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Bob Will
Robert Lee Will (Butch)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 15, 1931 in Berwyn, IL
High School: Morton (Berwyn, IL)
Signed
by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1957
Final Game: June 12, 1963
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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.

Bob Will: 9 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 2 go ahead, 1 lacking some details
1 Tm
CHC9
 
vs RHP9
 
Away6
Home3
 
Leverage
High Lev3
Medium Lev2
Low Lev3
6 Opps
CIN2
SFG2
MLN2
LAD1
PHI1
STL1
7 Pitchers
Don Newcombe2
Lew Burdette2
Lindy McDaniel1
Billy Loes1
Don Drysdale1
Jack Baldschun1
Joe Shipley1
5 Parks
Wrigley Fld3
Crosley Fld2
Candlestick2
Shibe Pk1
LA Coliseum1
Where Hit
97
Unk1
71
General field locations when available.
 
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms9
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
2nd6
7th1
9th1
8th1
Outs
04
13
Unk1
21
 
DefPos
RF5
PH3
LF1
Bases
---6
1--2
Unk1
 
11 RBI
0 on7
1 on2
Any on2
Inning
52
61
71
82
92
Extra1
 
4-63
7-end6
RelScore
+4..2
Tied2
-12
-32
Unk1
 
Ahead2
Tied2
Behind4
Unk1
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

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1957 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1957-07-04 (1) CHC STL Lindy McDaniel behind 2-5 b 7 1 1-- 2 9 PH 18% 30% Home Run; Morgan Scores
1960 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
2 2 1 1 1960-05-30 (2) CHC @ SFG Billy Loes behind 3-4 t 9 0 --- 1 2 9 35% 50% Home Run
3 3 2 1 1960-05-31 CHC @ SFG Joe Shipley ahead 6-1 t 9 0 1-- 2 2 9 0% 100% Home Run; Ashburn Scores
4 4 3 1 1960-06-02 CHC @ LAD Don Drysdale ahead 5-1 t 5 1 --- 1 2 9 4% 93% Home Run (Fly Ball)
5 5 4 1 1960-06-17 CHC @ CIN Don Newcombe tied 3-3 t 5 0 --- 1 2 7 15% 65% Home Run (Deep RF)
6 6 5 1 1960-07-20 (2) CHC @ CIN Don Newcombe behind 1-4 t 6 1 --- 1 2 9 7% 18% Home Run (Deep RF)
7 7 6 1 1960-08-31 (1) CHC MLN Lew Burdette tied 4-4 b 10 2 --- 1 2 9 47% 100% Walk-Off Home Run (Deep RF)
1962 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
8 8 1 1 1962-05-18 CHC @ PHI Jack Baldschun behind 7-8 t 8 0 --- 1 8 PH 25% 50% Home Run (Deep RF)
9 9 2 1 1962-05-29 CHC MLN Lew Burdette b 8 1 7 PH

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.