The inside-the-park home run: arguably the most exciting play in baseball! Admittedly, I made the same claim about “Little League home runs,” and there is some overlap between the two. To clarify, there’s nothing that beats the experience of watching a batter sprint all the way around the bases after putting a ball in play.
Using Baseball Stathead, I have found every inside-the-parker in Marlins history. Through 27 regular seasons and two postseasons, the franchise has had 19 of them from 16 different players.
Fortunately, we have television footage of a handful of these unconventional homers:
- Bret Barberie at Cardinals (June 13, 1994)—The first inside-the-park home run ever credited to a Marlin was made possible by an outfield collision.