<P> Of the 154,483 home runs hit between 1951 and 2000 , 975 ( about 1 in every 158 ) were inside - the - park . The percentage has dwindled since the increase in emphasis on power hitting which began in the 1920s . </P>
<P> Of the 154,483 home runs hit between 1951 and 2000 , 975 ( about 1 in every 158 ) were inside - the - park . The percentage has dwindled since the increase in emphasis on power hitting which began in the 1920s . </P>
average number of inside the park home runs
average number of inside the park home runs
975
975