Inside-the-park home run

The vast majority of home runs occur when a batter hits the ball beyond the outfield fence on the fly, which requires striking the ball with enough power at the correct flight angle to clear the outfield, allowing the batter to trot around the bases at leisure albeit at a decent pace to avoid infuriating the opposition.

They can also be the result of weather conditions like wind gusts or fog that reduce defenders' ability to track a moving ball.

[4] At advanced levels of play, the batter scoring due to one or more errors by the defense is colloquially referred to as a Little League home run.

[5] Though never an everyday occurrence, inside-the-park homers were more common in the early days of Major League Baseball (MLB).

This could result in a batted ball getting past outfielders to the far reaches of the playing field or bouncing off a wall in an unexpected direction, forcing defensive players to chase after it while the batter sprints around the bases.