On Wednesday, Billy Hamilton hit his first home run in more than a year, in Cincinnati’s win over the Pirates.
It occurred to me that Hamilton has never hit an inside-the-park home run in the major leagues. That seems almost unfathomable. With his speed, you’d think it was inevitable, right? After all, he’s been in the big leagues for three full seasons, and parts of two others. He has 14 homers, and all have been of the over-the-fence variety.
In the minor leagues, Hamilton had 13 homers…and five of them were inside-the-park.
Here’s this one, from Hamilton’s time in Single-A at Dayton.