IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1730 
Commending Bobby Thomson. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2010 
Mr. KINGSTON (for himself, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. LINDER, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Georgia, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. HARPER, Mr. BARTON 
of Texas, Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. HOLDEN, and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsyl-
vania) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Commending Bobby Thomson. 
Whereas Bobby Thomson was born in 1923 in Glasgow, Scot-
land, the youngest of 6 children and emigrated to the 
United States with his mother and siblings in 1925 to 
join his father in Staten Island, New York; 
Whereas Bobby Thomson grew up in Staten Island and be-
came a baseball standout both in school athletic leagues 
and on the city’s sandlots, signing with the New York Gi-
ants for $100 a month after graduating from high school 
in 1942; 
Whereas Bobby Thomson interrupted his professional base-
ball career in 1943 to enlist in the Army Air Corps, 
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training as a bombardier in Victorville, California, and 
serving through 1945; 
Whereas Bobby Thomson rejoined the New York Giants in 
1946, became a starter by 1947, and played with the Gi-
ants through 1953 with a batting average of .279 and an 
average of 25 home runs and 94 runs batted in (RBI) 
each season; 
Whereas Bobby Thomson had a career-best season in 1949, 
compiling a .309 batting average, 27 home runs, and 109 
RBI; 
Whereas, on October 3, 1951, Bobby Thomson stepped up to 
bat in the bottom of the 9th inning of the deciding game 
of a playoff for the National League pennant with the 
New York Giants trailing the Brooklyn Dodgers 2 runs 
to 4 and with runners on second and third and proceeded 
to knock Dodger pitcher Ralph Branca’s second pitch 
down the left-field line and over the fence for a game- 
and pennant-winning 3-run home run; 
Whereas that home run by Bobby Thomson became known 
as the ‘‘Shot Heard ’Round the World’’ and was so spec-
tacular that it caused WMCA–AM broadcaster Russ 
Hodges to famously exclaim, ‘‘The Giants win the pen-
nant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the 
pennant! The Giants win the pennant! Bobby Thomson 
hits into the lower deck of the left-field stands! The Gi-
ants win the pennant and they’re goin’ crazy, they’re 
goin’ crazy!’’; 
Whereas Bobby Thomson continued his baseball career 
through 1963 and thereafter worked as a sales executive 
in order to, in his own words, ‘‘stay home more with my 
wife and daughter and live a normal life’’; 
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Whereas Bobby Thomson’s integrity, work ethic, and positive 
outlook helped him excel in private business and led him 
to become involved in nonprofit foundations, such as the 
New Jersey Arthritis Foundation, Tomorrow’s Children 
Fund, and the Optimist Club; 
Whereas Bobby Thomson moved to Savannah, Georgia, in 
2006, to be closer to his daughter after losing his wife 
and son and he quickly made friends in that community 
due to his warm demeanor and continued to live the life 
of a humble living legend, father, uncle, and grandfather; 
and 
Whereas Bobby Thomson passed away during the evening of 
August 16, 2010, in his Skidaway Island home in Savan-
nah at the age of 86: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends Bobby Thomson on his out-
standing baseball career and his famous 3-run home 
run known as the ‘‘Shot Heard ’Round the World’’; 
and 
(2) expresses admiration for the devotion of 
Bobby Thomson to various charities and nonprofit 
foundations after his retirement from baseball. 
Æ 
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