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Al Dark

Alvin Ralph Dark (Blackie or The Swamp Fox)

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 7, 1922 in Comanche, OK
High School: Lake Charles HS (Lake Charles, LA)
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1946 (Age 24)   vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Cardinals/Cubs/Phillies 1946-1960

Final Game: October 2, 1960 (Age 38)   vs. PIT 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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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.

Al Dark: 126 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 16 tying, 32 go ahead, 18 lacking some details

5 Tms
NYG	98
CHC	9
STL	9
BSN/MLN	7
PHI	3

vs RHP	69
vs LHP	57

Home	84
Away	42

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	33
Low Lev	59

8 Opps
LAD/BRO	32
CHC	17
PIT	15
PHI	15
BSN/MLN	14
STL	13
CIN	12
NYG/SFG	8

68 Pitchers
Preacher Roe	7
Warren Spahn	4
Russ Meyer	4
Turk Lown	4
Billy Loes	4
Harry Brecheen	4
Harvey Haddix	3
Ken Raffensberger	3
Robin Roberts	3
Max Surkont	3
Curt Simmons	3
Howie Pollet	3
Bob Rush	3
Murry Dickson	3
Paul Minner	3
Don Newcombe	3
Carl Erskine	2
Ben Wade	2
Clem Labine	2
Sheldon Jones	2

11 Parks
Polo Grounds	79
Wrigley Fld	9
Ebbets Fld	8
Shibe Pk	7
Crosley Fld	6
LA Coliseum	5
Sprtsmn3/Busch	5
Forbes Fld	4
Seals Stad	1
County Stad	1
Braves Fld	1

Where Hit
7	72
Unk	32
9	15
8	3
78	3
89	1
General field locations when available.

3 Inside the Park

Game Totals
1·HR gms	120
2·HR gms	3
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.

OrderPos
2nd	82
7th	15
8th	9
3rd	8
6th	7
1st	4
5th	1

Outs
1	43
2	37
0	29
Unk	17

DefPos
SS	104
3B	14
2B	4
LF	3
RF	1

Bases
---	68
1--	19
Unk	18
-2-	8
-23	4
123	3
--3	3
1-3	2
12-	1

187 RBI
RISP	21
0 on	81
1 on	33
2 on	8
3 on	4
Any on	45

Inning
1	18
2	10
3	21
4	20
5	21
6	10
7	6
8	11
9	6
Extra	3

1-3	49
4-6	51
7-end	26

RelScore
+4..	11
+3	4
+2	8
+1	18
Tied	25
-1	17
-2	9
-3	6
-4..	10
Unk	18

Ahead	41
Tied	25
Behind	42
Unk	18
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

· WE and WPA Explanation

1948 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1948-06-25	BSN		PIT	Elmer Singleton		b 7			2	8	6
2	2	2	1	1948-07-04 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	Robin Roberts		t 3			1	8	6
3	3	3	1	1948-07-18 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	Tiny Bonham		t 8			1	2	6
1949 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1949-04-26	BSN	@	BRO	Preacher Roe		t 1	1		1	2	6
5	5	2	1	1949-06-30 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	Sheldon Jones		t 5			2	3	6			IPHR
6	6	3	1	1949-07-28	BSN	@	CIN	Ken Raffensberger		t 4			1	7	6
1950 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1950-04-25	NYG		PHI	Russ Meyer	ahead 5-1	b 4	0	---	1	2	6	0.035	94%		Home Run
8	8	2	1	1950-06-07	NYG	@	CHC	Dutch Leonard	ahead 8-3	t 7	2	---	1	8	6	0.018	98%		Home Run
9	9	3	1	1950-06-20	NYG		STL	Harry Brecheen	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	---	1	7	6	0.109	76%		Home Run
10	10	4	1	1950-06-22 (1)	NYG		STL	Howie Pollet	ahead 2-0	b 8	2	---	1	6	6	0.041	97%		Home Run
11	11	5	1	1950-06-24	NYG		CIN	Ken Raffensberger		b 2			1	6	6			IPHR
12	12	6	1	1950-07-02 (2)	NYG		BSN	Bob Chipman	behind 2-6	b 9	1	---	1	7	6	0.012	2%		Home Run
13	13	7	1	1950-07-03	NYG		BRO	Preacher Roe	tied 2-2	b 11	0	---	1	7	6	0.357	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
14	14	8	1	1950-07-04 (1)	NYG		BRO	Don Newcombe	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	8	6	0.117	56%		Home Run
15	15	9	1	1950-07-04 (2)	NYG		BRO	Bud Podbielan	behind 0-5	b 5	0	1-3	3	8	6	0.130	29%		Home Run; Westrum Scores; Gilbert Scores
16	16	10	1	1950-07-17	NYG	@	CIN	Herm Wehmeier		t 4			1	8	6
17	17	11	1	1950-07-23 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	Johnny Schmitz		t 5			1	7	6
18	18	12	1	1950-08-11	NYG	@	PHI	Curt Simmons		t 4			2	6	6
19	19	13	1	1950-08-26	NYG	@	STL	Harry Brecheen		t 4			1	3	6
20	20	14	1	1950-09-09	NYG		BRO	Preacher Roe	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	6	0.100	61%		Home Run
21	21	15	2	1950-09-09	NYG		BRO	Preacher Roe	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	1	3	6	0.105	84%		Home Run
22	22	16	1	1950-09-16	NYG		CHC	Johnny Schmitz	behind 0-3	b 4	1	1--	2	3	6	0.177	40%		Home Run; Lockman Scores
1951 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1951-04-28	NYG	@	BRO	Preacher Roe	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	7	6	0.105	46%		Home Run
24	24	2	1	1951-05-01	NYG		CHC	Paul Minner	behind 1-2	b 6	0	123	4	6	6	0.244	91%		Home Run; Thomson Scores; Irvin Scores; Noble Scores
25	25	3	1	1951-05-05	NYG		PIT	Bill Werle		b 5			4	7	6
26	26	4	1	1951-05-13 (2)	NYG		PHI	Ken Heintzelman	tied 2-2	b 5	2	---	1	2	6	0.158	67%		Home Run
27	27	5	1	1951-06-09	NYG		CHC	Paul Minner	tied 1-1	b 5	0	-23	3	2	6	0.142	89%		Home Run; Hearn Scores; Stanky Scores
28	28	6	2	1951-06-09	NYG		CHC	Bob Schultz	ahead 6-1	b 6	0	---	1	2	6	0.012	99%		Home Run
29	29	7	1	1951-06-10 (1)	NYG		CHC	Turk Lown	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	1	6	6	0.133	67%		Home Run
30	30	8	1	1951-06-18	NYG	@	STL	Al Brazle	ahead 3-2	t 9	1	---	1	2	6	0.097	92%		Home Run
31	31	9	1	1951-07-16	NYG		PIT	Mel Queen	ahead 4-2	b 4	2	1--	2	2	6	0.132	90%		Home Run; Jansen Scores
32	32	10	1	1951-08-24	NYG		STL	Harry Brecheen	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	---	1	2	6	0.105	74%		Home Run
33	33	11	1	1951-08-29	NYG		PIT	Murry Dickson	ahead 2-1	b 8	0	---	1	2	6	0.072	94%		Home Run
34	34	12	1	1951-09-03 (2)	NYG		PHI	Niles Jordan	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.102	63%		Home Run
35	35	13	1	1951-09-16 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	Bill Werle	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	---	1	2	6	0.120	74%		Home Run (CF-RF)
36	36	14	1	1951-09-25	NYG	@	PHI	Robin Roberts	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	6	0.107	70%		Home Run
1952 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1952-04-23	NYG		BSN	Gene Conley	behind 1-2	b 2	0	--3	2	7	6	0.121	66%		Home Run; Mueller Scores
38	38	2	1	1952-05-23	NYG		BSN	Max Surkont	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	1--	2	7	6	0.131	91%		Home Run; Mueller Scores
39	39	3	1	1952-06-08	NYG	@	PIT	Howie Pollet		t 1			1	2	6
40	40	4	1	1952-06-16	NYG		STL	Harry Brecheen	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	6	0.095	76%		Home Run
41	41	5	1	1952-06-21	NYG		CHC	Joe Hatten	ahead 4-0	b 8	2	1--	2	7	6	0.010	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); Elliott Scores
42	42	6	1	1952-07-06 (2)	NYG		PHI	Russ Meyer	behind 0-2	b 5	2	---	1	7	6	0.125	35%		Home Run
43	43	7	1	1952-07-30 (1)	NYG		CHC	Turk Lown	behind 0-3	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.085	32%		Home Run
44	44	8	1	1952-09-08 (2)	NYG		BRO	Billy Loes	behind 0-1	b 6	0	1--	2	2	6	0.300	75%		Home Run; Mueller Scores
45	45	9	1	1952-09-09	NYG		PIT	Bill Bell	ahead 9-1	b 5	2	1--	2	2	6	0.004	100%		Home Run; Mueller Scores/unER; Dark Scores/unER
46	46	10	1	1952-09-11	NYG		PIT	Howie Pollet		b 1			1	2	6
47	47	11	1	1952-09-14	NYG		STL	Harvey Haddix	tied 0-0	b 1	0	--3	2	2	6	0.101	74%		Home Run; Hofman Scores
48	48	12	1	1952-09-24 (1)	NYG		BSN	Sheldon Jones	ahead 6-5	b 4	0	---	1	2	6	0.104	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	13	1	1952-09-24 (2)	NYG		BSN	Warren Spahn	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	-2-	2	2	6	0.150	88%		Home Run; Williams Scores
50	50	14	1	1952-09-26	NYG		PHI	Russ Meyer	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	1	2	6	0.054	90%		Home Run
1953 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1953-04-25	NYG	@	BRO	Russ Meyer	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	1	2	6	0.107	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
52	52	2	1	1953-05-01	NYG		STL	Gerry Staley	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2	7	6	0.187	71%		Home Run; Thomson Scores
53	53	3	1	1953-05-20	NYG	@	CHC	Turk Lown	ahead 5-1	t 4	1	---	1	2	6	0.049	91%		Home Run
54	54	4	1	1953-06-10	NYG		MLN	Vern Bickford	behind 2-3	b 3	1	---	1	2	5	0.115	53%		Home Run
55	55	5	1	1953-06-24	NYG	@	STL	Vinegar Bend Mizell		t 7			1	3	7
56	56	6	1	1953-07-05	NYG		BRO	Clem Labine	ahead 3-2	b 2	2	-23	3	2	4	0.194	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball); Westrum Scores; Maglie Scores
57	57	7	1	1953-07-16	NYG		CHC	Turk Lown	ahead 6-3	b 4	0	---	1	2	4	0.053	91%		Home Run
58	58	8	1	1953-07-19 (2)	NYG		MLN	Max Surkont	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.095	62%		Home Run
59	59	9	1	1953-07-25	NYG		CIN	Fred Baczewski	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	-2-	2	2	4	0.161	81%		Home Run; Worthington Scores
60	60	10	1	1953-07-26 (2)	NYG		CIN	Ken Raffensberger	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.095	62%		Home Run
61	61	11	1	1953-07-31	NYG	@	CIN	Bud Podbielan	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.096	57%		Home Run
62	62	12	1	1953-08-06	NYG	@	CHC	Bubba Church	ahead 9-6	t 8	2	-23	3	2	6	0.064	99%		Home Run; Wilhelm Scores/unER; Lockman Scores/unER; Dark Scores/unER
63	63	13	1	1953-08-13	NYG		BRO	Billy Loes	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	7	0.078	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
64	64	14	1	1953-08-16 (2)	NYG		PHI	Karl Drews	behind 0-3	b 3	1	1--	2	2	6	0.165	42%		Home Run; Williams Scores
65	65	15	1	1953-08-26	NYG		STL	Harvey Haddix	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-	2	2	6	0.120	73%		Home Run; Williams Scores
66	66	16	1	1953-08-30 (1)	NYG		CHC	Bob Rush	behind 0-1	b 3	2	-2-	2	2	6	0.205	63%		Home Run; Westrum Scores
67	67	17	1	1953-09-04	NYG		BRO	Joe Black	behind 4-6	b 6	2	1--	2	2	6	0.286	52%		Home Run (Line Drive); Lockman Scores
68	68	18	1	1953-09-05	NYG		BRO	Bob Milliken	behind 2-11	b 4	2	1--	2	2	6	0.017	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball); Lockman Scores
69	69	19	1	1953-09-06	NYG		BRO	Preacher Roe	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.095	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
70	70	20	1	1953-09-16	NYG	@	CIN	Harry Perkowski	ahead 2-0	t 8	1	1--	2	2	6	0.100	96%		Home Run; Williams Scores
71	71	21	1	1953-09-19 (1)	NYG		PIT	Paul LaPalme	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	1--	2	2	6	0.134	83%		Home Run; Williams Scores
72	72	22	1	1953-09-20	NYG		PIT	Bob Friend	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	6	0.142	73%		Home Run; Williams Scores
73	73	23	1	1953-09-25	NYG	@	PIT	Bob Friend		t 1			1	2	6
1954 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
74	74	1	1	1954-04-13	NYG		BRO	Carl Erskine	behind 0-1	b 3	1	1--	2	2	6	0.209	65%		Home Run; Williams Scores
75	75	2	1	1954-05-14	NYG		CHC	Bob Rush	behind 1-3	b 5	1	1--	2	2	6	0.244	54%		Home Run; Gardner Scores
76	76	3	1	1954-05-28	NYG		BRO	Ben Wade	ahead 12-6	b 8	0	---	1	2	6	0.001	100%		Home Run
77	77	4	1	1954-05-29	NYG		BRO	Carl Erskine	behind 1-2	b 6	2	---	1	2	6	0.190	52%		Home Run
78	78	5	1	1954-06-20	NYG		STL	Vic Raschi	behind 0-2	b 5	1	12-	3	2	6	0.341	69%		Home Run; Gomez Scores; Williams Scores/unER
79	79	6	1	1954-07-06	NYG	@	BRO	Preacher Roe	behind 0-2	t 4	0	1--	2	2	6	0.182	50%		Home Run; Lockman Scores
80	80	7	1	1954-07-07	NYG	@	BRO	Ben Wade	ahead 9-2	t 8	1	---	1	2	6	0.002	100%		Home Run
81	81	8	1	1954-07-09	NYG		PIT	Paul LaPalme	tied 0-0	b 5	2	---	1	2	6	0.155	67%		Home Run
82	82	9	1	1954-07-10	NYG		PIT	Max Surkont	behind 0-5	b 3	1	123	4	2	6	0.225	41%		Home Run; Westrum Scores; Taylor Scores/unER; Lockman Scores
83	83	10	1	1954-07-11 (1)	NYG		PIT	Vern Law	ahead 4-0	b 2	2	---	1	2	6	0.046	91%		Home Run
84	84	11	1	1954-08-01 (1)	NYG		CIN	Harry Perkowski	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	---	1	2	6	0.116	79%		Home Run
85	85	12	1	1954-08-05	NYG		CHC	Warren Hacker	behind 3-4	b 5	2	---	1	2	6	0.158	52%		Home Run
86	86	13	1	1954-08-06	NYG		MLN	Gene Conley	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---	1	2	6	0.107	39%		Home Run
87	87	14	2	1954-08-06	NYG		MLN	Dave Jolly	behind 3-6	b 9	1	---	1	2	6	0.028	5%		Home Run
88	88	15	1	1954-08-08	NYG		MLN	Warren Spahn	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	3	6	0.131	66%		Home Run
89	89	16	1	1954-08-15	NYG	@	BRO	Billy Loes	behind 0-4	t 5	2	---	1	2	6	0.050	13%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
90	90	17	1	1954-09-01	NYG	@	CIN	Art Fowler	behind 4-9	t 9	0	1--	2	3	6	0.021	3%		Home Run; Mueller Scores
91	91	18	1	1954-09-06 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	Robin Roberts	behind 3-4	t 8	0	---	1	2	6	0.246	50%		Home Run
92	92	19	1	1954-09-09 (1)	NYG		CHC	Paul Minner	behind 3-6	b 8	1	---	1	2	6	0.063	12%		Home Run
93	93	20	1	1954-09-16 (2)	NYG		MLN	Lew Burdette	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.102	53%		Home Run
1955 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
94	94	1	1	1955-04-24	NYG	@	BRO	Billy Loes	behind 3-5	t 9	1	-2-	2	2	6	0.341	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball); Lockman Scores/unER
95	95	2	1	1955-05-29	NYG		BRO	Johnny Podres	behind 1-6	b 5	1	1--	2	2	6	0.088	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Lockman Scores
96	96	3	1	1955-05-30 (1)	NYG		PHI	Murry Dickson	ahead 3-2	b 5	2	---	1	2	6	0.116	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
97	97	4	1	1955-07-07	NYG		PHI	Murry Dickson		b 6			3	1	6
98	98	5	1	1955-07-08	NYG		BRO	Don Newcombe	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	-23	3	1	6	0.199	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball); Harris Scores; Westrum Scores
99	99	6	1	1955-07-16	NYG		MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 0-2	b 4	2	-2-	2	6	6	0.226	51%		Home Run; Mays Scores
100	100	7	1	1955-07-18	NYG		MLN	Bob Buhl	tied 1-1	b 3	1	-2-	2	1	6	0.173	75%		Home Run; Gomez Scores
101	101	8	1	1955-07-24 (1)	NYG		CIN	Art Fowler	behind 2-5	b 6	1	---	1	2	6	0.089	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
102	102	9	1	1955-09-01	NYG		CIN	Joe Nuxhall	behind 3-7	b 9	0	---	1	5	6	0.024	4%		Home Run
1956 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
103	103	1	1	1956-05-16	NYG		CHC	Bob Rush		b 1			1	2	6
104	104	2	1	1956-05-20 (1)	NYG		STL	Dick Littlefield	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	1	6	0.128	64%		Home Run
105	105	3	1	1956-06-24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	Curt Simmons	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	1	2	6	0.154	62%		Home Run
106	106	4	1	1956-08-28	STL		PHI	Curt Simmons	tied 3-3	b 5	1	---	1	2	6	0.159	69%		Home Run
107	107	5	1	1956-09-15	STL	@	NYG	Mike McCormick	behind 0-1	t 3	2	1--	2	2	6	0.231	58%		Home Run (LF-CF); Del Greco Scores
108	108	6	1	1956-09-19	STL	@	BRO	Don Newcombe	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.098	58%		Home Run
1957 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
109	109	1	1	1957-05-14	STL		NYG	Ruben Gomez	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	6	0.102	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
110	110	2	1	1957-06-08	STL	@	NYG	Al Worthington	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	6	0.108	70%		Home Run
111	111	3	1	1957-07-12	STL	@	NYG	Ruben Gomez	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	---	1	2	6	0.094	83%		Home Run
112	112	4	1	1957-07-15	STL	@	PHI	Jack Sanford	behind 1-6	t 8	2	---	1	2	6	0.008	1%		Home Run
1958 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
113	113	1	1	1958-04-25	STL	@	LAD	Fred Kipp	behind 1-3	t 6	1	---	1	2	5	0.114	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
114	114	2	1	1958-06-19	CHC	@	MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 3-4	t 7	0	---	1	2	5	0.208	50%		Home Run
115	115	3	1	1958-06-21	CHC	@	CIN	Harvey Haddix	behind 1-8	t 7	2	---	1	2	5	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
116	116	4	1	1958-09-26 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	Don Drysdale	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.099	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
1959 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
117	117	1	1	1959-07-02	CHC		SFG	Eddie Fisher	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	2	5	0.083	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); Taylor Scores/unER; Dark Scores/unER
118	118	2	1	1959-08-11	CHC		LAD	Clem Labine	behind 3-4	b 10	1	---	1	8	5	0.469	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
119	119	3	1	1959-08-12	CHC		LAD	Danny McDevitt	ahead 6-2	b 4	0	---	1	8	5	0.033	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
120	120	4	1	1959-08-13	CHC		SFG	Mike McCormick	ahead 13-9	b 7	0	123	4	8	5	0.009	100%		Home Run; Averill Scores; Noren Scores; Thomson Scores
121	121	5	1	1959-09-03	CHC	@	SFG	Johnny Antonelli	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	5	0.111	59%		Home Run
122	122	6	1	1959-09-26	CHC		LAD	Johnny Podres	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1-3	3	7	5	0.196	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball); Thomson Scores; Schult Scores
1960 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
123	123	1	1	1960-05-06	PHI	@	LAD	Sandy Koufax	ahead 3-1	t 10	2	--3	2	2	5	0.059	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball); Smith Scores
124	124	2	1	1960-05-07	PHI	@	LAD	Stan Williams	behind 0-1	t 6	0	---	1	2	5	0.163	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
125	125	3	1	1960-05-16	PHI		STL	Vinegar Bend Mizell	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	2	5	0.129	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
126	126	4	1	1960-08-23	MLN	@	LAD	Stan Williams	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	7	7	0.085	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball)

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.

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