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Didn't think so though, as he ran back and attempted to scale the center field wall, only to have the ball ricochet off the wall and into his gut, then bounce towards the right field corner. We found that IPHs are essentially an extension of the three-base hit. If a player hits a sizeable number of triples, is a fast runner and plays his home games in a large park, there is a good chance that he has hit a number of home runs inside the lot. Another factor that could be added to the list is the size of the player. If he was a small player in addition to being fast and a sharp hitter, that feature enhances the possibility that many of his home runs, even if he hit just a small number, were IPH. Cincinnati IPH went down considerably the next season as total NL home runs shrunk to 98, the lowest figure in this century, but team IPH figures ranged from 20 in 1909 to seven in 1921.
The free-swinging shortstop swung at Matt Harvey’s first pitch and drove it to deep left-center field, where it caromed off outfielder Yoenis Cespedes’ foot and bounced to the wall. In the tabulation of more than 1600 inside the park homers since 1900, we have noted many strange happenings involving the crazy caroms, outfield collisions, and even a ball rolling up the sleeve of a warm-up jacket. In fact, in a game 35 years before, Stuffy McInnis of the A's caught the Red Sox outfielders even more out of position than Williams did the Indians. At the beginning of the seventh inning on June 27, 1911, McInnis swung at a warm-up pitch from Boston hurler Ed Karger. It went sailing into the outfield, but Tris Speaker and his fellow gardeners were not even out there yet.
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In 1931 no Cincinnati player hit a four-base blow within the grounds, and the numbers thereafter were very small. The fact that the Reds were one of the leading home run teams in the mid-1950s made no difference. On July 18, 2010, Jhonny Peralta of the Cleveland Indians hit a three-run inside-the-park home run when Detroit Tigers outfielder Ryan Raburn crashed through the bullpen fence while trying to catch the ball. Peralta was one of the slowest runners then on the Indians' roster, and would be traded to the Tigers ten days later.
On July 22, 2022, Raimel Tapia of the Toronto Blue Jays hit a high fly ball to center field with 2 outs and the bases loaded against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Jarren Duran, the center fielder, lost sight of the ball in Fenway's lights and it landed far behind him on the warning track, allowing Tapia to easily clear the bases giving him an inside-the-park grand slam. The Polo Grounds in New York was another park where plenty of home runs were hit into the stands, but a fair number were also hit inside the grounds. When parks like this were closed down, the number of IPH was systematically reduced.
INSIDE THE PARK HOME RUN RECORDS
On July 13, 1896, Ed Delahanty of the Philadelphia Phillies hit four home runs in one game , two of which were inside-the-park home runs. This event was the only time any homers in a four-homer game were inside-the-park. Kiermaier was easily able to slide in before the throw for his 2nd career HR, but as soon as he got up, he took a look out towards to center where Gomes was tending to Bradley, who would stay in the game. Retrieved the ball and scored easily with his 9th HR of the year and 3rd career inside-the-parker. On July 25, 1956, Roberto Clemente became the only MLB player to hit a walk-off inside-the-park grand slam in a 9–8 Pittsburgh Pirates win over the Chicago Cubs, at Forbes Field. The home run was the highlight of a big day at the plate for McCann.
We probably gave away the answer at the beginning when we noted that Willie Wilson hit five IPH in 1979. With 83 stolen bases to his credit, Wilson, it is safe to say , gets his extra base hits primarily because of his legs rather than his bat. To get a feel for how many IPH were hit and where, we conducted surveys of certain seasons and parks.
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Jose Rabe, the Twins left fielder, tried to run it down but had the ball bounce under his glove and roll back to the corner. Rabe chased the ball down into the corner, but by the time he reached it, Crawford was already rounding 3rd. The ball came in, but was way too late and Crawford scored easily for his 3rd HR of the year and 2nd career inside the parker. Some of the major league clubs still do not tabulate those hit in their own parks, although cooperation with SABR in that regard is improving. Baltimore, for example, has records of all those hit by Oriole players or against Oriole pitchers since the club came back into the American League in 1954. The same holds true for the Minnesota Twins since 1961, and the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres since 1969.
A big boost was received early in the project by discovery of material left by the late Lee Allen at the Hall of Fame which included all the 360 IPH hit by Cincinnati players from 1900 to 1955. Those were the years when the Reds played in League Park, Redland Field and Crosley Field. This was essentially the same ballpark, but it was altered considerably over the years.
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That is not a record for that park, however, as teammate Buddy Myer hit all but one of his 14 IPH in Griffith Stadium. To score an inside-the-park home run, the player must touch all four bases before a fielder on the opposing team can tag him out. If the defensive team commits one or more errors during the play, it is not scored as a home run, but rather advancing on an error. At advanced levels of play, the batter scoring due to one or more errors by the defense is colloquially referred to as a Little League home run. Both players ran hard for the ball and De Aza made a desperate throw, but DeJesus crossed home at about the same time for his 6th HR of the year and 4th career inside the parker.
McInnis ran around the bases and was credited with a home run by Umpire Ben Egan who upheld American League President Ban Johnson's new rule that there would be no warm-up pitches before the start of an inning. On July 8, 2015, Logan Forsythe of the Tampa Bay Rays hit an inside-the-park home run in the 4th inning against the Kansas City Royals when, in attempting to field the ball, Royals left fielder Alex Gordon injured his groin. Gordon was replaced by Jarrod Dyson, who hit an inside-the-park home run of his own in the 6th inning of the game. Dyson's hit went past Rays left fielder David DeJesus, who, like Gordon, had been injured five years earlier, on July 22, 2010 while playing for the Royals on a play that led to an inside-the-park home run for Derek Jeter.
Freeman turned and threw towards third, meanwhile his cutoff men were stationed along the foul line so no one fielded his throw and Sanchez scored easily giving the Devil Rays a thrilling 8-7, walkoff win. The last player from the National League was Hank Thompson of the New York Giants on August 16, 1950. If Crawford could hit that many with Detroit , what about teammate Ty Cobb, who was a more aggressive base runner and an excellent place hitter ?
This was a haven for IPH in the early years of this century, particularly in 1901 when 50 IPH were hit there by home and visiting clubs. That was a very high figure which has not been duplicated at any other park in one season. Sam Crawford, the great triple hitter, extended himself and hit 12 IPH that season, which is a record. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After the Mets went quietly in the top half of the first inning of Game 1 of the 2015 World Series, Royals leadoff man Alcides Escobar made the game exciting right quick.
The Rays were being shut out, 7-0, when Wilson replaced the starter, Rubby De La Rosa. There follows a list of the better known players for whom we have complete IPH data. Also listed on the right is a larger group of players for whom we have only scattered returns.
He took 16.74 seconds to round the bases, which was, at that point in the 2010 season, the slowest of any inside-the-park home run and slower than five regular home run trots. In the early days of Major League Baseball , with outfields more spacious , angular wall positioning to fit the property's limits, and less uniformity in field dimensions from ballpark to ballpark, inside-the-park home runs were common. However, in the modern era, with smaller and circumferential outfields and walls defined by minimum standards, the feat has become increasingly rare, happening only a handful of times each season. De Aza reached out first and had the ball go in his glove, but Lough ran into De Aza and caused him to fling the ball out of his glove and far away towards the left field corner. Chased the ball down and fired in, but unbeknownst to him, Sanchez was already rounding 3rd.
Considering that only 31 IPH were hit in the majors in 1979, five by one player is a substantial number. Ruppert Jones of Seattle and Robin Yount of Milwaukee were next with two each. "Rays and Royals exchange inside-the-park home runs in Royals' win". On August 18, 2009, Kyle Blanks of the San Diego Padres hit an inside-the-park home run against the Chicago Cubs.
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