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by BERT FOUTS on February 13th, 2005

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Did Babe Ruth hit any home runs that bounced over the fence before the ground rule double rule came into effect?

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  • by Google a Foo Fighting COAT on March 2nd, 2009

    Google a Foo Fighting COAT

    Well he was fast so he could hit inside the park homers, for He stole home 13 times.

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  • by Stu B needs no COAT for summer on August 13th, 2008

    Stu B needs no COAT for summer

    Ground rule doubles became part of baseball rules in the early 1930s, but all of Ruth's homers were either inside-the-park or hit out on the fly...

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  • by Pauliegunz on August 13th, 2008

    Pauliegunz

    It is a fact that Babe Ruth never hit a ball that was a homer because it bounced over the fence, however Lou Gherig did.

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  • by trashcity on February 15th, 2005

    trashcity

    The "ground rule double" regulation came into effect before the 1931 season, but I've found no evidence any of the Babe's homers before this date were other than legitimate.

    On the other hand, Ruth definitely *lost* homers due to the rules. Once, he hit a game-ending homer, but in those days they only credited the hitter with enough of a hit to win the game - in that case, a two-run triple.

    Also, at one point, umpires ruled "fair" or "foul" according to the ball's position when last seen, not when it left the field of play. One estimate is that Ruth lost about 75 homers this way over his career, that left the field in fair territory, then hooked foul, but would be called home-runs today.

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