AboutTom Schott Expertise I will deal with the major leagues only from 19th century to present. I`m good on baseball history, records, statistics, ballparks. Try to stick to on-the-field stuff. I`m not interested in personal off-the-field stuff like spouses, girl friends, drug habits, salaries, mascots, etc. If you already know the answer to the question, please don't ask it. I don't want to play "stump the expert."
Experience I've written on the subject, and I have substantial library of resources.
Publications Numerous encyclopedia, newspaper, magazine articles. One book, several book chapters.
Expert: Tom Schott Date: 6/21/2008 Subject: Barry Bonds Inside the Park Home Runs
Question How many out of all Barry Bonds' home runs have been Inside the Park?
Answer Tony,
I cannot give you a complete answer, but I can tell you that out of the 292 dingers he hit in his first ten seasons, 1986-95, only one was inside the park, and that was in his second season. I think it would be safe to extrapolate from there that during the balance of his career, he might have hit maybe one more . . . but more likely he never hit another one.
Whoa, Tony. I was mistaken. I just discovered from another source that through May of 2006, Bonds had 3 inside-the-park homers. I feel fairly safe in saying that's probably what he finished with. I guess the juice he shot up with helped foot speed as well as bat speed.
