Mark McLemore
Mark Tremell McLemore
Positions: Second Baseman, Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.
Born: October 4, 1964 in San Diego, CA
High School: Morse HS (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1982.
(All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1986 (Age 21)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Mariners/Orioles/Angels/Athletics/... 1986-2004
Agents: Tony Attanasio [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2004 (Age 39)
vs. ANA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
About biographical information
Career Home Runs
Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988
(completeness summary of
pitch
data and
hit data).
Mark McLemore: 53 Career Home Runs
2 leading off,
1 walk-off,
5 tying,
15 go ahead
| 5 Tms |
| TEX | 22 |
| SEA | 17 |
| BAL | 7 |
| CAL | 5 |
| OAK | 2 |
| |
| vs RHP | 46 |
| vs LHP | 7 |
| |
| Home | 29 |
| Away | 24 |
| |
| Leverage |
| High Lev | 9 |
| Medium Lev | 27 |
| Low Lev | 17 |
|
| 16 Opps |
| OAK | 6 |
| SEA | 6 |
| BAL | 6 |
| MIL | 5 |
| TEX | 4 |
| ANA | 4 |
| CLE | 4 |
| TOR | 4 |
| MIN | 3 |
| KCR | 3 |
| NYY | 2 |
| CHW | 2 |
| ARI | 1 |
| STL | 1 |
| BOS | 1 |
| DET | 1 |
|
|
| 13 Parks |
| ARL02 | 15 |
| SEA03 | 10 |
| ANA01 | 7 |
| BAL12 | 6 |
| TOR02 | 4 |
| CHI12 | 2 |
| OAK01 | 2 |
| MIL05 | 2 |
| NYC16 | 1 |
| SEA02 | 1 |
| CLE08 | 1 |
| PHO01 | 1 |
| KAN06 | 1 |
|
|
|
| Game Totals |
| 1·HR gms | 51 |
| 2·HR gms | 1 |
| Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
| | |
| OrderPos |
| 2nd | 27 |
| 9th | 10 |
| 1st | 9 |
| 8th | 5 |
| 7th | 1 |
| 6th | 1 |
|
| Outs |
| 0 | 23 |
| 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 13 |
| |
| DefPos |
| 2B | 34 |
| LF | 10 |
| RF | 4 |
| 3B | 4 |
| PH | 1 |
|
| Bases |
| --- | 27 |
| 1-- | 11 |
| -2- | 7 |
| 12- | 2 |
| --3 | 2 |
| 1-3 | 2 |
| 123 | 1 |
| -23 | 1 |
| |
| 86 RBI |
| RISP | 15 |
| 0 on | 27 |
| 1 on | 20 |
| 2 on | 5 |
| 3 on | 1 |
| Any on | 26 |
|
| Inning |
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 |
| Extra | 1 |
| |
| 1-3 | 25 |
| 4-6 | 15 |
| 7-end | 13 |
|
| RelScore |
| +4.. | 5 |
| +3 | 2 |
| +2 | 4 |
| +1 | 11 |
| Tied | 13 |
| -1 | 4 |
| -2 | 5 |
| -3 | 4 |
| -4.. | 5 |
| |
| Ahead | 22 |
| Tied | 13 |
| Behind | 18 |
| Before event, for batter |
|
| Count |
| 2-2 | 11 |
| 0-0 | 8 |
| 1-1 | 6 |
| 3-2 | 5 |
| 1-0 | 5 |
| Unk | 4 |
| 2-1 | 4 |
| 0-1 | 4 |
| 2-0 | 3 |
| 1-2 | 2 |
| 0-2 | 1 |
|
| 1987 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1987-07-02 |
CAL |
|
MIL |
Mark Clear |
tied 7-7 |
b 13 |
2 |
1-- |
|
2 |
9 |
4 |
0.433 |
100% |
Walk-Off |
Home Run; Pettis Scores |
| 2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1987-08-02 |
CAL |
|
SEA |
Mark Langston |
behind 0-4 |
b 6 |
0 |
--- |
|
1 |
9 |
4 |
0.066 |
17% |
|
Home Run |
| 3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1987-08-16 |
CAL |
|
OAK |
Steve Ontiveros |
ahead 2-1 |
b 2 |
1 |
--- |
|
1 |
9 |
4 |
0.094 |
73% |
|
Home Run (CF-RF) |
| 1988 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1988-04-09 |
CAL |
|
OAK |
Dave Stewart |
ahead 1-0 |
b 2 |
1 |
1-- |
1,(0-0) X |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0.157 |
82% |
|
Home Run; Boone Scores |
| 5 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1988-08-18 |
CAL |
@ |
NYY |
Cecilio Guante |
ahead 5-1 |
t 9 |
2 |
--- |
3,(2-0) BBX |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0.009 |
99% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) |
| 1993 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 6 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1993-04-24 |
BAL |
@ |
KCR |
Rusty Meacham |
ahead 4-3 |
t 9 |
0 |
--- |
3,(2-0) .BBX |
1 |
7 |
4 |
0.093 |
92% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) |
| 7 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
1993-06-15 |
BAL |
@ |
MIL |
Ricky Bones |
ahead 2-1 |
t 6 |
0 |
--- |
2,(0-1) CX |
1 |
2 |
9 |
0.119 |
78% |
|
Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF) |
| 8 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
1993-08-04 |
BAL |
|
MIL |
Cal Eldred |
behind 0-1 |
b 1 |
0 |
1-- |
3,(2-0) BBX |
2 |
2 |
9 |
0.153 |
64% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Anderson Scores |
| 9 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
1993-08-08 |
BAL |
|
CLE |
Albie Lopez |
behind 0-2 |
b 1 |
1 |
--- |
6,(3-2) CCBBBX |
1 |
2 |
9 |
0.092 |
43% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) |
| 1994 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 10 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
1994-05-23 |
BAL |
@ |
MIL |
Ricky Bones |
ahead 3-1 |
t 5 |
0 |
-2- |
2,(0-1) CX |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0.097 |
88% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Anderson Scores |
| 11 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
1994-05-31 |
BAL |
|
DET |
Storm Davis |
behind 4-7 |
b 7 |
0 |
--- |
6,(2-2) BFFFBX |
1 |
8 |
9 |
0.098 |
25% |
|
Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF) |
| 12 |
12 |
3 |
1 |
1994-07-04 |
BAL |
|
SEA |
Rich Gossage |
ahead 7-3 |
b 8 |
1 |
1-- |
4,(0-2) CFFX |
2 |
8 |
4 |
0.012 |
100% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Hoiles Scores |
| 1995 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 13 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
1995-04-28 |
TEX |
|
CLE |
Mark Clark |
tied 3-3 |
b 1 |
2 |
12- |
4,(1-2) BCCX |
3 |
8 |
7 |
0.226 |
77% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Greer Scores; Palmer Scores |
| 14 |
14 |
2 |
1 |
1995-06-07 |
TEX |
|
KCR |
Tom Gordon |
behind 1-4 |
b 4 |
2 |
-2- |
1,(0-0) X |
2 |
6 |
7 |
0.174 |
39% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Clark Scores |
| 15 |
15 |
3 |
1 |
1995-06-26 |
TEX |
|
OAK |
Todd Stottlemyre |
tied 0-0 |
b 1 |
0 |
--3 |
|
2 |
2 |
4 |
0.090 |
72% |
|
Home Run; Nixon Scores |
| 16 |
16 |
4 |
1 |
1995-09-12 |
TEX |
@ |
TOR |
Al Leiter |
tied 1-1 |
t 3 |
0 |
--- |
1,(0-0) X |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0.105 |
61% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) |
| 17 |
17 |
5 |
1 |
1995-09-19 |
TEX |
@ |
SEA |
Chris Bosio |
ahead 2-1 |
t 7 |
2 |
--3 |
6,(3-2) BCCBBX |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0.197 |
86% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball); Pagliarulo Scores |
| 1996 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 18 |
18 |
1 |
1 |
1996-05-13 |
TEX |
|
KCR |
Julio Valera |
behind 2-4 |
b 4 |
2 |
-2- |
1,(0-0) X |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0.199 |
52% |
|
Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Buford Scores |
| 19 |
19 |
2 |
1 |
1996-06-02 |
TEX |
|
MIN |
Pat Mahomes |
behind 0-2 |
b 3 |
0 |
1-- |
6,(2-2) 1CBB1CF1X |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0.161 |
56% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Hamilton Scores |
| 20 |
20 |
3 |
1 |
1996-07-13 |
TEX |
@ |
OAK |
Don Wengert |
ahead 1-0 |
t 3 |
0 |
1-- |
1,(0-0) .X |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0.138 |
77% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Elster Scores |
| 21 |
21 |
4 |
1 |
1996-07-14 |
TEX |
@ |
OAK |
Doug Johns |
behind 0-7 |
t 5 |
1 |
--- |
5,(2-2) FCBBX |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0.016 |
4% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) |
| 22 |
22 |
5 |
1 |
1996-09-15 |
TEX |
|
MIL |
Ramon Garcia |
behind 1-2 |
b 6 |
0 |
--- |
2,(1-0) BX |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0.155 |
58% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) |
| 1997 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 23 |
23 |
1 |
1 |
1997-07-27 |
TEX |
@ |
CHW |
Danny Darwin |
ahead 2-1 |
t 3 |
0 |
--- |
1,(0-0) X |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0.098 |
71% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) |
| 1998 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 24 |
24 |
1 |
1 |
1998-04-18 |
TEX |
|
BAL |
Scott Kamieniecki |
behind 3-6 |
b 5 |
1 |
--- |
3,(1-1) CBX |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0.092 |
28% |
|
Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF) |
| 25 |
25 |
2 |
2 |
1998-04-18 |
TEX |
|
BAL |
Armando Benitez |
behind 5-10 |
b 9 |
1 |
-23 |
5,(2-2) CBCBX |
3 |
2 |
4 |
0.026 |
5% |
|
Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Alicea Scores; Kelly Scores |
| 26 |
26 |
3 |
1 |
1998-05-19 |
TEX |
|
SEA |
Felipe Lira |
ahead 6-4 |
b 6 |
2 |
1-3 |
2,(1-0) B1X |
3 |
2 |
4 |
0.131 |
96% |
|
Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Cedeno Scores; Goodwin Scores |
| 27 |
27 |
4 |
1 |
1998-06-24 |
TEX |
@ |
ARI |
Willie Blair |
ahead 1-0 |
t 3 |
1 |
--- |
6,(3-2) CFBBBX |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0.105 |
69% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) |
| 28 |
28 |
5 |
1 |
1998-09-07 |
TEX |
|
MIN |
LaTroy Hawkins |
ahead 3-0 |
b 7 |
1 |
-2- |
2,(1-0) B.X |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0.042 |
98% |
|
Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Goodwin Scores |
| 1999 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 29 |
29 |
1 |
1 |
1999-05-07 |
TEX |
@ |
TOR |
Pat Hentgen |
ahead 1-0 |
t 1 |
0 |
--- |
3,(1-1) SBX |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0.083 |
67% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball) |
| 30 |
30 |
2 |
1 |
1999-05-23 |
TEX |
@ |
BAL |
Rocky Coppinger |
behind 4-15 |
t 9 |
0 |
--- |
4,(2-1) BBCX |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0.000 |
0% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) |
| 31 |
31 |
3 |
1 |
1999-06-30 |
TEX |
@ |
ANA |
Mike Holtz |
ahead 12-0 |
t 6 |
2 |
--- |
6,(2-2) BCSFBX |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0.000 |
100% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) |
| 32 |
32 |
4 |
1 |
1999-07-03 |
TEX |
|
SEA |
Freddy Garcia |
tied 0-0 |
b 1 |
0 |
--- |
2,(0-1) CX |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0.087 |
64% |
Lead-Off |
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) |
| 33 |
33 |
5 |
1 |
1999-08-16 |
TEX |
@ |
CLE |
Dave Burba |
behind 3-5 |
t 7 |
0 |
--- |
3,(1-1) BFX |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0.121 |
33% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) |
| 34 |
34 |
6 |
1 |
1999-09-25 |
TEX |
|
OAK |
Kevin Appier |
behind 0-3 |
b 1 |
0 |
--- |
6,(3-2) BSBBFX |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0.080 |
38% |
Lead-Off |
Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) |
| 2000 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 35 |
35 |
1 |
1 |
2000-04-15 |
SEA |
@ |
TOR |
Roy Halladay |
tied 4-4 |
t 4 |
1 |
--- |
5,(2-2) CFBBX |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0.113 |
58% |
|
Home Run |
| 36 |
36 |
2 |
1 |
2000-07-21 |
SEA |
|
TEX |
Doug Davis |
ahead 7-0 |
b 3 |
0 |
1-- |
5,(2-2) BFFBX |
2 |
9 |
4 |
0.015 |
99% |
|
Home Run; Wilson Scores |
| 37 |
37 |
3 |
1 |
2000-08-30 |
SEA |
|
NYY |
Dwight Gooden |
behind 1-5 |
b 8 |
1 |
1-- |
1,(0-0) X |
2 |
9 |
4 |
0.082 |
13% |
|
Home Run; Oliver Scores |
| 2001 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 38 |
38 |
1 |
1 |
2001-04-06 |
SEA |
@ |
TEX |
Rick Helling |
tied 0-0 |
t 1 |
0 |
-2- |
2,(1-0) BX |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0.119 |
68% |
|
Home Run (CF-RF); Suzuki Scores |
| 39 |
39 |
2 |
1 |
2001-04-08 |
SEA |
@ |
TEX |
Mike Venafro |
behind 2-4 |
t 8 |
2 |
1-- |
5,(2-2) BBCCX |
2 |
8 |
PH |
0.308 |
41% |
|
Home Run (LF-CF); Boone Scores |
| 40 |
40 |
3 |
1 |
2001-04-28 |
SEA |
@ |
CHW |
Rocky Biddle |
behind 4-5 |
t 6 |
0 |
--- |
4,(2-1) CBBX |
1 |
9 |
5 |
0.149 |
50% |
|
Home Run |
| 41 |
41 |
4 |
1 |
2001-05-29 |
SEA |
|
BAL |
Willis Roberts |
tied 0-0 |
b 3 |
2 |
--- |
3,(1-1) CBX |
1 |
2 |
7 |
0.121 |
63% |
|
Home Run (CF-RF) |
| 42 |
42 |
5 |
1 |
2001-08-26 |
SEA |
|
CLE |
Steve Woodard |
tied 2-2 |
b 8 |
1 |
--- |
5,(2-2) CBBFX |
1 |
2 |
5 |
0.291 |
85% |
|
Home Run |
| 2002 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 43 |
43 |
1 |
1 |
2002-04-09 |
SEA |
@ |
ANA |
Kevin Appier |
behind 0-1 |
t 6 |
0 |
-2- |
2,(0-1) CX |
2 |
9 |
7 |
0.213 |
65% |
|
Home Run; Davis Scores |
| 44 |
44 |
2 |
1 |
2002-04-22 |
SEA |
|
ANA |
Scott Schoeneweis |
ahead 4-0 |
b 3 |
1 |
123 |
4,(2-1) CBBX |
4 |
9 |
7 |
0.059 |
98% |
|
Home Run; Guillen Scores; Wilson Scores; Relaford Scores |
| 45 |
45 |
3 |
1 |
2002-05-10 |
SEA |
|
BOS |
Frank Castillo |
ahead 3-0 |
b 2 |
2 |
1-- |
3,(1-1) BCX |
2 |
2 |
7 |
0.102 |
91% |
|
Home Run; Suzuki Scores |
| 46 |
46 |
4 |
1 |
2002-05-16 |
SEA |
@ |
TOR |
Luke Prokopec |
ahead 2-0 |
t 4 |
1 |
12- |
9,(3-2) CBFFFBBFX |
3 |
2 |
7 |
0.157 |
90% |
|
Home Run; Cirillo Scores; Suzuki Scores |
| 47 |
47 |
5 |
1 |
2002-05-24 |
SEA |
|
BAL |
Scott Erickson |
tied 1-1 |
b 5 |
0 |
1-- |
5,(2-2) BFBCX |
2 |
2 |
7 |
0.197 |
81% |
|
Home Run; Suzuki Scores |
| 48 |
48 |
6 |
1 |
2002-06-12 |
SEA |
|
STL |
Darryl Kile |
ahead 1-0 |
b 2 |
2 |
1-3 |
4,(1-2) CBFX |
3 |
9 |
7 |
0.205 |
86% |
|
Home Run; Cirillo Scores; Wilson Scores |
| 49 |
49 |
7 |
1 |
2002-07-15 |
SEA |
@ |
BAL |
Sidney Ponson |
ahead 1-0 |
t 3 |
2 |
--- |
1,(0-0) X |
1 |
2 |
7 |
0.107 |
68% |
|
Home Run (CF-RF) |
| 2003 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 50 |
50 |
1 |
1 |
2003-04-19 |
SEA |
@ |
ANA |
Kevin Appier |
tied 1-1 |
t 2 |
1 |
-2- |
4,(2-1) BCBX |
2 |
9 |
5 |
0.158 |
68% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball); Davis Scores |
| 51 |
51 |
2 |
1 |
2003-05-23 |
SEA |
|
MIN |
Brad Radke |
ahead 3-1 |
b 2 |
0 |
--- |
3,(1-1) BCX |
1 |
8 |
5 |
0.074 |
82% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball) |
| 2004 HRs |
#car |
#yr |
#gm |
Date |
@Bat |
|
|
Pitcher |
Score |
Inn |
Out |
RoB |
Pit(cnt)Sequence |
RBI |
BOP |
Pos |
WPA |
bWE |
Notes |
Play Description |
| 52 |
52 |
1 |
1 |
2004-07-29 |
OAK |
@ |
TEX |
R.A. Dickey |
tied 0-0 |
t 1 |
1 |
--- |
5,(2-2) CBCBX |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0.089 |
57% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball) |
| 53 |
53 |
2 |
1 |
2004-09-17 |
OAK |
@ |
SEA |
Gil Meche |
tied 0-0 |
t 1 |
1 |
--- |
2,(1-0) BX |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0.095 |
57% |
|
Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF) |
About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia
Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes
from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers
hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the
1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's
death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members.
David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership
of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable
database from the Society for American
Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the
intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.
For years from 1916 to 2013, RetroSheet play-by-play data has
been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have
complete play-by-play data.
There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not
agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to
reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the
Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.