garry Maddox on first base as Maddox retreated back to first a la Caruso.
The actual game lasted four hours, and ended with Fisk's epic four-bagger off Cincinnati Reds pitcher Pat Darcy, leading off the 12th inning.
Collect two points for each player you can identify who has hit 50-plus homers and a Fall Classic four-bagger in the same season.
Hall of Famer looks back on controversial four-bagger hit against Yankees 17 years ago
But umpire Chris Pelekoudas, who judged that Aaron had violated 6.06(a), nullified the four-bagger.
Dodgers' inaugural season--such as a three-homer game on April 24 from the Cubs' Lee Walls, who had hit only six four-baggers during the entire 1957 season.
It's the big winners, what Peter Lynch calls the "four-baggers" (stocks that quadruple or more), not the small winners, that produce profitable portfolios.
Ashley Howe, Nikki Berube, freshman Laura Gallagher and Jocelyn Goodale who had two homers all joined the Big E with long four-baggers. Veteran umpires Mike Lasorsa and Bryan Baxter said to me that they have never seen such a power hitting display as the one put on by Howie Klash's Wildcats.
Tino Martinez lost two four-baggers in the messy Wrigley fray.
For the Firecrackers, who have become a NSA elite squad very quickly, Boris was joined in the power splurge by Morgan Murphy, Jackie Streeter of Oakmont and Nikki Pratt of GHS who whacked four-baggers, while Nashoba Regional's Hannah Pirez smashed three doubles.
Klein won the National League HR crown with a modest 28 four-baggers. Third place in the Triple Crown derby was Ted Williams' first win in 1942, aided by his RBI dominance.