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ShareThisHomers during Kalas’ tenure
I'm having a hard time saying goodbye to Harry Kalas.
He was a broadcaster with the Phillies from 1971 until this season. Here are the most homers by a Phillies player from 1971 to 2008:
Cnt Player **HR** From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+-------+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Mike Schmidt 548 1972 1989 22-39 2404 10062 8352 1506 2234 408 59 1595 1507 201 1883 79 16 108 156 174 92 .267 .380 .527 .907 *53/64 2 Pat Burrell 251 2000 2008 23-31 1306 5388 4535 655 1166 253 14 827 785 47 1273 26 0 42 104 5 1 .257 .367 .485 .852 *7/3D 3 Greg Luzinski 223 1971 1980 20-29 1281 5302 4618 618 1297 253 21 811 569 74 1093 61 1 53 96 29 27 .281 .364 .490 .854 *7/3 4 Bobby Abreu 195 1998 2006 24-32 1353 5885 4857 891 1474 348 42 814 947 94 1078 23 4 54 88 254 80 .303 .416 .513 .929 *9/8D 5 Ryan Howard 177 2004 2008 24-28 572 2442 2071 360 578 99 7 499 331 97 692 19 0 21 39 2 2 .279 .380 .590 .970 *3/D 6 Mike Lieberthal 150 1994 2006 22-34 1174 4613 4141 528 1137 255 10 609 331 34 560 88 10 43 112 8 7 .275 .338 .450 .788 *2/D 7 Scott Rolen 150 1996 2002 21-27 844 3643 3125 533 880 207 19 559 426 29 714 54 0 38 50 71 25 .282 .373 .504 .877 *5 8 Darren Daulton 134 1983 1997 21-35 1109 4185 3504 489 858 189 23 567 607 57 709 23 12 39 34 48 9 .245 .357 .427 .784 *2/9D37 9 Chase Utley 130 2003 2008 24-29 735 3126 2739 490 817 189 22 492 272 22 496 83 3 29 44 60 11 .298 .375 .526 .901 *4/3D 10 Jimmy Rollins 125 2000 2008 21-29 1251 5787 5269 845 1461 307 90 544 426 34 695 30 31 31 75 295 61 .277 .333 .441 .774 *6/4 11 Von Hayes 124 1983 1991 24-32 1208 4988 4306 646 1173 232 30 568 619 74 677 16 4 43 79 202 77 .272 .363 .427 .790 3897/5 12 Juan Samuel 100 1983 1989 22-28 852 3780 3503 523 921 176 71 413 208 20 825 40 3 26 45 249 78 .263 .310 .439 .749 *4/895
Chase Utley had another homer in 2009 before Kalas' death.
I don't know if Kalas called all of Mike Schmidt's career homers. Probably not--Kalas probably missed a game here or there due to illness.
Harry the K also was a broadcaster for the Houston Colt 45s (now the Astros) from 1965 to 1970. Here are the leading HR hitters during that period for the Astros:
Cnt Player **HR** From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+-------+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Jimmy Wynn 163 1965 1970 23-28 882 3780 3167 534 845 152 19 484 543 49 713 17 21 32 54 130 47 .267 .374 .481 .855 2 Joe Morgan 48 1965 1970 21-26 713 3158 2623 435 698 109 46 219 486 13 304 10 25 14 24 154 49 .266 .381 .398 .779 *4 3 Doug Rader 44 1967 1970 22-25 456 1832 1640 218 428 76 14 239 157 19 287 13 8 14 51 6 12 .261 .328 .405 .733 *5/3 4 Rusty Staub 43 1965 1968 21-24 594 2401 2101 228 614 129 6 290 243 63 222 13 21 23 56 7 5 .292 .366 .421 .787 3 5 John Bateman 30 1965 1968 24-27 363 1281 1177 98 284 55 4 134 72 39 210 10 8 14 51 1 2 .241 .288 .371 .659 *2 6 Denis Menke 29 1968 1970 27-29 458 1943 1657 210 455 74 17 238 233 28 248 15 21 17 27 13 20 .275 .366 .392 .758 *64/35 7 Bob Aspromonte 20 1965 1968 27-30 565 2228 2033 184 528 64 12 208 153 32 218 9 16 17 66 5 8 .260 .312 .333 .645 *5/36 8 Norm Miller 16 1965 1970 19-24 374 1292 1131 140 270 57 10 125 132 14 215 13 7 9 26 15 10 .239 .323 .349 .672 /52 9 Joe Pepitone 14 1970 1970 29-29 75 299 279 44 70 9 5 35 18 9 28 1 0 1 7 5 2 .251 .298 .470 .768 /*3 10 Bob Watson 14 1966 1970 20-24 169 580 522 65 135 29 2 74 43 2 99 7 1 7 17 2 1 .259 .320 .402 .722 /*32 11 Jim Gentile 14 1965 1966 31-32 130 439 371 38 90 17 2 49 55 10 111 9 3 1 8 0 0 .243 .353 .412 .765 *3
Not much doing other than Wynn, thanks to the Astrodome.
Also, because I was curious, here are the most games by a Phillie from 1965 to 1970 against the Astros with at least one homer.
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Dick Allen 20 Ind. Games Johnny Callison 7 Ind. Games Bill White 6 Ind. Games Tony Gonzalez 4 Ind. Games Deron Johnson 3 Ind. Games Wes Covington 3 Ind. Games Cookie Rojas 2 Ind. Games Don Money 2 Ind. Games Don Lock 2 Ind. Games Larry Hisle 2 Ind. Games Johnny Briggs 2 Ind. Games Rick Wise 1 Ind. Games Bobby Wine 1 Ind. Games Tony Taylor 1 Ind. Games Dick Stuart 1 Ind. Games Clay Dalrymple 1 Ind. Games Doug Clemens 1 Ind. Games Byron Browne 1 Ind. Games
Allen had 21 homers in those 20 games.
Anyway, sorry for my random musings. Like I said, I'm, having trouble saying goodbye.
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April 28th, 2009 at 8:00 am
According to multiple media at the time of Harry's death, he did, indeed call every one of Mike Schmidt's 548 homers.