If the defensive team commits one or more errors during the play, it is not scored as a home run, but rather advancing on an error. ... Statistically, an inside-the-park home run is counted no differently than any other home run in a player's season and career totals.

Does an inside the park homerun count towards the cycle?

Home runs can also occur on a batted ball that does not leave the field of play; this is called an inside-the-park home run. Inside-the-park home runs are rare, and no player has hit one as part of a cycle since 1943.

How rare are inside the park homeruns?

Major League Baseball statistics. Of the 154,483 home runs hit between 1951 and 2000, only 975 (0.63%; about one per 158) were inside-the-park. The percentage has dwindled since the increase in emphasis on power hitting, which began in the 1920s.