Touching 'Em All
On May 7, 47-year-old Jamie Moyer (above) became the oldest major league pitcher to throw a shutout. Now the Phillies southpaw is closing in on another milestone. At week's end Moyer, who has taken the mound for seven clubs in his 24-season career, had surrendered 501 homers—four behind the alltime record held by another Philly mainstay, the late Hall of Famer Robin Roberts. Moyer has been serving dingers for so long, he's been taken deep by fathers (Cecil Fielder, Tony Pe√±a Sr.) and their sons (Prince and Tony Jr.). As the chart shows, every big league city (including now franchiseless Montreal) has seen a Moyer gopher ball, some at multiple parks.
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127 SEATTLE
4 SAN FRANCISCO
19 OAKLAND
22 ANAHEIM
7 SAN DIEGO
3 PHOENIX
3 LOS ANGELES
I DENVER
12 KANSAS CITY
18 ARLINGTON
II MINNEAPOLIS
45 CHICAGO
3 ST. LOUIS
5 HOUSTON
3 CINCINNATI
2 TAMPA
7 ATLANTA
6 MILWAUKEE
10 DETROIT
9 CLEVELAND
9 PITTSBURGH
3 WASHINGTON, D.C.
3 MIAMI
22 TORONTO
3 MONTREAL
13 BOSTON
25 NEW YORK
59 PHILADELPHIA
47 BALTIMORE
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MAP BY SLIM FILMS
PHOTO
JEFF ZELEVANSKY (MOYER)