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Bill Dickey

William Malcolm Dickey (The Man Nobody Knows)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 6, 1907 in Bastrop, LA
High School: Searcy HS (Searcy, AR)(All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1928 (Age 21)   vs. CHW 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Yankees 1928-1946

Final Game: September 8, 1946 (Age 39)   vs. WSH 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1954 (202/252 ballots).
   View Bill Dickey Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: November 12, 1993 in Little Rock, AR
Buried: Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, AR
Relatives: Brother of George Dickey
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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.

Bill Dickey: 202 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 0 tying, 3 go ahead, 199 lacking some details
1 Tm
NYY202
 
vs RHP167
vs LHP35
 
Home135
Away67
 
Leverage
7 Opps
SLB39
PHA32
DET29
CLE28
CHW26
WSH24
BOS24
98 Pitchers
George Blaeholder9
Roxie Lawson6
Vic Sorrell6
Earl Whitehill6
Eddie Smith5
Ted Lyons5
General Crowder5
Tommy Bridges5
John Whitehead4
Lynn Nelson4
Clint Brown4
Mel Harder4
Johnny Marcum4
Oral Hildebrand4
Jack Knott3
Johnny Allen3
Elden Auker3
Jack Wilson3
Dutch Leonard3
Vern Kennedy3
10 Parks
NYC16135
CLE0614
PHI1113
STL0712
CHI1010
DET047
BOS075
WAS094
CLE071
BOS081
Where Hit
Unk202
General field locations when available.
 
2 Inside the Park
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms171
2·HR gms14
3·HR gms1
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
5th81
6th53
7th41
Unk18
4th5
8th4
Outs
Unk201
11
 
DefPos
C200
PH2
Bases
Unk202
 
345 RBI
0 on104
1 on61
2 on29
3 on8
Any on98
Inning
17
248
321
425
523
618
728
822
98
Extra2
 
1-376
4-666
7-end60
RelScore
Tied3
Unk199
 
Tied3
Unk199
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

View Pitches · WE and WPA Explanation
1929 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1929-05-07 NYY @ SLB General Crowder t 5 1 8 2
2 2 2 1 1929-05-18 (1) NYY BOS Danny MacFayden b 5 2 8 2
3 3 3 1 1929-05-25 (1) NYY @ BOS Jack Russell t 2 1 7 2
4 4 4 1 1929-05-26 NYY @ BOS Ed Morris t 5 1 7 2
5 5 5 1 1929-07-08 NYY @ SLB Rip Collins t 3 2 7 2
6 6 6 1 1929-07-13 (1) NYY @ CHW Red Faber t 7 1 7 2
7 7 7 1 1929-07-24 NYY DET George Uhle b 4 1 1 7 2 IPHR
8 8 8 1 1929-07-26 NYY SLB Sam Gray b 1 3 7 2
9 9 9 2 1929-07-26 NYY SLB Lefty Stewart b 3 1 7 2
10 10 10 1 1929-09-08 NYY DET Vic Sorrell b 4 1 4 2
1930 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
11 11 1 1 1930-04-28 NYY @ WSH Firpo Marberry t 7 1 8 2
12 12 2 1 1930-05-16 NYY @ BOS Ed Durham t 9 1 PH
13 13 3 1 1930-06-25 (2) NYY SLB George Blaeholder b 4 1 7 2
14 14 4 1 1930-07-09 NYY PHA Bill Shores b 5 3 7 2
15 15 5 1 1930-09-03 NYY WSH Sad Sam Jones b 2 3 7 2 IPHR
1931 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
16 16 1 1 1931-06-02 NYY SLB Sam Gray b 2 1 8 2
17 17 2 1 1931-08-12 (1) NYY @ CLE Roxie Lawson t 5 3 7 2
18 18 3 1 1931-09-07 (2) NYY @ PHA Waite Hoyt t 6 1 7 2
19 19 4 1 1931-09-15 NYY DET Tommy Bridges b 6 1 6 2
20 20 5 1 1931-09-17 (1) NYY SLB George Blaeholder b 5 4 7 2
21 21 6 2 1931-09-17 (1) NYY SLB George Blaeholder b 7 3 7 2
1932 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
22 22 1 1 1932-04-19 (1) NYY @ BOS Ed Durham t 3 1 7 2
23 23 2 1 1932-04-20 NYY PHA George Earnshaw b 8 1 7 2
24 24 3 1 1932-04-26 NYY WSH General Crowder b 2 2 7 2
25 25 4 1 1932-04-30 NYY BOS Hod Lisenbee b 7 2 7 2
26 26 5 1 1932-05-18 NYY CLE Clint Brown b 4 1 6 2
27 27 6 1 1932-05-19 (2) NYY WSH Carl Fischer b 3 2 6 2
28 28 7 1 1932-06-05 NYY BOS Hod Lisenbee b 5 1 6 2
29 29 8 1 1932-06-13 NYY @ CLE Jack Russell t 2 1 6 2
30 30 9 2 1932-06-13 NYY @ CLE Jack Russell t 6 1 6 2
31 31 10 1 1932-06-14 NYY @ CLE Clint Brown t 2 2 6 2
32 32 11 1 1932-06-16 NYY @ CHW Milt Gaston t 6 3 6 2
33 33 12 1 1932-08-04 NYY @ CHW Phil Gallivan t 4 4 6 2
34 34 13 1 1932-09-05 (2) NYY PHA Rube Walberg b 2 1 6 2
35 35 14 1 1932-09-10 (1) NYY @ DET Vic Sorrell t 3 4 7 2
36 36 15 1 1932-09-12 NYY @ CLE Oral Hildebrand t 12 2 6 2
1933 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
37 37 1 1 1933-04-28 NYY WSH Lefty Stewart b 7 1 7 2
38 38 2 1 1933-05-19 NYY SLB Ed Wells b 2 2 7 2
39 39 3 1 1933-05-27 NYY CHW Ed Durham b 8 4 7 2
40 40 4 1 1933-06-06 (2) NYY BOS Gordon Rhodes b 6 2 7 2
41 41 5 1 1933-06-20 NYY @ CHW Whit Wyatt t 2 2 7 2
42 42 6 1 1933-06-23 (1) NYY @ SLB George Blaeholder t 3 2 7 2
43 43 7 1 1933-06-24 NYY @ SLB Hank McDonald t 3 2 7 2
44 44 8 1 1933-07-09 (1) NYY DET Art Herring b 6 1 7 2
45 45 9 1 1933-07-13 NYY SLB Hank McDonald b 4 3 7 2
46 46 10 1 1933-07-14 NYY SLB George Blaeholder b 6 2 7 2
47 47 11 1 1933-07-15 NYY CHW Whit Wyatt b 6 2 7 2
48 48 12 1 1933-08-17 NYY @ SLB George Blaeholder t 2 2 7 2
49 49 13 1 1933-08-27 (2) NYY @ DET Carl Fischer t 2 2 7 2
50 50 14 1 1933-09-17 (2) NYY CLE Sarge Connally b 8 2 7 2
1934 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
51 51 1 1 1934-04-18 NYY @ PHA Al Benton t 7 1 7 2
52 52 2 1 1934-04-19 NYY @ PHA Roy Mahaffey t 2 3 7 2
53 53 3 1 1934-05-05 NYY DET Schoolboy Rowe b 5 1 7 2
54 54 4 1 1934-05-07 NYY SLB Ed Wells b 7 1 7 2
55 55 5 1 1934-05-09 NYY SLB Jim Weaver b 3 1 7 2
56 56 6 1 1934-06-16 NYY DET Tommy Bridges b 7 2 PH
57 57 7 1 1934-07-01 NYY @ WSH Earl Whitehill t 6 2 6 2
58 58 8 1 1934-07-07 NYY WSH General Crowder b 2 1 6 2
59 59 9 1 1934-07-11 NYY @ CLE Lloyd Brown t 2 2 6 2
60 60 10 2 1934-07-11 NYY @ CLE Bob Weiland t 7 2 6 2
61 61 11 1 1934-07-21 NYY @ CHW Les Tietje t 6 1 5 2
62 62 12 1 1934-08-02 NYY BOS Johnny Welch b 7 1 5 2
1935 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
63 63 1 1 1935-04-30 NYY WSH Earl Whitehill b 6 3 5 2
64 64 2 1 1935-05-08 NYY @ CHW Sad Sam Jones t 2 1 5 2
65 65 3 1 1935-05-18 NYY CLE Mel Harder b 7 1 6 2
66 66 4 1 1935-05-25 (2) NYY SLB Jim Walkup b 8 1 6 2
67 67 5 1 1935-05-26 NYY DET Joe Sullivan b 2 1 6 2
68 68 6 1 1935-05-28 NYY DET General Crowder b 7 1 6 2
69 69 7 1 1935-06-02 NYY BOS George Pipgras b 2 1 6 2
70 70 8 2 1935-06-02 NYY BOS Rube Walberg b 8 1 6 2
71 71 9 1 1935-06-03 NYY PHA George Blaeholder b 6 2 6 2
72 72 10 1 1935-06-11 (2) NYY @ SLB Russ Van Atta t 4 2 6 2
73 73 11 1 1935-07-30 NYY @ PHA Roy Mahaffey t 5 3 5 2
74 74 12 1 1935-09-07 (1) NYY CHW Ted Lyons b 2 2 6 2
75 75 13 1 1935-09-14 (1) NYY DET General Crowder b 2 1 6 2
76 76 14 1 1935-09-18 (2) NYY SLB Jim Walkup b 2 1 6 2
1936 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
77 77 1 1 1936-04-18 NYY BOS Fritz Ostermueller b 7 1 6 2
78 78 2 1 1936-04-19 NYY WSH Earl Whitehill b 5 3 6 2
79 79 3 1 1936-04-21 NYY @ PHA Hank Johnson t 3 3 5 2
80 80 4 1 1936-05-06 NYY DET Roxie Lawson b 5 1 5 2
81 81 5 1 1936-05-07 NYY DET Vic Sorrell b 2 1 5 2
82 82 6 2 1936-05-07 NYY DET Vic Sorrell b 8 3 5 2
83 83 7 1 1936-05-10 NYY PHA George Turbeville b 5 2 5 2
84 84 8 1 1936-05-21 NYY @ DET Vic Sorrell t 3 3 5 2
85 85 9 1 1936-05-23 (2) NYY @ PHA Gordon Rhodes t 5 1 5 2
86 86 10 1 1936-06-16 NYY @ CLE George Blaeholder t 2 1 5 2
87 87 11 1 1936-06-17 (2) NYY @ CLE Mel Harder t 5 1 5 2
88 88 12 1 1936-06-18 NYY @ CLE Johnny Allen t 6 1 5 2
89 89 13 1 1936-06-24 NYY @ CHW Italo Chelini t 9 1 5 2
90 90 14 1 1936-06-25 NYY @ CHW Ted Lyons t 8 1 5 2
91 91 15 1 1936-07-01 NYY BOS Wes Ferrell b 4 1 5 2
92 92 16 1 1936-07-10 NYY CLE George Blaeholder b 5 3 5 2
93 93 17 1 1936-07-11 NYY CLE Mel Harder b 7 1 5 2
94 94 18 1 1936-07-17 NYY DET Vic Sorrell b 3 1 5 2
95 95 19 1 1936-08-08 NYY PHA Buck Ross b 2 1 5 2
96 96 20 1 1936-08-09 (1) NYY PHA Harry Kelley b 4 1 5 2
97 97 21 1 1936-08-30 (1) NYY CHW Ted Lyons b 4 1 5 2
98 98 22 1 1936-09-19 NYY WSH Syd Cohen tied 5-5 b 9 1 5 2 Walk-Off
1937 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
99 99 1 1 1937-05-29 (2) NYY PHA Eddie Smith b 6 2 5 2
100 100 2 2 1937-05-29 (2) NYY PHA Eddie Smith b 8 1 5 2
101 101 3 1 1937-06-13 (2) NYY @ SLB Julio Bonetti t 5 2 5 2
102 102 4 1 1937-06-17 NYY CLE Earl Whitehill b 2 2 5 2
103 103 5 1 1937-06-20 (2) NYY CHW John Whitehead b 5 2 5 2
104 104 6 1 1937-06-22 NYY SLB Jack Knott b 2 2 5 2
105 105 7 1 1937-06-23 NYY SLB Oral Hildebrand b 4 1 5 2
106 106 8 2 1937-06-23 NYY SLB Oral Hildebrand b 5 2 5 2
107 107 9 1 1937-06-24 NYY SLB Tommy Thomas b 8 2 5 2
108 108 10 1 1937-06-25 NYY DET Tommy Bridges b 1 3 5 2
109 109 11 1 1937-06-29 NYY @ PHA Eddie Smith t 5 1 5 2
110 110 12 1 1937-07-03 NYY @ WSH Monte Weaver t 2 1 5 2
111 111 13 1 1937-07-05 (1) NYY BOS Jack Wilson b 3 3 5 2
112 112 14 1 1937-07-11 (1) NYY WSH Monte Weaver b 7 1 5 2
113 113 15 1 1937-07-25 (1) NYY @ CHW Ted Lyons t 4 1 5 2
114 114 16 2 1937-07-25 (1) NYY @ CHW Ted Lyons t 5 2 5 2
115 115 17 1 1937-07-29 NYY DET Roxie Lawson tied 6-6 b 9 1 5 2 Walk-Off
116 116 18 1 1937-07-31 NYY SLB Jack Knott b 2 2 5 2
117 117 19 1 1937-08-03 (2) NYY CHW John Whitehead b 8 4 5 2
118 118 20 1 1937-08-04 NYY CHW Vern Kennedy b 3 4 5 2
119 119 21 1 1937-08-14 NYY @ PHA Bud Thomas t 2 1 5 2
120 120 22 1 1937-08-17 (1) NYY WSH Pete Appleton b 2 1 5 2
121 121 23 1 1937-08-17 (2) NYY WSH Jimmie DeShong b 8 2 5 2
122 122 24 1 1937-08-18 NYY WSH Ed Linke b 1 3 5 2
123 123 25 1 1937-08-20 NYY PHA Lynn Nelson tied 7-7 b 10 1 5 2 Walk-Off
124 124 26 1 1937-08-26 NYY @ SLB Jack Knott t 6 1 5 2
125 125 27 1 1937-09-18 (1) NYY CHW Clint Brown b 8 3 5 2
126 126 28 1 1937-09-28 (1) NYY @ WSH Ed Linke t 9 2 5 2
127 127 29 1 1937-10-02 NYY BOS Johnny Marcum b 4 1 5 2
1938 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
128 128 1 1 1938-04-24 NYY WSH Monte Weaver b 6 1 5 2
129 129 2 1 1938-05-04 NYY SLB Oral Hildebrand b 8 2 5 2
130 130 3 1 1938-05-24 NYY @ CLE Johnny Allen t 2 2 6 2
131 131 4 1 1938-05-29 NYY @ PHA Nels Potter t 9 2 5 2
132 132 5 1 1938-05-31 NYY BOS Johnny Marcum b 3 1 5 2
133 133 6 1 1938-06-01 NYY DET Vern Kennedy b 8 1 5 2
134 134 7 1 1938-06-09 NYY CHW John Whitehead b 4 2 5 2
135 135 8 1 1938-06-10 NYY CLE Earl Whitehill b 2 1 5 2
136 136 9 2 1938-06-10 NYY CLE Earl Whitehill b 4 1 5 2
137 137 10 1 1938-06-23 NYY @ CLE Denny Galehouse t 2 1 6 2
138 138 11 1 1938-06-25 NYY @ DET Roxie Lawson t 2 1 6 2
139 139 12 1 1938-06-29 (1) NYY PHA Eddie Smith b 7 1 6 2
140 140 13 1 1938-07-01 NYY WSH Harry Kelley b 4 3 6 2
141 141 14 2 1938-07-01 NYY WSH Harry Kelley b 5 4 6 2
142 142 15 1 1938-07-02 NYY WSH Wes Ferrell b 5 1 6 2
143 143 16 1 1938-07-03 NYY BOS Jack Wilson b 4 3 6 2
144 144 17 1 1938-07-17 NYY DET Jake Wade b 8 3 6 2
145 145 18 1 1938-07-19 NYY CLE Mel Harder b 9 2 6 2
146 146 19 1 1938-08-12 (1) NYY PHA Lynn Nelson b 6 1 6 2
147 147 20 1 1938-08-14 (1) NYY PHA Bud Thomas b 7 1 6 2
148 148 21 1 1938-08-23 (2) NYY CHW Johnny Rigney b 2 1 6 2
149 149 22 1 1938-08-24 (1) NYY CHW Monty Stratton b 4 2 6 2
150 150 23 2 1938-08-24 (1) NYY CHW Monty Stratton b 7 1 6 2
151 151 24 1 1938-08-24 (2) NYY CHW Frank Gabler b 2 1 6 2
152 152 25 1 1938-08-25 (2) NYY CLE Denny Galehouse b 7 3 6 2
153 153 26 1 1938-09-05 (2) NYY PHA Eddie Smith b 7 2 6 2
154 154 27 1 1938-09-24 NYY BOS Joe Heving b 4 2 6 2
1939 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
155 155 1 1 1939-04-20 NYY BOS Lefty Grove b 2 1 6 2
156 156 2 1 1939-05-10 NYY @ SLB Johnny Marcum t 1 3 4 2
157 157 3 1 1939-05-21 NYY CLE Al Milnar b 4 2 4 2
158 158 4 1 1939-05-23 NYY CLE Johnny Allen b 1 1 4 2
159 159 5 1 1939-05-28 NYY PHA Lynn Nelson b 3 1 4 2
160 160 6 1 1939-06-19 NYY DET Archie McKain b 7 1 5 2
161 161 7 1 1939-06-21 NYY CHW Clint Brown b 7 2 5 2
162 162 8 1 1939-06-25 (1) NYY SLB Jack Kramer b 4 1 5 2
163 163 9 2 1939-06-25 (1) NYY SLB Jack Kramer b 8 2 5 2
164 164 10 1 1939-06-28 (1) NYY @ PHA Lynn Nelson t 2 1 5 2
165 165 11 1 1939-07-02 (2) NYY @ BOS Elden Auker t 3 2 5 2
166 166 12 1 1939-07-15 NYY @ DET Tommy Bridges t 2 1 5 2
167 167 13 1 1939-07-26 NYY SLB George Gill b 3 1 5 2
168 168 14 2 1939-07-26 NYY SLB John Whitehead b 6 2 5 2
169 169 15 3 1939-07-26 NYY SLB Roxie Lawson b 8 1 5 2
170 170 16 1 1939-08-02 NYY DET Schoolboy Rowe b 2 1 5 2
171 171 17 1 1939-08-03 NYY DET Bobo Newsom b 3 1 5 2
172 172 18 1 1939-08-18 NYY PHA Cotton Pippen b 4 2 5 2
173 173 19 1 1939-08-27 NYY @ DET Schoolboy Rowe t 7 1 5 2
174 174 20 1 1939-09-10 (2) NYY WSH Dutch Leonard b 2 1 5 2
175 175 21 2 1939-09-10 (2) NYY WSH Dutch Leonard b 8 1 5 2
176 176 22 1 1939-09-20 NYY CHW Johnny Marcum b 7 1 5 2
177 177 23 1 1939-09-21 NYY CHW Bill Dietrich b 3 2 5 2
178 178 24 1 1939-09-30 (1) NYY BOS Emerson Dickman b 7 1 5 2
1940 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
179 179 1 1 1940-05-28 (1) NYY WSH Sid Hudson b 8 3 2
180 180 2 1 1940-05-29 NYY WSH Dutch Leonard b 2 1 2
181 181 3 1 1940-05-30 (1) NYY BOS Lefty Grove b 2 1 2
182 182 4 1 1940-06-02 (2) NYY SLB Roxie Lawson b 2 3 2
183 183 5 1 1940-07-07 (2) NYY @ PHA Nels Potter t 7 1 2
184 184 6 1 1940-07-24 NYY @ SLB Vern Kennedy t 1 4 2
185 185 7 1 1940-08-22 NYY CLE Al Milnar b 2 2 2
186 186 8 1 1940-09-14 NYY @ DET Bobo Newsom t 4 3 2
187 187 9 1 1940-09-26 (1) NYY @ PHA Porter Vaughan t 4 2 2
1941 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
188 188 1 1 1941-04-22 NYY @ PHA Les McCrabb t 2 2 2
189 189 2 1 1941-05-19 NYY SLB Denny Galehouse b 8 1 2
190 190 3 1 1941-05-20 NYY SLB Elden Auker b 8 3 2
191 191 4 1 1941-05-22 NYY DET Archie McKain b 8 1 2
192 192 5 1 1941-07-01 (2) NYY BOS Jack Wilson b 3 2 2
193 193 6 1 1941-07-06 (1) NYY PHA Johnny Babich b 1 3 2
194 194 7 1 1941-07-12 NYY @ SLB Elden Auker t 4 2 2
1942 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
195 195 1 1 1942-08-08 NYY PHA Phil Marchildon b 3 2 7 2
196 196 2 1 1942-08-20 NYY @ BOS Bill Butland t 5 1 7 2
1943 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
197 197 1 1 1943-05-08 NYY PHA Russ Christopher b 2 2 7 2
198 198 2 1 1943-08-01 (1) NYY DET Tommy Bridges b 2 2 6 2
199 199 3 1 1943-08-18 (2) NYY @ CLE Jack Salveson t 7 1 6 2
200 200 4 1 1943-08-21 NYY @ CLE Ray Poat t 7 2 6 2
1946 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
201 201 1 1 1946-05-14 NYY @ SLB Nels Potter t 2 2 6 2
202 202 2 1 1946-05-20 NYY @ CLE Steve Gromek t 9 1 6 2

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.