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Last updated Oct 05 2023.
Originally posted Oct 05 2023 7:56 PM.
Of the 154,483 home runs hit between 1951 and 2000, only 975 (0.63%; about one per 158) were inside-the-park. The percentage has dwindled since the increase in emphasis on power hitting, which began in the 1920s. While Jesse Burkett, who played in the major leagues from 1890 to 1905, had 55 career inside-the-park home runs, the leader in the live-ball era is Willie Wilson, who played in the major leagues from 1976 to 1994, and hit 13 inside-the-park home runs.
There have been 225 inside-the-park grand-slam home runs dating back to 1881 in Major League Baseball. It amounts to about 1.6 such scampers per season. For comparison, there have been 304 no-hitters pitched in MLB games since 1876. Even no-hit games are more common.
Blue Jays center fielder Raimel Tapia hit a rare inside-the-park grand slam on Friday night in Toronto's historic 28-5 rout of the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
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