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Bob Skinner

Robert Ralph Skinner

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 3, 1931 in La Jolla, CA
High School: La Jolla HS (La Jolla, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954 (Age 22)   vs. PHI 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Reds 1954-1966

Final Game: September 24, 1966 (Age 34)   vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Father of Joel Skinner
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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 Skinner: 103 Career Home Runs

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 12 tying, 34 go ahead, 3 lacking some details

3 Tms
PIT	90
STL	7
CIN	6

vs RHP	88
vs LHP	15

Away	63
Home	40

Leverage
High Lev	23
Medium Lev	37
Low Lev	38

9 Opps
NYG/SFG	16
CHC	16
PHI	15
CIN	14
MLN	12
LAD/BRO	12
STL	9
HOU	6
NYM	3

73 Pitchers
Warren Spahn	4
Ruben Gomez	3
Ken Johnson	3
Don Elston	3
Jack Sanford	3
Brooks Lawrence	3
Bobby Shantz	2
Juan Marichal	2
Don Drysdale	2
Art Mahaffey	2
Stu Miller	2
Roger Craig	2
Johnny Podres	2
Al Worthington	2
Bob Shaw	2
Don McMahon	2
Larry Jackson	2
Bob Buhl	2
Sandy Koufax	2
Bob Anderson	2

11 Parks
PIT06	32
CIN07	15
CHI11	13
STL07	11
MIL05	6
PHI11	6
NYC14	5
NYC15	5
SFO02	4
LOS01	3
SFO01	3

Where Hit
9	59
Unk	23
8	8
7	8
78	3
89	2
General field locations when available.

5 Inside the Park

Game Totals
1·HR gms	93
2·HR gms	5
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.

OrderPos
3rd	39
5th	16
2nd	14
4th	10
1st	8
6th	6
9th	5
Unk	2
8th	2
7th	1

Outs
2	37
1	31
0	30
Unk	5

DefPos
LF	83
1B	9
PH	7
RF	4

Bases
---	48
1--	26
-2-	9
12-	7
Unk	5
123	4
--3	3
1-3	1

171 RBI
RISP	24
0 on	51
1 on	40
2 on	8
3 on	4
Any on	52

Inning
1	10
2	4
3	13
4	10
5	16
6	16
7	10
8	10
9	11
Extra	3

1-3	27
4-6	42
7-end	34

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	3
+2	6
+1	13
Tied	26
-1	9
-2	15
-3	8
-4..	11
Unk	3

Ahead	31
Tied	26
Behind	43
Unk	3
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

· WE and WPA Explanation

1954 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1954-05-01	PIT	@	STL	Stu Miller	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.101	56%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1954-05-02 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	Jim Brosnan	ahead 15-6	t 6	1	12-	3	3	3	0.002	100%		Home Run; Cole Scores; Abrams Scores
3	3	3	1	1954-05-14	PIT		MLN	Warren Spahn		b 6			1	8	3
4	4	4	1	1954-05-21	PIT	@	BRO	Johnny Podres	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	1	3	3	0.132	74%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1954-05-25	PIT	@	NYG	Johnny Antonelli	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	3	3	0.106	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1954-07-11 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	Sal Maglie	behind 0-5	t 3	1	1--	2	2	9	0.088	18%		Home Run; Allie Scores
7	7	7	1	1954-09-06 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	Russ Meyer	behind 2-5	t 5	1	123	4	2	3	0.331	61%		Home Run; Hall Scores/unER; Purkey Scores; Roberts Scores
8	8	8	1	1954-09-24	PIT	@	BRO	Carl Erskine	behind 1-6	t 7	0	---	1	2	3	0.028	6%		Home Run
1956 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1956-05-06 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	Sam Jones	behind 3-5	t 6	2	---	1	2	9	0.111	27%		Home Run
10	10	2	1	1956-07-03	PIT		PHI	Jack Meyer	behind 4-5	b 9	1	1--	2	9	PH	0.802	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; Foiles Scores
11	11	3	1	1956-07-14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	Turk Lown	behind 2-4	t 9			2	8	PH
12	12	4	1	1956-09-09 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	Bob Miller	tied 1-1	t 10	1	12-	3	9	PH	0.386	97%		Home Run; Foiles Scores; Mazeroski Scores
13	13	5	1	1956-09-16 (2)	PIT		STL	Willard Schmidt	ahead 7-3	b 6	0	---	1	1	3	0.021	98%		Home Run
1957 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1957-04-21 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	Sandy Koufax	ahead 4-0	t 7	0	1--	2	3	3	0.035	98%		Home Run (Line Drive); Virdon Scores/unER
15	15	2	1	1957-06-23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	Tom Acker	behind 1-5	t 5	1	---	1	2	7	0.054	14%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
16	16	3	1	1957-06-26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	Moe Drabowsky	ahead 4-3	t 9			1	9	7
17	17	4	1	1957-07-10	PIT		MLN	Bob Buhl	behind 0-2	b 4	2	--3	2	6	7	0.234	51%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep LF-CF); Thomas Scores
18	18	5	1	1957-07-23	PIT	@	CIN	Johnny Klippstein	tied 0-0	t 5	2	1--	2	1	7	0.257	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); Law Scores
19	19	6	2	1957-07-23	PIT	@	CIN	Brooks Lawrence	tied 2-2	t 12	2	---	1	1	7	0.411	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	7	1	1957-08-02	PIT	@	CHC	Dick Drott	tied 2-2	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	0.134	61%		Home Run
21	21	8	1	1957-08-08	PIT		PHI	Curt Simmons	behind 0-6	b 9	0	1--	2	4	7	0.010	2%		Home Run; Groat Scores
22	22	9	1	1957-08-17	PIT	@	BRO	Sandy Koufax	behind 0-3	t 4	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.159	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball); Groat Scores
23	23	10	1	1957-08-25 (2)	PIT		CHC	Don Elston	behind 0-3	b 4	1	---	1	4	7	0.091	27%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	11	1	1957-09-03	PIT	@	NYG	Ruben Gomez	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	---	1	4	7	0.093	85%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
25	25	12	1	1957-09-13 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	Don Elston	ahead 2-1	t 7	2	---	1	4	7	0.140	80%		Home Run
26	26	13	1	1957-09-18	PIT	@	CIN	Brooks Lawrence	behind 0-1	t 8	1	---	1	4	7	0.253	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1958 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1958-05-07	PIT	@	SFG	Curt Barclay	behind 1-6	t 5	2	---	1	3	7	0.030	7%		Home Run
28	28	2	1	1958-05-18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	Ray Semproch	behind 1-6	t 9	2	---	1	3	7	0.001	0%		Home Run
29	29	3	1	1958-05-27	PIT		LAD	Don Drysdale	tied 3-3	b 5	0	---	1	2	7	0.148	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
30	30	4	1	1958-06-03	PIT	@	STL	Larry Jackson	behind 1-4	t 3	2	---	1	2	7	0.077	25%		Home Run
31	31	5	1	1958-06-10	PIT	@	SFG	Ramon Monzant	ahead 2-1	t 3	0	1--	2	2	7	0.153	80%		Home Run; Virdon Scores
32	32	6	1	1958-06-19	PIT		SFG	Al Worthington	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	1--	2	2	7	0.145	94%		Home Run; Virdon Scores
33	33	7	1	1958-07-13 (1)	PIT	@	STL	Phil Paine	ahead 6-5	t 7	1	-2-	2	5	7	0.170	88%		Home Run; Thomas Scores/unER
34	34	8	1	1958-07-25	PIT		SFG	Stu Miller	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	7	0.094	75%		Home Run
35	35	9	1	1958-07-27 (1)	PIT		SFG	Al Worthington	behind 0-1	b 9	0	---	1	5	7	0.440	63%		Home Run
36	36	10	1	1958-08-27	PIT	@	STL	Nelson Chittum	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.175	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); Clemente Scores
37	37	11	1	1958-08-29	PIT	@	MLN	Warren Spahn		t 4			1		7
38	38	12	1	1958-09-07 (2)	PIT		MLN	Don McMahon	ahead 2-0	b 8	2	1--	2	4	7	0.051	99%		Home Run; Clemente Scores
39	39	13	1	1958-09-14 (2)	PIT		CHC	Taylor Phillips	ahead 4-1	b 3	0	---	1	4	7	0.054	90%		Home Run
1959 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1959-05-09	PIT		PHI	Ruben Gomez	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	5	7	0.065	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	2	2	1959-05-09	PIT		PHI	Ruben Gomez	ahead 4-0	b 7	2	12-	3	5	7	0.025	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); Burgess Scores; Stuart Scores
42	42	3	1	1959-05-11	PIT	@	SFG	Jack Sanford	behind 0-11	t 7	0	-2-	2	5	7	0.001	0%		Home Run; Kluszewski Scores
43	43	4	1	1959-05-17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	Glen Hobbie	behind 3-5	t 6	1	---	1	5	7	0.116	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	5	1	1959-05-23	PIT		CIN	Orlando Pena	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1--	2	5	7	0.165	79%		Home Run; Burgess Scores
45	45	6	1	1959-05-29	PIT	@	CIN	Brooks Lawrence	behind 0-2	t 2	0	-2-	2	5	7	0.139	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); Kluszewski Scores
46	46	7	2	1959-05-29	PIT	@	CIN	Bob Mabe	behind 4-7	t 6	0	---	1	5	7	0.084	22%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	8	1	1959-05-30	PIT	@	CIN	Jim O'Toole	ahead 1-0	t 8	1	---	1	5	7	0.129	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	9	1	1959-05-31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	Don Newcombe	behind 0-2	t 3	2	123	4	5	7	0.366	68%		Home Run (Deep CF); Groat Scores; Kravitz Scores; Kluszewski Scores
49	49	10	2	1959-05-31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	Bob Mabe	behind 8-11	t 6	2	12-	3	5	7	0.311	44%		Home Run; Groat Scores; Kravitz Scores
50	50	11	1	1959-08-11	PIT	@	PHI	Don Cardwell	behind 1-3	t 5	2	1--	2	1	7	0.236	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); Virdon Scores
51	51	12	1	1959-08-16 (2)	PIT		MLN	Warren Spahn	tied 0-0	b 3	1	1--	2	1	7	0.199	76%		Home Run; Daniels Scores
52	52	13	1	1959-09-13	PIT	@	LAD	Johnny Podres	behind 1-3	t 3	0	---	1	1	7	0.099	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
1960 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1960-04-17 (2)	PIT		CIN	Ted Wieand	behind 4-5	b 9	2	1--	2	3	7	0.906	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); Groat Scores
54	54	2	1	1960-04-19	PIT		PHI	Jim Owens	behind 0-4	b 3	0	12-	3	3	7	0.192	43%		Home Run (Deep RF); Hoak Scores/unER; Groat Scores
55	55	3	1	1960-04-21	PIT		PHI	Humberto Robinson	ahead 6-3	b 5	0	1--	2	1	7	0.060	96%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF); Green Scores
56	56	4	1	1960-04-24	PIT		MLN	Bob Buhl	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	-2-	2	3	7	0.116	93%		Home Run; Hoak Scores
57	57	5	1	1960-05-09	PIT	@	LAD	Don Drysdale	behind 2-4	t 9	0	1--	2	3	7	0.351	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball); Groat Scores
58	58	6	1	1960-05-15 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	Warren Spahn	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	7	0.108	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
59	59	7	1	1960-05-22	PIT		SFG	Billy Loes	behind 5-7	b 9	1	1--	2	3	7	0.476	58%		Home Run; Hoak Scores
60	60	8	1	1960-06-08	PIT	@	CHC	Bob Anderson	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	3	7	0.110	71%		Home Run
61	61	9	1	1960-06-16	PIT	@	SFG	Jack Sanford	tied 2-2	t 5	0	123	4	3	7	0.195	91%		Home Run; Mizell Scores/unER; Virdon Scores; Groat Scores
62	62	10	1	1960-07-04 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	Lew Burdette	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	-2-	2	3	7	0.119	91%		Home Run (Deep CF); Groat Scores
63	63	11	1	1960-07-06	PIT	@	CIN	Bill Henry	tied 1-1	t 8	1	123	4	3	7	0.282	96%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Deep LF); Mazeroski Scores; Virdon Scores; Groat Scores
64	64	12	1	1960-07-25	PIT	@	STL	Ron Kline	tied 2-2	t 8	2	---	1	3	7	0.287	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	13	1	1960-08-06	PIT		SFG	Juan Marichal	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.108	62%		Home Run
66	66	14	1	1960-08-16 (1)	PIT		PHI	Dallas Green	ahead 8-1	b 8	0	1-3	3	3	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); Virdon Scores; Groat Scores
67	67	15	1	1960-09-15	PIT		LAD	Roger Craig	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	7	0.158	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball); Cimoli Scores
1961 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1961-06-08	PIT	@	LAD	Stan Williams	tied 0-0	t 4	1	--3	2	5	7	0.150	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball); Clemente Scores
69	69	2	1	1961-06-11	PIT	@	SFG	Jim Duffalo	ahead 5-1	t 3	0	---	1	5	7	0.046	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	3	1	1961-08-23	PIT		MLN	Don McMahon	behind 5-6	b 8	0	---	1	3	7	0.303	61%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Deep RF Line)
1962 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1962-04-18	PIT	@	PHI	Jack Hamilton	behind 1-3	t 5	2	12-	3	3	7	0.368	60%		Home Run (Deep LF); Francis Scores; Groat Scores
72	72	2	1	1962-04-22	PIT		NYM	Roger Craig	behind 0-2	b 6	1	---	1	3	7	0.132	35%		Home Run
73	73	3	1	1962-05-02	PIT	@	SFG	Juan Marichal	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.171	67%		Home Run; Groat Scores
74	74	4	1	1962-06-03 (2)	PIT		HOU	Ken Johnson	behind 2-9	b 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.014	3%		Home Run
75	75	5	1	1962-06-09 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	Bob Shaw	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	3	7	0.109	37%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
76	76	6	1	1962-06-09 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	Tony Cloninger		t 8			2		7
77	77	7	1	1962-06-22	PIT		CHC	Bob Anderson	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.168	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); Groat Scores
78	78	8	1	1962-07-12	PIT		HOU	Russ Kemmerer	ahead 5-1	b 5	1	---	1	3	7	0.031	96%		Home Run
79	79	9	1	1962-07-14	PIT		HOU	Bob Bruce	behind 1-2	b 3	2	---	1	3	7	0.124	51%		Home Run
80	80	10	1	1962-07-15 (2)	PIT		STL	Bobby Shantz	ahead 5-2	b 5	1	1--	2	5	7	0.072	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); Stuart Scores
81	81	11	1	1962-07-19 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	Jay Hook	tied 6-6	t 10	0	---	1	3	7	0.336	84%		Home Run
82	82	12	1	1962-07-26	PIT	@	CIN	Johnny Klippstein	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.099	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
83	83	13	1	1962-07-28	PIT	@	PHI	Art Mahaffey	behind 1-9	t 9	2	---	1	3	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
84	84	14	1	1962-08-04	PIT	@	SFG	Jack Sanford	behind 3-4	t 7	2	1--	2	3	7	0.400	65%		Home Run; Virdon Scores
85	85	15	1	1962-08-12	PIT	@	CHC	Cal Koonce	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.158	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
86	86	16	2	1962-08-12	PIT	@	CHC	Don Elston	behind 3-4	t 7	1	-2-	2	3	7	0.320	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); Groat Scores
87	87	17	1	1962-08-17	PIT		PHI	John Boozer	ahead 7-0	b 6	2	---	1	3	7	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
88	88	18	1	1962-08-20 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	Bob Miller	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	7	0.153	67%		Home Run (LF-CF); Groat Scores
89	89	19	1	1962-08-26 (1)	PIT	@	STL	Bobby Shantz	tied 4-4	t 7	2	---	1	3	7	0.206	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
90	90	20	1	1962-08-26 (2)	PIT	@	STL	Lindy McDaniel	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.158	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); Virdon Scores
1963 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
91	91	1	1	1963-06-20	CIN		PHI	Art Mahaffey	ahead 7-1	b 6	1	---	1	2	7	0.006	99%		Home Run
92	92	2	1	1963-06-23 (2)	CIN		HOU	Chris Zachary	tied 1-1	b 5	1	--3	2	2	7	0.178	82%		Home Run; Nuxhall Scores/unER
93	93	3	1	1963-09-17	CIN		HOU	Don Nottebart	tied 3-3	b 8	1	---	1	6	7	0.312	87%		Home Run
1964 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
94	94	1	1	1964-04-13	CIN		HOU	Ken Johnson	behind 1-6	b 9	2	1--	2	6	7	0.002	0%		Home Run; Coleman Scores
95	95	2	1	1964-05-16	CIN	@	CHC	Glen Hobbie	tied 1-1	t 5	1	---	1	2	7	0.154	62%		Home Run
96	96	3	1	1964-05-17 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	Paul Toth	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	1	2	7	0.122	79%		Home Run
97	97	4	1	1964-08-29	STL		LAD	Howie Reed	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	12-	3	7	PH	0.147	88%		Home Run; Groat Scores; McCarver Scores
1965 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
98	98	1	1	1965-05-08	STL	@	PHI	Jack Baldschun	behind 6-7	t 8	2	1--	2	6	PH	0.555	73%		Home Run; Maxvill Scores/unER; Skinner Scores/unER
99	99	2	1	1965-06-03	STL		LAD	John Purdin	tied 7-7	b 5	2	1--	2	9	PH	0.263	79%		Home Run; Shannon Scores
100	100	3	1	1965-08-11	STL	@	MLN	Ken Johnson	behind 0-2	t 4	2	1--	2	6	9	0.231	46%		Home Run; Boyer Scores
101	101	4	1	1965-08-15	STL		CIN	Sammy Ellis	behind 0-3	b 2	2	---	1	6	9	0.085	29%		Home Run
102	102	5	1	1965-09-01	STL	@	CHC	Larry Jackson	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	7	0.092	79%		Home Run
1966 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
103	103	1	1	1966-05-08	STL		SFG	Bob Shaw	behind 2-5	b 4	2	1--	2	9	PH	0.195	36%		Home Run; Williams Scores

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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