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The minimum distance to hit a home run (along either foul line) is set by baseball rules, generally at 325 feet (99 m). [14] Before 1931 (with the exception of a couple months in 1920) [15] [unreliable source?] the foul lines extended indefinitely; a batter was awarded a home run only if a fly ball out of the field was fair where it landed. Now ...
A "lead" can also refer to that distance. [2] A typical lead is six to ten feet (two to three meters) from the base. If the lead is too large, the runner risks being picked off. If the lead is too small, the runner has a disadvantage in reaching the next base, whether in a stolen base attempt or in connection with the next batted ball.
Leandro Cedeño hit a home run measured at 527 feet (161 m) in the minor leagues. [21] Giancarlo Stanton recorded the hardest hit batted ball, with a ground ball with a recorded 123.9-mile-per-hour (199.4 km/h) exit velocity, [22] and the then longest distance for a home run, at 504 feet (154 m), measured by Statcast. [23]
On outfield walls composed of sections with different heights (e.g., Fenway Park, Oracle Park), a batted ball in flight that strikes a taller section of the wall in fair territory at a point higher than the top of the adjacent shorter wall, then bounds out of play over the shorter wall, is a home run. Conversely, a batted ball in flight that ...
Runs batted in (RBIs): number of runners who scored due to a batter's action (including the batter, in the case of a home run), except when batter grounded into double play or reached on an error; Home runs: hits on which the batter successfully touched all four bases, without the contribution of a fielding error
If a batted ball hits the foul pole (orange pole on the right), the ball is fair, and a home run is awarded to the batter. A home run is most often scored when the ball is hit over the outfield wall between the foul poles (in fair territory) before it touches the ground (), and without being caught or deflected back onto the field by a fielder.
Baserunners generally stand a short distance away from their base between pitches, preparing themselves to either go back or steal the next base. In general, base running is a tactical part of the game requiring good judgment by runners (and their coaches) to assess the risk in attempting to advance.
In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured.