page_title: Home Run Derby (TV series)
section_title: Participants
hierarchical_section_title: Home Run Derby (TV series) / Participants
caption_attribution_description: 1951 Mickey Mantle Original News Photograph Used for 1951 Bowman Rookie Card
context_page_description: Home Run Derby is a 1960 television show that was held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles pitting the top sluggers of Major League Baseball against each other in nine-inning home run contests. The show was produced and hosted by actor/broadcaster Mark Scott and distributed by Ziv Television Programs.
  Filmed in December 1959, the series aired in syndication from January 9 to July 2, 1960, and helped inspire the Home Run Derby event that is now held the day before the annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game. ESPN staged a revival of the show in 1989.
context_section_description: Nineteen players, including nine future members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, participated in the series – "almost all the power hitters of the era."
  One pitcher for the show was former major leaguer Tom Saffell and the catcher was minor leaguer John VanOrnum, later a San Francisco Giants' coach. Art Passarella, a former American League umpire who would go on to a TV acting career, served as the plate umpire. There were also umpires along both foul lines to help judge fly balls that were close calls.
caption: Mickey Mantle, who hit the most home runs on the show
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