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Detailed Break Down of Sadaharu Oh's Homers (part II) - Download as Spreadsheet

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Multi-homer Games by Year:

1959: None
1960: Two Homer Games: 1
1961: None
1962: Two Homer Games: 2, Three Homer Games: 1
1963: Two Homer Games: 4 (note: I think it's a four)
1964: Two Homer Games: 9, Four Homer Games: 1
1965: Two Homer Games: 3
1966: Two Homer Games: 7
1967: Two Homer Games: 5
1968: Two Homer Games: 5, Three Homer Games: 1
1969: Two Homer Games: 5
1970: Two Homer Games: 5
1971: Two Homer Games: 5
1972: Two Homer Games: 6
1973: Two Homer Games: 7
1974: Two Homer Games: 5
1975: Two Homer Games: 1
1976: Two Homer Games: 8 (?)
1977: Two Homer Games: 4
1978: Two Homer Games: 4
1979: Two Homer Games: 2, Three Homer Games: 1
1980: Two Homer Games: 2, Three Homer Games: 1

Homers by Distance:

Distance

Number

Percent

Under 328 feet

102

11.8

328 to 360 feet

289

33.3

361 to 393 feet

286

33.0

394 to 426 feet

142

16.4

427+ feet (out of the park)

49 (29)

5.6 (3.3)

Homers by Inning:

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Extra Total
1959 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 7
1960 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 2 1 17
1961 8 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 13
1962 7 1 5 4 4 7 4 5 0 1 38
1963 7 3 7 5 4 2 4 4 4 0 40
1964 11 2 6 5 5 8 9 6 3 0 55
1965 6 3 7 3 3 3 5 8 4 0 42
1966 5 3 2 8 5 6 4 9 6 0 48
1967 9 2 6 5 5 6 5 6 2 1 47
1968 9 1 8 6 2 12 6 3 1 1 49
1969 14 0 7 7 4 3 3 4 1 1 44
1970 6 3 6 8 2 8 3 4 5 2 47
1971 6 3 6 5 8 5 2 2 2 0 39
1972 13 1 7 6 4 4 5 5 3 0 48
1973 10 3 2 8 6 5 6 5 6 0 51
1974 7 8 3 6 4 6 6 4 5 0 49
1975 1 1 5 2 3 5 4 5 6 1 33
1976 6 3 6 5 5 7 4 8 5 0 49
1977 9 0 15 4 3 3 7 5 2 2 50
1978 10 3 3 3 6 7 2 5 0 0 39
1979 5 2 6 4 4 6 2 2 2 0 33
1980 3 5 1 8 3 4 2 4 0 0 30
Total   152   48   109   107   83   110   88   100   61   10   868


Homers by Type:

Sayonara Homers (winning HR in last AB of game): 8 Total; 1960 (1), 1965 (1), 1968 (1), 1970 (3), 1975 (1), 1977 (1) All other years are zero.

Grand Slams: 15 Total; 1960 (2), 1963 (2), 1965 (2), 1966 (2), 1967 (1), 1971 (2), 1973 (1), 1974 (1), 1977 (1), 1978 (1). All other years are zero.

Pinch Hit Homers: 1979 (1). All other years are zero.

Out of the Park: 29 Total; 1959 (1), 1961 (1), 1962 (1), 1963 (1), 1964 (3), 1965 (1), 1966 (3), 1967 (2), 1968 (3), 1969 (4), 1970 (2), 1973 (2), 1974 (3), 1976 (1), 1977 (1)

Consecutive Games with At Least One Home Run:

Number of Games in Streak

Number of Times

3

24

4

15

5

4

7

1

Trivia

Q: How many times did Oh's homers score the game's first run? Answer

Q: How many times did Oh's homers tie a game? Answer

Q: How many times did Oh's homers move his team from behind into the lead? Answer


Sources: O.N.: Every Record (Yomiuri Press, 1983) or A World of Records by Tetsuya Usami translated by Gary Garland.

Data provided courtesy of Ryuichi Suzuki, advisor to Japanese HOF

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