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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