How to score 10 runs in the first inning and lose | Dorktown

Summary by Krater

This video examines a 1989 Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies where Steve Jeltz hit two home runs, exploring the statistical improbability of such an event given Jeltz's notoriously poor batting average.

From the video

Answers: How did notoriously poor hitter Steve Jeltz hit two home runs in a single baseball game?

• 1989 Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies baseball game
• Steve Jeltz career statistics and home runs
• Baseball win expectancy and probability analysis
• Jim Rooker walking from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh

What it concludes

• Steve Jeltz became the first player in Phillies history to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game.
• The 1989 game between the Pirates and Phillies resulted in a final score of 15-11 after Pittsburgh led 10-0 in the first inning.
• Jim Rooker walked nearly 300 miles across Pennsylvania in October 1989 after losing a bet on the game.