INSIDE THE PARK HOME RUN RECORDS

Major League Baseball Inside the Park Home Run Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for inside the park home runs — including most inside the park home runs during a career, most inside the park home runs in a s single season and game related inside the park home run records.

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"We'd play a whole game with one ball, if it stayed in the park. Lopsided and black and full of tobacco juice and licorice stains." - Sam Crawford (Ritter, Lawrence S. The Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It. Harper Perennial Publishers. 19 March 1992. Page 56.)

Inside The Park Home Run Records

Career Inside The Park Home Run Records

Most ITPHR
In A Career
AL Ty Cobb Detroit 46 46
Philadelphia 0
NL Tommy Leach Louisville 3 48
Pittsburgh 34
Chicago 11
Cincinnati 0
ML Jesse Burkett New York [NL] 1 55
Cleveland [NL] 23
St. Louis [NL] 19
St. Louis [AL] 8
Boston [AL] 4

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Single Season Inside The Park Home Run Records

Most ITPHR
In A Season
AL Ty Cobb Detroit 9 1909
NL Sam Crawford Cincinnati 12 1901

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Game Specific Inside The Park Home Run Records

Most ITPHR
In A Game
AA Guy Hecker Louisville 3 08-15-1886
AL Dick Allen Chicago 2 07-31-1972
Chief Bender Philadelphia 05-08-1906
Roger Bresnahan Baltimore 05-30-1902
Ben Chapman New York 07-09-1932
Ty Cobb Detroit 07-15-1909
Monte Cross Philadelphia 04-28-1902
Hobe Ferris Boston 05-04-1903
Jack Fournier Chicago 08-31-1914
Greg Gagne Minnesota 10-04-1986
Larry Gardner Boston 07-02-1912
Danny Hoffman Philadelphia 05-12-1904
Hal Janvrin Boston 10-04-1913
Willie Keeler New York 08-24-1904
Stuffy McInnis Philadelphia 08-14-1912
Ben Paschal New York 09-22-1925
Carl Reynolds Chicago 07-02-1930
Heinie Wagner Boston 08-22-1907
NL Tom McCreery Louisville 3 07-12-1897
Players
With An ITPHR in 1st AB
AL Luke Stuart St. Louis 1 08-08-1921
NL Johnnie LeMaster San Francisco 1 09-02-1975
Players
With 2-ITPRH-in-1 Game
AA Guy Hecker Louisville 3 08-15-1886
Oyster Burns Baltimore 2 09-20-1884
Hugh Duffy Boston 07-23-1891
Jimmy Macullar Baltimore 09-20-1884
Jim McTamany Columbus 09-30-1888
Dave Orr New York 09-22-1883
John Reilly Cincinnati 05-06-1888
Ecky Stearns Kansas City 05-16-1889
AL Dick Allen Chicago 2 07-31-1972
Chief Bender Philadelphia 05-08-1906
Roger Bresnahan Baltimore 05-30-1902
Ben Chapman New York 07-09-1932
Ty Cobb Detroit 07-15-1909
Jimmy Collins Boston 09-28-1901
Jimmy Collins Boston 09-05-1904
Monte Cross Philadelphia 04-28-1902
Frank Delahanty New York 08-31-1906
Hobe Ferris Boston 05-04-1903
Jack Fournier Chicago 08-31-1914
Greg Gagne Minnesota 10-04-1986
Larry Gardner Boston 07-02-1912
Danny Hoffman Philadelphia 05-12-1904
Hal Janvrin Boston 10-04-1913
Willie Keeler New York 08-24-1904
Stuffy McInnis Philadelphia 08-14-1912
Ben Paschal New York 09-22-1925
Carl Reynolds Chicago 07-02-1930
Heinie Wagner Boston 08-22-1907
NL Tom McCreery Louisville 3 07-12-1897
Ginger Beaumont Pittsburgh 2 07-16-1903
Beals Becker Philadelphia 06-09-1913
Jake Beckley Pittsburgh 09-03-1894
Roger Bresnahan New York 06-06-1904
Dan Brouthers Buffalo 08-10-1882
Dan Brouthers Detroit 09-10-1886
Jesse Burkett Cleveland 07-20-1893
Jesse Burkett St. Louis 07-29-1899
Jesse Burkett St. Louis 08-28-1899
Jesse Burkett St. Louis 07-08-1900
George Burns New York 07-11-1916
George Cutshaw Brooklyn 08-04-1913
Kiki Cuyler Pittsburgh 08-28-1925
Tom Daly Brooklyn 07-08-1894
George Davis New York 07-08-1901
Ed Delahanty Philadelphia 06-01-1893
Ed Delahanty Philadelphia 07-13-1896
Mike Donlin St. Louis 10-05-1900
Larry Doyle New York 09-08-1909
Hugh Duffy Boston 08-09-1889
Billy Earle Pittsburgh 09-19-1893
Duke Farrell Pittsburgh 07-06-1892
Jocko Fields Pittsburgh 06-05-1890
Bob Fisher Brooklyn 08-16-1913
Topsy Hartsel Chicago 08-05-1901
Joe Hornung Boston 06-09-1883
Joe Kelley Baltimore 08-16-1895
George Kelly New York 04-29-1922
Billy Klusman Boston 07-17-1888
Ed Konetchy St. Louis 08-05-1912
Henry Larkin Washington 10-06-1892
Tommy Leach Pittsburgh 05-21-1903
Rabbit Maranville Boston 07-01-1919
Tommy McCarthy Boston 10-07-1892
Ed McKean Cleveland 08-13-1890
Bill McKechnie Pittsburgh 09-02-1911
Terry Moore St. Louis 08-16-1939
Mike Muldoon Cleveland 08-18-1882
Mike Muldoon Cleveland 08-19-1882
Morrie Rath Cincinnati 09-20-1920
Jimmy Sebring Pittsburgh 04-23-1903
Cy Seymour Cincinnati 09-24-1905
Elmer Smith Pittsburgh 07-14-1893
Homer Smoot St. Louis 04-25-1902
Casey Stengel Brooklyn 05-01-1913
Harry Stovey Worcester 09-21-1880
Harry Stovey Worcester 08-17-1882
Hank Thompson New York 08-16-1950
Honus Wagner Louisville 07-30-1899
PL George Wood Philadelphia 2 06-20-1890
Inside The Park Home Run Records | Research by Baseball Almanac
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On May 30, 1902, Roger Bresnahan hit two inside the park home runs during a game with Baltimore of the American League. On June 6, 1904, Bresnahan became the first player with two inside the park home runs during a game from each modern league when he belted two with New York of the National League!

On July 6, 1884, Pat Callaghan hit an inside the park home run during an American Association game. He was the youngest player — only 17 years / 265 days old — in baseball history with an inside the park homer! The American League record was set on September 23, 1905, by Ty Cobb (18 years / 279 days old). The National League record was set on July 18, 1927, by Mel Ott (18 years / 138 days old).

Due to the lack of records a top one-hundred list is very challenging, but we are pleased to present a top twenty list where each player hit more than twenty-three verified career inside the park home runs:

Top 20 Career
Inside the Park Home Run Hitters
1 Jesse Burkett 55
2 Sam Crawford 51
3 Tommy Leach 48
4 Ty Cobb 46
Honus Wagner 46
6 Jake Beckley 38
Tris Speaker 38
8 Rogers Hornsby 33
9 Edd Roush 31
10 Jake Daubert 30
Willie Keeler 30
12 Chief Wilson 29
13 Fred Clarke 28
Ed Konetchy 28
15 Ginger Beaumont 27
Max Carey 27
Mike Donlin 27
Hobe Ferris 27
Harry Stovey 27
20 Buck Freeman 24

The last player from the American League to connect twice with inside the park home runs during the same game was Greg Gagne of the Minnesota Twins on October 4, 1986. The last player from the National League was Hank Thompson of the New York Giants on August 16, 1950.