The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-17
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Corbeft's Daily Letter
On Great Sport Topics
BY JAMES J. CoRBETT

This is a story that concerns home runs
the sweetest music to the ears OF a
fam 1t is being written so that I can
answer in concrete way questions from
thousands of my readers who query me
on the subject of circuit swat records.
The worlds record for four baggers in
a single season is held by Harry Herden
who cracked out IS of them while with
the Minneapolis minor league clubs in
1895 The big league record was made by
Ed Williamson, of the Chicago Nationals
and not by Buck Freeman, as popularity
supposed. William made q in 1888, while
Freeman's best mark was rs while with
the Washington Nationals in 1899. The
modern record was established by Gao
tus'' Cravath of the Phillies, who banged
out "a in 1915 Socks Seybold, who
amassed Is while with the Athletics in
1902, holds the American league record.
Among the outstanding home run recA
ords for a single season made in the
minor league are these:
BY Bob Roth. IS in 1901, playing with
Evansville, Ind, team
BY Ping Bodies, 80 in 1910. now with
the Yankees, who was playing with the
San Francisco club at that time.
BY Cravath, 20 in 1911. who then was
with the Minneapolis American associa-
ton.
BY Arthur Bues of Seattle, % made in
1911.
BY Leslie Mann. q made in 1912, then
with Seattle.
A tie exists in the major leagues as
regards hitting out the most home runs
in a single game. On May 80, 1895,
Bobby Lowe. then with Boston, made
four home runs and a single off the de-
livery of Pitcher Chamberlain of Cincin-
natl Two of loves home runs were
made in one inning. On July 13, 1896. Ed
Delehanty, with the Phillies, hammered
out four homers and single against
the twirling of Pitcher Terry of Chicago.
The greatest single days work at the
home run business was established June
IL, 1867. by Harry Wright of the Cincin-
natl Red Stockings. Pitted against the
Holt club of Newport, KY, he made z
circuit smashes that day. However, that
was in an era before the National league
began and different pitching rules were
in vogue. Impressive as is Wright's rec
ord it cannot compare with that of Lowe
| ferent kinds of twirling and who played
| in an era when the rules of the game
were far different
| Lave Cross, of the 1895 Phillies, made
4 home runs in one game on April 10,
1895 on April 10, 1911, McElvey of Min
neapolis, went to bat times, cracked out
a single, a double and 4 homers.
| The Cleveland Americans of 1902, the
Pittsburg Nationals of 1910 and the
Brooklyn Dodgers of 1911 are tied for
! the .'home runs in succession record In
| the game against st. Louis, June 30. 1902,
Lajoie Hickman and Bradley of Cleve-
land hit out homers in success. This
trick was duplicated on August Y, 1910.
| by the Pirates when Camnitz Campbell
and Wagner stepped UP one after an
! other and hit out homers. The Dodgers
made their record August 3. 1911, against
| the Chicago Cubs.
The greatest number of home runs in
any single game is credited to the Phil
adelphia Athletics of 1866 On Septems
Der 80 of that year they hammered out
Is at the expense of the Jersey City club.
Three men in world series history have
made two home runs In single game.
The first man to turn the trick was Pat
Dongherty who smashed out his pair in
the second game-October, 190S-of the
first modern world SERIES Dougherty got
homer in the first inning and another
| in the sixth. In the 1915 world series
Harry Hooper made two homers In the
| final game of that conflict and Benny
Kauf Joined the select circle by hitting
out a pair in the fourth game Of the
1917 series.
The fifth, and final, game of the 1915