Last week, I got on a plane for the first time in more than seven years and flew down to Baltimore. My brother had signed on for a two-day trip with several family members from our father’s side, then realized that he had a scheduling conflict. This allowed me to do what I do best, slide in and have a good time on someone else’s dime.
I flew out of Manchester while the rest of my family flew out of Boston, which meant I arrived in the Charm City a good two hours ahead of everyone else. I used that gap to my advantage, taking the train from the airport to the ballpark and wandering around, looking at the sights I had missed on my previous visit.
While strolling down Eutaw Street, I took a picture of a couple homerun plaques (a small, round, brass plaque marks the spot of homeruns that land on Eutaw Street; there are just over fifty of them, if memory serves). Then, a couple more. Finally, I decided to get pictures of as many as possible, all of them if I could.
The list after the break is as close to complete as I could get. It’s entirely possible that a couple are missing because some of the plaques are hard to find. The Lee Stevens plaque from 1998, for example, is partially hidden under a vendor’s cart, and another one (I think it was Hank Blalock), was on the wrong side of a fence. (Also, it will become incomplete as soon as they add the 2010 plaques to the street. No idea how many there will be, but Luke Scott hit one out there last Wednesday.)
If I am missing any, please feel free to contact us. Even if I don’t have a picture, I can at least put it on the list.
| Name
| Team
| Date
| Distance
| Career HR
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| Mickey Tettleton
| Detroit Tigers
| April 20, 1992
| 406
| 245
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| Kevin Reimer
| Texas Rangers
| May 05, 1992
| 403
| 52
|
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| Lee Stevens
| Anaheim Angels
| May 23, 1992
| 430
| 144
|
|
| Ken Griffey Jr.
| Seattle Mariners
| July 12, 1993
| 465
| 630
|
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| Ken Griffey Jr.
| Seattle Mariners
| April 24, 1994
| 438
| 630
|
|
| Kevin Bass
| Baltimore Orioles
| June 08, 1995
| 410
| 118
|
|
| Brady Anderson
| Baltimore Orioles
| April 27, 1996
| 380
| 210
|
|
| Paul O’Neill
| New York Yankees
| April 30, 1996
| 431
| 281
|
|
| Mo Vaughn
| Boston Red Sox
| July 07, 1996
| 419
| 328
|
|
| Jim Thome
| Cleveland Indians
| July 26, 1996
| 440
| 584
|
|
| Eddie Murray
| Baltimore Orioles
| August 14, 1996
| 384
| 504
|
|
| Bobby Bonilla
| Baltimore Orioles
| September 08, 1996
| 405
| 287
|
|
| Rafael Palmeiro
| Baltimore Orioles
| April 11, 1997
| 411
| 569
|
|
| Rafael Palmeiro
| Baltimore Orioles
| April 11, 1997
| 408
| 569
|
|
| Henry Rodriguez
| Montreal Expos
| June 17, 1997
| 443
| 160
|
|
| Lee Stevens
| Texas Rangers
| May 30, 1998
| 415
| 144
|
|
| Carlos Delgado
| Toronto Blue Jays
| June 21, 1998
| 415
| 473
|
|
| Rafael Palmeiro
| Baltimore Orioles
| July 24, 1998
| 413
| 569
|
|
| Brady Anderson
| Baltimore Orioles
| April 29, 1999
| 420
| 210
|
|
| Troy O’Leary
| Boston Red Sox
| June 22, 1999
| 413
| 127
|
|
| Delino DeShields
| Baltimore Orioles
| August 08, 1999
| 422
| 80
|
|
| Jim Thome
| Cleveland Indians
| September 05, 1999
| 420
| 584
|
|
| Matt Stairs
| Oakland Athletics
| September 23, 1999
| 423
| 262
|
|
| Carl Everett
| Boston Red Sox
| May 11, 2000
| 429
| 202
|
|
| Jeff Liefer
| Chicago White Sox
| June 21, 2001
| 410
| 31
|
|
| Shawn Green
| Los Angeles Dodgers
| June 08, 2002
| 410
| 328
|
|
| Gary Matthews
| Baltimore Orioles
| July 19, 2002
| 406
| 108
|
|
| Ben Grieve
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays
| August 29, 2002
| 435
| 118
|
|
| Jay Gibbons
| Baltimore Orioles
| June 28, 2003
| 420
| 124
|
|
| Hank Blalock
| Texas Rangers
| July 22, 2003
| 380
| 153
|
|
| Aubrey Huff
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays
| August 21, 2003
| 414
| 225
|
|
| David Ortiz
| Boston Red Sox
| September 09, 2003
| 430
| 344
|
|
| Jay Gibbons
| Baltimore Orioles
| April 23, 2004
| 393
| 124
|
|
| Justin Morneau
| Minnesota Twins
| July 25, 2004
| 412
| 181
|
|
| Eric Hinske
| Toronto Blue Jays
| August 22, 2004
| 385
| 123
|
|
| Rafael Palmeiro
| Baltimore Orioles
| September 29, 2004
| 390
| 569
|
|
| Jason Giambi
| New York Yankees
| September 29, 2005
| 420
| 413
|
|
| Brian Roberts
| Baltimore Orioles
| July 31, 2006
| 410
| 80
|
|
| Johnny Damon
| New York Yankees
| September 28, 2007
| 390
| 214
|
|
| Jason Giambi
| New York Yankees
| May 27, 2008
| 415
| 413
|
|
| Jason Giambi
| New York Yankees
| May 28, 2008
| 410
| 413
|
|
| Nick Markakis
| Baltimore Orioles
| June 14, 2008
| 395
| 86
|
|
| Lance Berkman
| Houston Astros
| June 18, 2008
| 430
| 326
|
|
| Alex Gordon
| Kansas City Royals
| July 01, 2008
| 425
| 43
|
|
| Luke Scott
| Baltimore Orioles
| July 19, 2008
| 420
| 102
|
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| Robinson Cano
| New York Yankees
| August 22, 2008
| 425
| 113
|
|
| Luke Scott
| Baltimore Orioles
| September 08, 2008
| 415
| 102
|
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| Aubrey Huff
| Baltimore Orioles
| April 21, 2009
| 415
| 225
|
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| Adam Dunn
| Washington Nationals
| June 28, 2009
| 44?
| 349
|
|
| Luke Scott
| Baltimore Orioles
| July 11, 2009
| 394
| 102
|
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| Luke Scott
| Baltimore Orioles
| September 01, 2009
| 412
| 102
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