BASEBALLBULLPEN.com
Stories, statistics, facts and trivia on the game and its history
  • Untitled
  • Stat Box
  • Trivia Answers
  • Untitled
  • New Page
  • New Page
  • New Page

Aaron Altherr of the Phillies connects for inside-the-park grand slam

9/26/2015

0 Comments

 
Aaron Altherr of the Phillies became the 204th player in Major League Baseball history to hit an inside-the-park home run on Sept. 25, 2015. The right-handed hitting outfielder connected off Washington pitcher Jordan Zimmermann. Altherr hit a sinking line-drive to center where Nationals outfielder Michael Taylor dove to make the catch, but the ball skipped past him and rolled to the wall. Altherr is the first batter to hit a bases loaded inside-the-park homer since 1999 when Randy Winn did it for Tampa Bay on Oct. 3 and Tony Womack for Arizona on July 21.
 
The feat has been accomplished 224 times and among the 204 batters to club an inside-the-park grand slam, Honus Wagner hit the most with five, followed by Tommy Leach (4) and Joe Jackson (3). Eleven other players accomplished the feat twice, including Harry Davis, Danny Murphy, Sam Crawford, Joe Judge, Ferris Fain, Jimmy Sheckard, Rabbit Maranville, Arky Vaughan, Harry Stovey, Lave Cross and Cupid Childs.
 
The achievement has been reached 82 times in the American League, 97 times in the National League (since 1900) and 45 times before 1900. Since 1950, it has been matched on 41 occasions.
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture
    http://www.amazon.com/Baseballs-Top-10-Ranking-Position/dp/1442245689

    Author

    Bob Kuenster worked as editor of Baseball Digest from 1987 through 2018 and is a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

    Archives

    December 2018
    November 2018
    August 2018
    June 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.