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by Cousin Frank on August 5th, 2004

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What is the shortest home run ever hit in baseball? Who hit it and when?

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  • by Henry Hascup on March 25th, 2006

    Henry Hascup

    You stated, what is the shortest home run ever hit in baseball, which counts baseball in Leagues other then the Major Leagues.

    Their is a book out there called "The Twenty-Four-Inch Home Run" and it tells of a HR of 24", which they claim is the shortest HR ever recorded. The ball was hit straight down into the mud and nobody but the batter saw where it went until the batter came all the way around the bases. The players name was Andy Oyler who was a minor league short stop for Minneapolis in the early 1900's.

    Also on the shortest recorded homer that actually left the park. The shortest major league fence was the left field fence of the Lake Front (II) in Chicago, which was 180 feet. You can find this information in most Stadium books including the "Green Cathedrals" by Philip J. Lowry, which is great.

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  • by Mike Marmer on January 26th, 2005

    Mike Marmer

    I got this answer from a Washington Senators discussion group I am on.

    Mike Marmer
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    The Tom McCraw 250' homer was a game that I attended back in '71. It
    was against Cleveland. McCraw hit a fly pop and 2nd baseman John
    Lowenstein, center fielder Vada Pinson and shortstop Jack Heidemann all
    collided. I remember one of them horribly spiking another's face. It
    looked pretty nasty. McCraw could have hopped home on one leg. If
    memory serves, the Indians still pasted the Nats in that game. Tom
    McCraw got quite a few pinch hits that year, including some game winning
    homers. Not a bad jouneyman.

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