Johnny Callison
Right fielder
Born: March 12, 1939 Qualls, Oklahoma
Died: November 12, 2006 (aged 67) Abington, Pennsylvania
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 9, 1958 for the Chicago White Sox
Final game
August 17, 1973 for the New York Yankees
Career statistics
AVG	. Position description Outfielders must cover large distances so speed instincts and quickness to react to the ball are key Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Qualls is a small community in Cherokee County Oklahoma, west of Lake Tenkiller. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Abington Township may refer to several places in the United States Abington Township Lackawanna County Pennsylvania Abington Township Montgomery The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3 Bob Turley, MVP The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over New York Mets (4-3 Reggie Jackson, The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 264
HR	226
RBI	840
Teams
Chicago White Sox (1958-1959) Philadelphia Phillies (1960-1969) Chicago Cubs (1970-1971) New York Yankees (1972-1973)
Career highlights and awards
All star in 1961, 1964, 1965 1964 All Star Game MVP Led NL in doubles in 1966 with 40

John Wesley Callison (March 12, 1939 – October 12, 2006) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball, best known for his years with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1960 to 1969. The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3 Bob Turley, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Chicago White Sox (4-2 Larry Sherry, MVP The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over New York Yankees (4-3 Bobby Richardson, Champions Major League Baseball The most notable part of the 1969 season were the Miracle Mets World Series: New York Mets The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium Champions Major League Baseball World Series MVP Roberto Clemente All-Star Game, July 13 at The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Labor strife and more moving 1972 was tainted by a players' strike over pension and salary arbitration Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over New York Mets (4-3 Reggie Jackson, Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Position description Outfielders must cover large distances so speed instincts and quickness to react to the ball are key The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. He led the National League in triples twice and doubles once, and gained his greatest prominence in a 1964 season in which he was runnerup for the Most Valuable Player Award and was named MVP of the All-Star Game. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball In Baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching Third base after hitting the ball with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see In Baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching Second base without being called out by the Umpire Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP The Most Valuable Player Award (commonly known as the MVP award is an annual award given to one outstanding player in each league of Major League Baseball. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game MVP Award is given to the most outstanding player in each year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League He also led the NL in outfield assists four consecutive times and in double plays once, and ended his career among the top five Phillies in home runs (185) and triples (84). In Baseball, an assist (denoted by A) is a defensive statistic baseball being the rare sport in which the This article is about Baseball. For double play Magnetic tape, see Audio tape length and thickness.

Born in Qualls, Oklahoma, Callison batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Qualls is a small community in Cherokee County Oklahoma, west of Lake Tenkiller. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. He was signed by the Chicago White Sox out of high school in 1957, being assigned to the Class-C Bakersfield Bears in the California League, where he batted . The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. Part of the History of baseball series Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of Professional baseball leagues in North The California League is a Class A Advanced Minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 340 with 17 home runs and 31 stolen bases. In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate The next season, he was advanced to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, where he led the American Association in home runs. The Indianapolis Indians are a Minor league baseball team based in Indianapolis Indiana. This article refers to the former minor league that existed from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 In September 1958 he was recalled by Chicago, and hit . Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3 Bob Turley, MVP 297 in 18 games.

The next season, Callison split time between Chicago and Indianapolis. He was not on the World Series roster when the White Sox lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and in December he was traded to the Phillies for third baseman Gene Freese, who would spend just one year in Chicago and last played regularly in 1961. The 1959 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers beating the American League champion Chicago White Sox, The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in Baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of Gene Lewis Freese (born January 8, 1934 in Wheeling West Virginia) was a Third baseman in American Major League Baseball

Callison became a fan favorite in Philadelphia; Supreme Court Justice and lifelong Phillies follower Samuel Alito was one such fan, even stating that while as a boy rooting for the Phillies he "adopted Johnny Callison out there" (in right field). The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Samuel Anthony Alito Jr (born April 1, 1950) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. ^[1] Over the next decade, Callison would be named an All-Star three times (1962, 64-65). In 1962 he batted an even . The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40-120 record of the New York Mets, which has been a continuing source of humor among baseball fans as well as comedians such as 300, the only time he would reach that mark, and led the NL with 10 triples. On June 7, 1963 he hit for the cycle against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-0 Sandy Koufax, MVP In Baseball, a player hits for the cycle when he hits a single, a double, a triple and a Home run in the same game though not necessarily The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

On July 23, 1962, in a game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Callison hit the first home run seen live by television audiences in Europe. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40-120 record of the New York Mets, which has been a continuing source of humor among baseball fans as well as comedians such as The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. Wrigley Field is a Baseball Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago A segment of the game, including Callison's homer, was featured that day in the first transatlantic television broadcast via the Telstar satellite, which had been launched thirteen days earlier. Telstar was the first active Communications satellite (launched in 1962 and the first Satellite designed to transmit telephone and high-speed data communications

In the 1964 All-Star Game at Shea Stadium in New York, he hit a game-winning walk-off home run off pitcher Dick Radatz with two out in the ninth inning, a three-run shot to right field to give the NL a 7-4 victory; it was only the third walk-off HR in All-Star history, with Callison joining legends Ted Williams and Stan Musial in baseball annals. William A Shea Municipal Stadium, usually shortened to Shea Stadium or just Shea (ʃeɪ̪ is a Stadium located in the New York City borough In Baseball, a walk-off home run is a Home run that ends the game Richard Raymond Radatz ( April 2 1937 &ndash March 16 2005) nicknamed "The Monster" or "Moose" was an American Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams ( August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) also nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter Stanley Frank Musial (born November 21, 1920) originally Stanisław Franciszek Musiał, (ˈmjuːziəl nicknamed "Stan the Man" and

The 1964 season became best remembered, however, for the Phillies' late-season collapse; despite a 6½-game lead with 12 games to play, the Phillies lost ten in a row and finished one game behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St Manager Gene Mauch was criticized for his handling of the pitching staff over the final two weeks, but players such as slugging rookie third baseman Richie Allen also drew harsh treatment. Gene William Mauch ( November 18 1925 – August 8 2005; surname was a homonym of "mock" was an American For others with the same name see Richard Allen. Richard Anthony Allen (born March 8 1942, in Wampum Pennsylvania Callison was 12-for-48 during the last twelve games, including a 3-homer game on September 27 against the Milwaukee Braves which the Phillies still lost 14-8, dropping them out of first place for the first time since July. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again The team recovered only to beat the Cincinnati Reds in the last two games, leaving them tied for second place. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Despite the disappointing finish, Callison ended the year third in the league in HRs (31) and fifth in runs batted in (104). He earned two first-place votes for the MVP Award, won by Ken Boyer of the champion Cardinals; Allen finished seventh. Kenton Lloyd Boyer ( May 20 1931 – September 7 1982) was an American Third baseman and manager in Major

Callison returned by again leading the NL with a career-high 16 triples in 1965, once more topping 30 HRs and 100 RBI, and paced the league with 40 doubles in 1966. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson, On June 6, 1965, he again hit three home runs against the Cubs for a 10-9 win. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3 Sandy Koufax, MVP He is also remembered for being an excellent outfielder with an above-average throwing arm; his throwing accuracy helped him lead the NL in outfield assists (24) and double plays (7) in 1962, and he topped the league in assists the next three years with totals of 26, 19, and 21. But his power production fell off sharply, and he failed to collect 20 homers or 65 RBI in any of his last four Phillies seasons. After the 1969 season, he was traded to the Cubs, and he posted 1970 totals of 19 HRs and 68 RBI before hitting only . 210 in 1971 with just 8 home runs. In January 1972 he was traded to the New York Yankees, and he found limited playing time over two years, closing his career with a . The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. 176 average, one HR and 10 RBI in 45 games in 1973. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over New York Mets (4-3 Reggie Jackson,

Callison was a career . 264 hitter with 226 home runs, 926 runs, 840 RBI, 1757 hits, 321 doubles, 89 triples, and 74 stolen bases in 1886 games. In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches Following his retirement, Callison remained in Philadelphia where he made frequent appearances and had several business ventures.

In 1997 he was named to the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians (4-3 Liván Hernández, This is a list of members of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame. A resident of Glenside, a northern suburb of Philadelphia, Callison died at age 67 in Abington, Pennsylvania [1]. Glenside is a Census-designated place (CDP in Abington and Cheltenham Townships Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United Abington Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

See also

• List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
• List of Major League Baseball triples champions
• Top 500 home run hitters of all time
• Hitting for the cycle
• Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game
• Chicago White Sox all-time roster

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• BaseballLibrary - career highlights
• Fan page with articles and photos

Preceded by Willie Mays

Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player 1964

Succeeded by Juan Marichal

References

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