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Contemporary newspaper accounts of all six of Johnny Pesky's home runs at Fenway Park:

Date

Description

8/18/42

"nearness to the foul line" -Boston Globe
"barely penetrated the stands" -Boston Herald

4/20/46

"into the second or third row" -Globe
"a few feet… fair" -Herald

8/08/46

"three feet inside the foul pole" -Globe

6/11/50

"into the right field pavillion" -Globe

6/18/51

"a good way beyond the foul pole" -Globe

8/02/51

"into the right field stands" -Herald

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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