Inside - the - park home run - wikipedia Inside - the - park home run In baseball, an inside - the - park home run is a play where a batter hits a home run without hitting the ball out of the field of play. It is also known as an `` in - the - park home run '' or `` in the park homer ''. It goes on the batter 's record as a hit. Contents 1 Discussion 2 Major league statistics 2.1 Career records 2.2 Single season records 2.3 Single game records 2.4 In the World Series 2.5 Rare occurrences 3 References 4 External links Discussion To score an inside - the - park home run, the player must touch all four bases ( in the order of first, second and third, ending at home plate ) before a fielder on the opposing team can tag him out. In Major League Baseball, if the defensive team commits an error during the play, it is not scored as a home run, but rather advancing on an error. Statistically, an inside - the - park home run counts as a regular home run in the player 's season and career totals. The vast majority of home runs occur when the batter hits the ball beyond the outfield fence on the fly. This is purely a feat of hitting with power, along with a fortuitous flight angle of the ball. The inside - the - park home run has a different character : it combines fast baserunning with a strong hit, usually aided by a lucky bounce of the ball. In the early days of Major League Baseball, with outfields more spacious and less uniform from ballpark to ballpark, inside - the - park home runs were common. However, in the modern era, with smaller outfields, the feat has become increasingly rare, happening only a handful of times each season. Today an inside - the - park home run is typically accomplished by a fast baserunner hitting the ball in a direction that bounces far away from the opposing team 's fielders. Sometimes ( such as Alcides Escobar 's inside - the - park homer in the 2015 World Series ), the outfielder misjudges the ball or otherwise misplays it, but not so badly that an error is charged. Major League statistics Of the 154,483 home runs hit between 1951 and 2000, 975 ( about 1 in every 158 ) were inside - the - park. The percentage has dwindled since the increase in emphasis on power hitting which began in the 1920s. Career records Major League -- Jesse Burkett -- 55 National League -- Tommy Leach -- 49 American League -- Ty Cobb -- 46 Major League post-1950 -- Willie Wilson -- 13 Single season records Major League and National League -- Sam Crawford -- 12 -- 1901 American League -- Ty Cobb -- 9 -- 1909 Single game records Major League and National League -- Tom McCreery -- 3 -- 1897 American League -- 17 tied -- 2 In the World Series Date Gm # Player Team Opponent October 1, 1903 Jimmy Sebring Pittsburgh Pirates Boston Americans October 2, 1903 Patsy Dougherty Boston Americans Pittsburgh Pirates October 13, 1915 Duffy Lewis Boston Red Sox Philadelphia Phillies October 9, 1916 Hy Myers Brooklyn Robins Boston Red Sox October 11, 1916 Larry Gardner Boston Red Sox Brooklyn Robins October 10, 1923 Casey Stengel New York Giants New York Yankees October 3, 1926 Tommy Thevenow St. Louis Cardinals New York Yankees October 7, 1928 Lou Gehrig New York Yankees St. Louis Cardinals October 12, 1929 Mule Haas Philadelphia Athletics Chicago Cubs October 27, 2015 Alcides Escobar Kansas City Royals New York Mets Rare occurrences On July 13, 1896, Ed Delahanty of the Philadelphia Phillies hit four home runs in one game ( itself an extraordinarily rare feat ), 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. On April 27, 1949, Pete Milne hit an inside - the - park grand slam for his only career home run. It gave the New York Giants an 11 -- 8 lead over the Brooklyn Dodgers, which was also the final score. 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. On October 4, 1986 during a Twins ' home game at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Greg Gagne tied a modern - era major league record by hitting two inside - the - park home runs against the Chicago White Sox. Only 18 players in major league history have performed this feat, with Gagne being just the second since 1930. Both home runs were hit off Chicago starting pitcher Floyd Bannister, who also tied a modern - era major league record by allowing two inside - the - park home runs in one game. The Twins went on to win the game, 7 -- 3. On May 3, 1998, in the first inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners catcher Dan Wilson hit an inside - the - park grand slam. This was the first inside - the - park home run in Mariners history. On June 17, 2007, Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers hit a popup to center field that became an inside - the - park home run when Minnesota Twins outfielder Lew Ford lost the ball after it struck a speaker on the ceiling of the Metrodome. Fielder weighed 262 pounds at the time, becoming the third - heaviest player to hit an inside - the - park homer. On June 19, 2008, he hit another inside - the - park - homer at Miller Park in Milwaukee, versus the Toronto Blue Jays. In the 2007 All - Star Game, Ichiro Suzuki became the only player to hit an inside - the - park home run in an All - Star Game, hitting it at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Suzuki, playing for the victorious American League All - Stars, earned Most Valuable Player honors. On April 6, 2009, Emilio Bonifacio of the Florida Marlins became the first player in 41 years to hit an inside - the - park home run on Opening Day, which was also the first home run of Bonifacio 's Major League career. On August 18, 2009, Kyle Blanks of the San Diego Padres hit an inside - the - park home run against the Chicago Cubs. Weighing 285 pounds, he became the heaviest player to hit an inside - the - park home run. 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. 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. On May 25, 2013, Ángel Pagán of the San Francisco Giants hit an inside - the - park home run at AT&T Park in San Francisco, a tenth inning, two - run walk - off home run, with teammate Brandon Crawford on base. It was the first walk - off inside - the - park home run since 2004, when Rey Sanchez of the Devil Rays hit one, also in the bottom of the tenth inning, also against the Rockies, albeit in a tie game. On May 21, 2014, Kurt Suzuki of the Minnesota Twins hit an inside - the - park home run against the San Diego Padres when the ball glanced off Padres left fielder Seth Smith 's glove. He thought it had cleared the wall for a home run and by the time he realized the ball was still in play it was too late. 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. On September 2, 2015, Rubén Tejada of the New York Mets hit the ball down the right - field foul line, under the glove of Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Domonic Brown who, running full speed, flipped over the out - of - play wall in foul territory. Brown was unable to return to field the ball and it rolled to the deep right field fence in Citi Field before it was fielded by Phillies second baseman Cesar Hernández. Kelly Johnson also scored on the play. Brown later left the game with concussion - like symptoms. At 74.5 mph off the bat, it was the softest - hit homerun of the season to that point. On October 27, 2015 Alcides Escobar of the Kansas City Royals hit an inside - the - park home run in Game 1 of the 2015 World Series. It was the first in a World Series game since Mule Haas in the 1929 World Series and the first hit by a leadoff batter since Patsy Dougherty did it for the Boston Americans ( now Red Sox ) in 1903. On April 7, 2016, Jean Segura of the Arizona Diamondbacks hit an inside - the - park home run when Chicago Cubs outfielders Kyle Schwarber and Dexter Fowler collided in left center field. In the collision, Schwarber tore both the anterior cruciate ligament ( ACL ) and lateral collateral ligament ( LCL ) in his left knee, rendering himself unable to play for the rest of the season until he was cleared to bat in the 2016 World Series. On September 8, 2017, Michael A. Taylor of the Washington Nationals hit an inside the park grand slam to deep center field off of Jake Thompson of the Philadelphia Phillies to put the Nationals up 6 - 3 in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Taylor hit a rising line drive which was misjudged by center fielder Odubel Herrera, ending up against the base of the center field fence. Taylor had previously accomplished a similar feat on September 9, 2015, but that one was later ruled a hit on an error by Yoenis Cespedes of the New York Mets. References Jump up ^ Major League Baseball Rule 10 ^ Jump up to : Gonzalez, Alden ( October 28, 2015 ). `` Escobar 's inside - the - park HR one for the ages ''. mlb.com. Retrieved October 28, 2015. ^ Jump up to : Snyder, Matt ( October 28, 2015 ). `` Alcides Escobar hits 1st World Series inside - the - park HR since 1929 ''. cbssports.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 27, 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Inside The Park Home Run Records ''. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 2016 - 05 - 05. 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Question: average number of inside the park home runs
Answer: 975