Other firsts in baseball/Event 6
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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: | 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: | ||
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| Year | 1859 |
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| Month | 6 |
| Date | 28 |
| City | New York (Brooklyn) |
| State | NY |
| Country | US |
| Description | First distance-estimated home run |
| Found by | Craig B. Waff |
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:
From "City News and Gossip," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol. 18, no. 154 (30 Jun 1859), p. 3, col. 2:
. . . 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. . . .
