June 18 1979 at Dodger Stadium the Los Angeles Dodgers took on the the Chicago Cubs on National TV with Don Drysdale and Howard Cousell on the call. Kingman off to a torrid start enters the game with 23 homeruns and was approach the NL record of the most homeruns through June, which Willie Stargell…
1979 – Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hits his 513th home run, off Dennis Lamp, establishing him as the National League all-time left-handed home run leader, but the Chicago Cubs beat the Giants, 8 – 6, at Candlestick Park.
On June 9, 1979 At Royals Stadium Willie Wilson slashes an opposite-field off gap shot off Yankee reliever Ken Clay, the hit that gets through to the wall. He will fly around the bases giving the Royals the win via his walk-off inside the park homerun in 13 innings vs the New York Yankees. 9-8.
1979 – Bobby Bonds of the Cleveland Indians hits his 300th career home run against Moose Haas in a 6 – 1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Bonds has collected 413 stolen bases at the time and becomes the second player, after Willie Mays, to have 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases.
On July 30, 1978, the Montreal Expos bombard the Atlanta Braves, 19-0, as Larry Parrish hits home runs in three consecutive innings. Andre Dawson adds a pair of home runs – both in the same inning, Dave Cash also slams a homerun all in the 4th. Parrish has a single and three consecutive home…
On June 30, 1978 On an 0-2 pitch from Atlanta Braves pitcher Jamie Easterly, San Francisco Giant first baseman Willie McCovey launches his 500th career home run over the left field fence at Fulton County Stadium becoming the 12th player to accomplish the feat. The historic homer occurs in the 2nd inning of…
Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a 535-foot home run off Montreal Expos pitcher Wayne Twitchell to highlight a 6 – 0 victory at Stade Olympique. It is the longest home run in the ballpark’s history and is also Stargell’s 407th career home run, tying him with Duke Snider on the career all-time list.
When Dusty Baker hits his 30th homer of the season against the Astros’ J.R. Richard, the Dodgers become the first team in major league history to have four players hit 30 or more home runs. He joins with Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) to complete the foursome.
On September 3, 1977, Sadaharu Oh of the Japan Central League surpasses Hank Aaron as the game’s all-time home run king. Oh hits his 756th career home run, helping the Yomiuri Giants to an 8-1 victory over the Yakult Swallows. The Japanese superstar, a 1994 inductee into his country’s Hall of Fame, will hit…
test On August 27, 1977, Toby Harrah and Bump Wills of the Texas Rangers hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs against the New York Yankees. Harrah and Wills connect on consecutive pitches in the Rangers’ 8-2 win at Yankee Stadium. The pair of inside the park homeruns marks the first time the oddity occurs in baseball…
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