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Bacon Swats #300
Monday, July 2nd, 1956
The Seattle Emeralds defeated the Twin Cities Northmen 4-2 yesterday in a game that featured Dave Bacon's 300th career home run.
In the clubhouse, the Emeralds first baseman spoke about the milestone achievement. "To be honest, I don't even remember my first home run," he said. "But this one I don't think I'll forget. Who knows if I'll hit another hundred, or fifty, or even ten?"
On his historic day, Bacon banged out 2 hits in 4 at-bats and scored 1 run with 1 run batted in.
In his career Bacon is hitting .321 with 1752 hits, 300 home runs, 982 runs scored and 1026 RBIs.
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