Carlos Santana joins rare club with World Series homer at Wrigley

CHICAGO — Carlos Santana, meet Babe Ruth.

And Joe DiMaggio. And Lou Gehrig. And Hank Greenberg. And Jimmie Foxx.

And, well, you get the idea.

The second-inning home run by Santana during Saturday’s World Series Game 4 put the Cleveland Indians first baseman into rarefied air. Not only was it the first World Series home run hit at Wrigley Field in 71 years, it was only the 20th total World Series home run hit at the ballpark.

Cleveland’s Jason Kipnis joined the list at No. 21 with a three-run blast in the seventh inning. Chicago’s Dexter Fowler added No. 22 with a leadoff home run in the eighth inning to become the first Cubs player to hit a home run in the World Series at Wrigley Field since Chuck Klein in 1935.

Only seven of the 22 World Series homers hit at Wrigley have come from the Cubs.

No home runs were hit by either team during Friday’s Game 3 despite a vicious wind blowing out to center.

Santana’s leadoff blast, which came off a 3-2 pitch from Cubs pitcher John Lackey and tied the game, was the first homer hit at the Friendly Confines since Greenberg hit one for the Detroit Tigers in Game 6 of the 1945 World Series. The last homer before that one? One hit by DiMaggio for the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the 1938 World Series.

Here’s the full list, compliments of Baseball Reference.

Babe Ruth hit two home runs during the 1932 World Series at Wrigley, one of which is among the most famous in baseball history.

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