The Major League Baseball All - Star break has come , and with it come tonight ’s Home Run Derby , where the game ’s top slogger pepper the emcee stadium ’s outfield seats with a barrage of skyscraping attack . If you ’re anxiously awaiting tonight ’s event , you really should know more about the TV show that inspired it .
Back in 1960,Home Run Derbywas a syndicated TV show that aired for a single time of year and feature some of baseball ’s most iconic players ( Mickey Mantle , Willie Mays , Hank Aaron ) competing to come through “ big money ” by battle through a 9 - inning contest .
Here ’s each matchup , with the first four episode ( head over to Hulufor the rest of the serial ) .
Episode #1: Mickey Mantle 9, Willie Mays 8
Episode #2: Mickey Mantle 5, Ernie Banks 3
Episode #3: Mickey Mantle 9, Jackie Jensen 2
Episode #4: Harmon Killebrew 9, Mickey Mantle 8
Episode #5: Harmon Killebrew 6, Rocky Colavito 5
Episode #6: Ken Boyer 3, Harmon Killebrew 2
Episode #7: Hank Aaron 9, Ken Boyer 6
Episode #8: Hank Aaron 6, Jim Lemon 4
Episode #9: Hank Aaron 4, Eddie Mathews 3
Episode #10: Hank Aaron 5, Al Kaline 1
Episode #11: Hank Aaron 3, Duke Snider 1
Episode #12: Hank Aaron 3, Bob Allison 2
Episode #13: Wally Post 7, Hank Aaron 4
Episode #14: Dick Stuart 11, Wally Post 9
Episode #15: Dick Stuart 7, Gus Triandos 1
Episode #16: Frank Robinson 6, Dick Stuart 3
Episode #17: Bob Cerv 8, Frank Robinson 7
Episode #18: Bob Allison 4, Bob Cerv 3
Episode #19: Willie Mays 11, Bob Allison 3
Episode #20: Willie Mays 7, Harmon Killebrew 6
Episode #21: Willie Mays 6, Jim Lemon 3
Episode #22: Gil Hodges 6, Willie Mays 3
Episode #23: Ernie Banks 11, Gil Hodges 7
Episode #24: Jackie Jensen 14, Ernie Banks 11
Episode #25: Jackie Jensen 3, Rocky Colavito 2
Episode #26: Mickey Mantle 13, Jackie Jensen 10
Go look out them all here .
Host Mark Scott kick the bucket of a inwardness onrush after the first time of year ofHome Run Derby , and that was that .
One last line on that plunder structure : as a figure of point of reference , this year ’s high paid major leaguer is Alex Rodriguez , whose $ 29 million salary equates to $ 179,012 for every plot in the 162 - game season . That also works out to $ 6,630 A - Rod “ earns ” for every one of the standard 27 out in each of his team ’s 162 - game . And keep in mind that he ’s call for this princely gist even though he has yet to play in a single game this time of year due to injury .
