Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

George Mitterwald: 76 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 11 tying, 29 go ahead

2 Tms
MIN	50
CHC	26

vs RHP	39
vs LHP	37

Home	45
Away	31

Leverage
High Lev	23
Medium Lev	29
Low Lev	24

22 Opps
OAK	9
CAL	5
PIT	5
BOS	5
CLE	5
TEX/WSA	4
DET	4
KCR	4
PHI	4
CHW	4
MIL/SEP	4
CIN	3
NYY	3
BAL	3
LAD	3
MON	3
ATL	2
HOU	2
SFG	1
STL	1

64 Pitchers
Rudy May	3
Gary Peters	2
Barry Moore	2
Tommy John	2
Joe Niekro	2
Vida Blue	2
Jerry Reuss	2
Catfish Hunter	2
Rollie Fingers	2
Jim Rooker	2
Sonny Siebert	2
Steve Carlton	1
Orlando Pena	1
Danny Murphy	1
Don Stanhouse	1
Tom Underwood	1
Denny McLain	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Jim Palmer	1
Pete Broberg	1

23 Parks
Metrop. Stad	29
Wrigley Fld	16
NetworkAssoc	5
Angel Stad	3
VeteransStad	2
County Stad	2
ClevelandStd	2
Fenway Pk	2
Comiskey Pk	1
Memor. Stad	1
Yankee Stad	1
Parc Jarry	1
Arlington	1
Sick's Stad	1
Dodger Stad	1
Shea Stad	1
Astrodome	1
Munic. Stad	1
Tiger Stad	1
Candlestick	1

Where Hit
7	55
8	7
9	7
Unk	4
78	2
89	1
General field locations when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	67
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.

OrderPos
8th	33
7th	22
6th	10
5th	7
9th	3
4th	1

Outs
1	32
0	26
2	18

DefPos
C	72
1B	3
PH	1

Bases
---	44
1--	13
12-	8
-2-	6
--3	2
1-3	2
123	1

120 RBI
RISP	19
0 on	44
1 on	21
2 on	10
3 on	1
Any on	32

Inning
1	4
2	9
3	4
4	11
5	9
6	10
7	9
8	8
9	9
Extra	3

1-3	17
4-6	30
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	1
+2	3
+1	8
Tied	24
-1	11
-2	7
-3	5
-4..	7

Ahead	22
Tied	24
Behind	30
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

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1969 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1969-04-11	MIN	@	CAL	George Brunet	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	2	12%	60%		Home Run (LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	1969-04-12	MIN	@	CAL	Rudy May	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	2	12%	62%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1969-06-29 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	Tom Burgmeier	ahead 9-2	t 9	1	1--	2	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run; Cardenas Scores
4	4	4	1	1969-07-20	MIN	@	SEP	John Gelnar	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	12%	62%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1969-09-30	MIN		CHW	Tommy John	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	1	5	2	18%	75%		Home Run
1970 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1970-05-02	MIN	@	BAL	Mike Cuellar	behind 0-1	t 2	2	1--	2	7	2	21%	58%		Home Run; Allison Scores
7	7	2	1	1970-05-08	MIN	@	CLE	Barry Moore	behind 4-6	t 8	0	1--	2	8	2	30%	50%		Home Run; Allison Scores
8	8	3	1	1970-05-24	MIN		CAL	Rudy May	behind 1-5	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	7%	18%		Home Run
9	9	4	1	1970-06-16	MIN		WSA	Joe Grzenda	tied 2-2	b 4	2	1--	2	8	2	24%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); Cardenas Scores
10	10	5	1	1970-06-23	MIN	@	MIL	Bobby Bolin	tied 1-1	t 6	2	-2-	2	7	2	29%	77%		Home Run; Allison Scores
11	11	6	1	1970-06-28 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	Barry Moore	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	2	23%	83%		Home Run; Oliva Scores; Alyea Scores
12	12	7	1	1970-07-21	MIN		DET	Denny McLain	behind 0-5	b 5	1	-2-	2	8	2	8%	15%		Home Run; Renick Scores
13	13	8	1	1970-07-23	MIN		DET	Joe Niekro	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	1	6	2	21%	80%		Home Run
14	14	9	1	1970-07-27	MIN		BAL	Jim Palmer	ahead 4-1	b 6	0	---	1	6	2	4%	96%		Home Run
15	15	10	1	1970-08-06	MIN		CAL	Paul Doyle	tied 1-1	b 14	0	---	1	8	2	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
16	16	11	1	1970-08-16	MIN	@	BOS	Gary Peters	tied 3-3	t 4	1	1--	2	8	2	21%	72%		Home Run; Allison Scores
17	17	12	1	1970-08-20	MIN		NYY	Mel Stottlemyre	behind 2-4	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	13%	30%		Home Run
18	18	13	1	1970-08-27	MIN		BOS	Sonny Siebert	tied 2-2	b 4	2	--3	2	8	2	22%	77%		Home Run; Holt Scores
19	19	14	1	1970-09-11	MIN		CHW	Danny Murphy	ahead 5-0	b 8	1	---	1	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run
20	20	15	1	1970-09-23	MIN	@	OAK	Catfish Hunter	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	12-	3	7	2	19%	91%		Home Run; Oliva Scores; Holt Scores
1971 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1971-05-17	MIN	@	CAL	Rudy May	behind 0-2	t 5	1	1--	2	7	2	25%	47%		Home Run; Carew Scores
22	22	2	1	1971-05-21	MIN	@	OAK	Rollie Fingers	ahead 4-0	t 6	1	---	1	8	2	3%	96%		Home Run
23	23	3	2	1971-05-21	MIN	@	OAK	Jim Roland	ahead 5-1	t 8	2	1--	2	8	2	2%	99%		Home Run; Holt Scores
24	24	4	1	1971-05-25	MIN	@	MIL	Lew Krausse	tied 3-3	t 6	0	1-3	3	8	2	19%	89%		Home Run (LF-CF); Holt Scores; Cardenas Scores
25	25	5	1	1971-06-13	MIN	@	DET	Fred Scherman	behind 3-6	t 7	0	---	1	9	2	8%	17%		Home Run
26	26	6	1	1971-06-17	MIN		CHW	Tommy John	behind 2-3	b 6	2	---	1	7	2	21%	52%		Home Run
27	27	7	1	1971-07-11 (1)	MIN		KCR	Ted Abernathy	behind 4-5	b 9	1	---	1	8	2	47%	57%		Home Run
28	28	8	1	1971-07-22	MIN	@	NYY	Fritz Peterson	behind 3-13	t 9	0	---	1	7	2	0%	0%		Home Run
29	29	9	1	1971-07-24	MIN		BOS	Gary Peters	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	7	2	14%	68%		Home Run
30	30	10	1	1971-07-26	MIN		BOS	Sonny Siebert	behind 0-1	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	25%	55%		Home Run
31	31	11	1	1971-07-30	MIN		NYY	Stan Bahnsen	ahead 6-1	b 5	2	12-	3	8	2	3%	100%		Home Run; Reese Scores; Cardenas Scores
32	32	12	1	1971-09-03 (2)	MIN		OAK	Vida Blue	tied 1-1	b 9	2	---	1	7	2	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
33	33	13	1	1971-09-12	MIN	@	OAK	Vida Blue	ahead 2-1	t 8	2	12-	3	8	2	20%	97%		Home Run; Oliva Scores/unER; Soderholm Scores/unER; Mitterwald Scores/unER
1972 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1972-09-15	MIN		KCR	Roger Nelson	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	11%	80%		Home Run
1973 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1973-05-02	MIN		CLE	Brent Strom	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	1--	2	8	2	10%	92%		Home Run; Thompson Scores
36	36	2	1	1973-05-14 (2)	MIN	@	TEX	Rich Hand	behind 0-2	t 5	0	1--	2	8	2	22%	50%		Home Run; Thompson Scores
37	37	3	1	1973-05-25	MIN		KCR	Paul Splittorff	behind 0-3	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	8%	17%		Home Run
38	38	4	1	1973-05-28	MIN		BAL	Orlando Pena	ahead 8-3	b 7	1	1--	2	8	2	1%	100%		Home Run (CF-RF); Terrell Scores
39	39	5	1	1973-06-01	MIN		DET	Joe Coleman	behind 1-5	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	7%	19%		Home Run
40	40	6	1	1973-06-06 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	Dick Tidrow	tied 2-2	t 2	1	---	1	8	2	11%	59%		Home Run
41	41	7	1	1973-06-18	MIN		TEX	Pete Broberg	tied 2-2	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	13%	67%		Home Run
42	42	8	1	1973-06-19	MIN		TEX	Jim Bibby	ahead 4-3	b 6	0	---	1	7	2	10%	85%		Home Run
43	43	9	1	1973-07-12 (1)	MIN		CLE	Milt Wilcox	tied 0-0	b 2	0	12-	3	8	2	18%	83%		Home Run; Hisle Scores; Lis Scores
44	44	10	1	1973-07-15	MIN		CLE	Gaylord Perry	behind 3-5	b 8	1	---	1	5	2	12%	24%		Home Run
45	45	11	1	1973-07-22	MIN	@	BOS	Bill Lee	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	12-	3	5	2	19%	82%		Home Run; Darwin Scores; Oliva Scores
46	46	12	1	1973-07-26 (2)	MIN		OAK	Ken Holtzman	behind 1-4	b 6	0	12-	3	5	2	29%	57%		Home Run; Darwin Scores; Oliva Scores
47	47	13	2	1973-07-26 (2)	MIN		OAK	Rollie Fingers	tied 5-5	b 10	0	-2-	2	5	2	19%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; Monzon Scores
48	48	14	1	1973-07-27	MIN		OAK	Dave Hamilton	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	2	25%	79%		Home Run; Carew Scores; Darwin Scores
49	49	15	1	1973-08-24	MIN		MIL	Skip Lockwood	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	11%	64%		Home Run
50	50	16	1	1973-09-26	MIN	@	OAK	Catfish Hunter	ahead 2-1	t 9	2	---	1	6	2	10%	92%		Home Run
1974 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1974-04-17	CHC		PIT	Jerry Reuss	behind 1-3	b 1	2	123	4	7	2	35%	71%		Home Run; Monday Scores; Williams Scores; Madlock Scores
52	52	2	2	1974-04-17	CHC		PIT	Jerry Reuss	ahead 8-4	b 3	0	-2-	2	7	2	4%	96%		Home Run; Madlock Scores
53	53	3	3	1974-04-17	CHC		PIT	Steve Blass	ahead 16-4	b 6	1	---	1	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run
54	54	4	1	1974-06-07	CHC	@	LAD	Don Sutton	tied 4-4	t 7	1	---	1	8	2	23%	69%		Home Run
55	55	5	1	1974-07-20	CHC	@	CIN	Pedro Borbon	ahead 9-4	t 9	2	-2-	2	9	2	0%	100%		Home Run; Madlock Scores
56	56	6	1	1974-08-30 (1)	CHC	@	SDP	Dave Freisleben	behind 0-1	t 8	1	---	1	7	2	27%	45%		Home Run
57	57	7	1	1974-09-24 (2)	CHC		MON	Don Carrithers	behind 1-7	b 6	1	---	1	7	2	2%	4%		Home Run
1975 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1975-04-23	CHC		PHI	Tom Underwood	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	1	6	3	14%	67%		Home Run
59	59	2	1	1975-05-23	CHC	@	SFG	Pete Falcone	behind 0-1	t 8	0	---	1	6	2	25%	50%		Home Run
60	60	3	1	1975-06-28	CHC	@	PIT	Jim Rooker	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	3	12%	59%		Home Run
61	61	4	1	1975-09-05 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	Tug McGraw	behind 2-6	t 9	1	---	1	9	PH	1%	1%		Home Run
62	62	5	1	1975-09-14	CHC		PHI	Steve Carlton	behind 0-7	b 5	0	1--	2	7	2	4%	7%		Home Run; Trillo Scores
1976 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1976-05-30	CHC		PIT	Jim Rooker	behind 1-4	b 9	1	---	1	5	3	3%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive)
64	64	2	1	1976-07-30	CHC		STL	John Curtis	ahead 6-5	b 8	1	---	1	7	2	8%	94%		Home Run
65	65	3	1	1976-08-05	CHC	@	MON	Don Stanhouse	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	12%	62%		Home Run
66	66	4	1	1976-08-13 (2)	CHC		LAD	Burt Hooton	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--	2	6	2	20%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive); LaCock Scores
67	67	5	1	1976-08-29	CHC		ATL	Phil Niekro	behind 1-2	b 5	0	-2-	2	7	2	21%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive); Trillo Scores
1977 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1977-04-13	CHC	@	PHI	Randy Lerch	tied 0-0	t 7	0	---	1	7	2	19%	69%		Home Run
69	69	2	1	1977-05-05	CHC		HOU	Joe Niekro	ahead 7-0	b 5	2	---	1	8	2	1%	99%		Home Run
70	70	3	1	1977-05-06	CHC		ATL	Buzz Capra	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	--3	2	8	2	8%	90%		Home Run; Ontiveros Scores
71	71	4	1	1977-05-10	CHC	@	HOU	Floyd Bannister	ahead 2-1	t 4	2	1-3	3	8	2	24%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive); Morales Scores; Ontiveros Scores
72	72	5	1	1977-07-04 (2)	CHC		MON	Bill Atkinson	behind 4-7	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	5%	10%		Home Run
73	73	6	1	1977-07-12	CHC	@	NYM	Jon Matlack	behind 0-1	t 7	2	1--	2	8	2	42%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive); Ontiveros Scores
74	74	7	1	1977-07-28	CHC		CIN	Dale Murray	behind 4-6	b 2	0	---	1	8	2	10%	45%		Home Run
75	75	8	2	1977-07-28	CHC		CIN	Jack Billingham	behind 14-1	b 12	1	---	1	8	2	47%	59%		Home Run
76	76	9	1	1977-08-20	CHC		LAD	Doug Rau	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	15%	57%		Home Run

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 1954 to 2009, 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.

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