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.
"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.)
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ITPHR Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
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 | ||||
ITPHR Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
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ITPHR Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Most ITPHR In A Season |
AL | Ty Cobb | Detroit | 9 | 1909 |
NL | Sam Crawford | Cincinnati | 12 | 1901 | |
ITPHR Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
Inside The Park Home Run RecordsGame Specific Inside The Park Home Run Records |
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ITPHR Record | LG | Name(s) | Team(s) | Data | |
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 | |
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Inside The Park Home Run Records | Research by Baseball Almanac |
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 |
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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.