Bounce home run
A bounce home run was a home run that went over the outfield fence after hitting the field. The rule that considered such hits as home runs was changed in the 1930s, and today they are considered to be automatic doubles (what are commonly called, although incorrectly, ground rule doubles). Al Lopez is considered to have hit the last bounce home run, in 1930.
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