round tripper

round-tripper

1. slang In baseball and softball, a home run (a hit that results in the batter making their way around all three bases and back to home, likened to a round-trip journey). Davidson's round-tripper in the bottom of the ninth sealed the team's first World Cup championship in over 85 years. The pitcher was replaced after allowing six round-trippers in the first two innings.
2. Any journey that involves returning to the point of origin shortly after reaching the destination, especially by traveling the same route in reverse. Why don't you spend the day in town running your errands, instead of making so many round-trippers back and forth? I'll have done about four or five round-trippers to New York by the time the year is over.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

round tripper

n. a home run in baseball. Ted is responsible for four round trippers in Saturday’s game.
See also: round, tripper
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • round-tripper
  • power hitter
  • second sacker
  • hit a home run
  • home run
  • step into (someone's) shoes
  • step into shoes
  • step into somebody's shoes
  • step into someone's shoes
  • sealed
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By 1934, Ripper helped spark the "gashouse gang" to a world championship, by muscling an impressive 35 round trippers, tying him for the league lead with Mel Ott.
California native Buzz Arlett debuted with the Philadelphia Phillies on April 15, 1931, and proceeded to hit for a .313 batting average, with 18 round trippers. Despite those respectable numbers, his best years were spent in the Pacific Coast League and his skills were considerably diminished by the time he reached the major leagues.
Dealt to the Braves, he earned 1950 rookie-of-the-year honors at the age of 32, hitting 18 round trippers for Boston, while leading both major leagues with 35 stolen bases.
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Vernon was not one of baseball's most prominent long-ball threats (he pounded 172 homers in his twenty-year major-league career), but his 20 round trippers in 1954 established a new club record for left-handed hitters.
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Fortunately, there would be plenty of round trippers in Marshall's 11-year major league career; his total of 148 is a number that would've been surpassed if not for injuries.
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Ryan Brown, MacDonald, Grace and Corey also banged out round trippers for Sons of Softball.
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He remains the only pitcher in major league history to toss a no-hitter and hit two round trippers in the same game.
Former pitcher Rick Wise: players who left the game on their own terms: ex-right-hander won 188 games during his major league career, including a 1971 no-hit gem in which he clubbed two home runs