Eutaw Street Club

[25 Nuggets]

79 home runs have been hit onto Eutaw Street, something the ball club graciously tracks for us:

- Mickey Tettleton was the first to do it (4/20/92), 406 ft just past the foul pole.

- Henry Rodriguez has the longest tape measure (in a regular season game), 443 ft to the back center flag court, 6/17/97. Of course Griffey Jr has the warehouse shot.

- Jay Gibbons came closest to hitting the warehouse (6/28/03), 420 ft by the foul line inches away from hitting bricks.

- Two Orioles lead the pack with five blasts each: Luke Scott and Chris Davis.

- Jason Giambi has the most Eutaw St homers as a visitor, with three. He did it once in '05 and twice in '08.

- Most blasts in one year? Eleven, as recent as 2013. Including such luminaries as Roger Bernadina, Hank Conger, Robbie Grossman, and our own Ryan Flaherty!

- The last man to hit a ball to Eutaw St was Victor Martinez (5/13/14), 416 ft and four feet directly in front of Gibbons' ball.

I just thought it'd be a fun topic to start the season. Any guesses who joins the club this year?

[Redskins Rick]

Nice post.

Snider is going to be the first Orioles this season.

I wonder if Markakis will hit it as a former Oriole.

Full list of those home runs, complete with video can be found here:

http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/bal/oriolepark/eutaw.jsp

[Cumberbundy]