C Patrick Bailey’s Historic Inside-the-Park Home Run Ends Phillies’ Hopes in Stunning 99-Year Catcher Feat!
The play wound up being much funnier. The ball bounced hard and careened not just away from right fielder Nick Castellanos, but well past center fielder Brandon Marsh. It was the kind of bounce you need significant experience in San Francisco to anticipate, and the Phillies outfield didn’t.
Bailey, one of the slower players in the majors with an average sprint speed of 25.6 feet per second, rumbled around the basepaths and scored the winning run with time to spare. Per Baseball Reference, it was the first inside-the-park walk-off homer by a catcher since Bennie Tate in 1926, nearly a century ago.
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