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|Date=06/28/59
|Name=First distance-estimated home run
|Date Type=Day
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|Date=1859/06/28
|Country=United States
|State=NY
|City=Brooklyn
|City=Brooklyn
|State=NY
|Description=<p>For possibly the first home run whose distance was estimated (if not actually measured), see the following account of a game between the second nines of the Charter Oak and Vigilant clubs on 28 June 1859 on the Charter Oak grounds:</p>
|Country=United States
<blockquote>. . . Home runs were made by Jerome and Sweezy [1b and ss for the Charter Oaks]. Jerome made a most splendid bat of over 350 feet before the ball struck the ground. . . .</blockquote>
|Name=First distance-estimated home run
|Sources=<p>From "City News and Gossip," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol. 18, no. 154 (30 Jun 1859), p. 3, col. 2:</p>
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Submitted by=Craig Waff
|Submitted by=Craig Waff
|Description=<p>For possibly the first home run whose distance was estimated (if not actually measured), see the following account of a game between the second nines of the Charter Oak and Vigilant clubs on 28 June 1859 on the Charter Oak grounds:</p><blockquote>. . . Home runs were made by Jerome and Sweezy [1b and ss for the Charter Oaks].  Jerome made a most splendid bat of over 350 feet before the ball struck the ground. . . .</blockquote>
|Sources=<p>From "City News and Gossip," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol. 18, no. 154 (30 Jun 1859), p. 3, col. 2:</p>
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Date Tuesday, June 28, 1859
Location Brooklyn, NY, United States
Description

For possibly the first home run whose distance was estimated (if not actually measured), see the following account of a game between the second nines of the Charter Oak and Vigilant clubs on 28 June 1859 on the Charter Oak grounds:

. . . Home runs were made by Jerome and Sweezy [1b and ss for the Charter Oaks]. Jerome made a most splendid bat of over 350 feet before the ball struck the ground. . . .

Sources

From "City News and Gossip," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol. 18, no. 154 (30 Jun 1859), p. 3, col. 2:

Submitted by Craig Waff


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