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Ceej · 03-11-2013, 08:37 PM

File updated - a "couple seasons" turned into doing 1899, 1903, '08, '13, '17, '19, '21, '23, '31 and '48. And this turned up a new peak - 57% in that deadest of deadball seasons, 1908.

I haven't found very much beyond that SABR article to cross-check deadball-era B-R HR log data against, but from what I do have it seems to measure up well. A 1978 SABR article says 34 of 38 homers in Braves Field in '21 were ITP, and that's what I have as well. This book says there were 20 inside-the-park home runs in Yankee Stadium in its first year, but I counted 29. This very extensive write-up on Hilltop Park lists sixteen home runs being hit there in 1903, 1 of them inside the park, which agrees with what I found also. A few home runs are missing from the log however, as I remember seeing some cases where a player has one fewer home run in his log than his official total.

I don't have the time now to post the rest of what I was going to post, so it will follow soon.

03-11-2013, 08:37 PM	#52
Ceej Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 190	File updated - a "couple seasons" turned into doing 1899, 1903, '08, '13, '17, '19, '21, '23, '31 and '48. And this turned up a new peak - 57% in that deadest of deadball seasons, 1908. I haven't found very much beyond that SABR article to cross-check deadball-era B-R HR log data against, but from what I do have it seems to measure up well. A 1978 SABR article says 34 of 38 homers in Braves Field in '21 were ITP, and that's what I have as well. This book says there were 20 inside-the-park home runs in Yankee Stadium in its first year, but I counted 29. This very extensive write-up on Hilltop Park lists sixteen home runs being hit there in 1903, 1 of them inside the park, which agrees with what I found also. A few home runs are missing from the log however, as I remember seeing some cases where a player has one fewer home run in his log than his official total. I don't have the time now to post the rest of what I was going to post, so it will follow soon.