Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers - Javy Lopez Catcher Homerun Record

In 2003 Javy Lopez (ATL-N) broke Todd Hundley's 1996 homerun record of 41 four-baggers hit while catching. Javy's total for 2003 was 43 HR's (1 of which while pinch-hitting). The below list identifies each of these dingers. The longest HR was 440 feet banged out in Atlanta on June 24th against Philadelphia. The shortest was 331 feet at Montreal on April 17th. He hit 25 At Home and 17 On The Road. Lopez had 8 two-homer games and 26 games of just one homerun.

Date Opp HRs Pitcher Inn Distance

Apr. 12 @FLA 1 Carl Pavano 4 360 ft. to L

Apr. 17 @MON 2 Luis Ayala 7 374 ft. to LC

Apr. 17 @MON 3 Rocky Biddle 10 331 ft. to L

Apr. 27 MIL 4 Glendon Rusch 2 360 ft. to L

10-May SF 5 Joe Nathan 7 413 ft. to C

11-May SF 6 Felix Rodriguez 8 390 ft. to LC

12-May @LA 7 Troy Brohawn 9 340 ft. to L

16-May @SD 8 Jake Peavy 2 378 ft. to L

22-May @CIN 9 Ryan Dempster 3 360 ft. to L

22-May @CIN 10 Ryan Dempster 6 390 ft. to L

23-May NYM 11 Steve Trachsel 5 393 ft. to LC

24-May NYM 12 Tom Glavine 4 405 ft. to C

28-May CIN 13 Jeff Austin 1 401 ft. to LC

Jun. 5 TEX 14 Aaron Fultz 7 360 ft. to L

Jun. 7 PIT 15 Salomon Torres 6 401 ft. to LC

Jun. 7 PIT 16 Brian Boehringer 8 436 ft. to LC

Jun. 8 PIT 17 Josh Fogg 5 420 ft. to C

Jun. 8 PIT 18 Josh Fogg 6 350 ft. to L

Jun. 11 @OAK 19 Ted Lilly 1 420 ft. to C

Jun. 21 BAL 20 Rodrigo Lopez 6 398 ft. to L

Jun. 21 BAL 21 Willis Roberts 8 393 ft. to L

Jun. 24 PHI 22 Kevin Millwood 5 440 ft. to LC

Jun. 24 PHI 23 Kevin Millwood 7 410 ft. to L

Jul. 20 NYM PH Mike Stanton 8 399 ft. to LC

Jul. 21 CHC 24 Shawn Estes 2 429 ft. to L

Jul. 21 CHC 25 Mike Remlinger 8 400 ft. to LC

Jul. 24 FLA 26 Brad Penny 4 411 ft. to C

Jul. 25 @MON 27 Julio Manon 8 350 ft. to L

Jul. 28 @MON 28 Rocky Biddle 9 380 ft. to LC

Jul. 31 HOU 29 Wade Miller 1 410 ft. to LC

Aug. 8 @STL 30 Esteban Yan 8 408 ft. to C

Aug. 14 SD 31 Jake Peavy 2 400 ft. to LC

Aug. 14 SD 32 Jaret Wright 8 410 ft. to RC

Aug. 19 @SF 33 Jerome Williams 7 410 ft. to LC

Aug. 31 @PIT 34 Mike Lincoln 4 410 ft. to L

Sep. 3 @NYM 35 Orber Moreno 9 420 ft. to L

Sep. 7 PIT 36 Kip Wells 7 410 ft. to C

Sep. 9 PHI 37 Randy Wolf 2 410 ft. to C

Sep. 10 PHI 38 Vicente Padilla 2 408 ft. to C

Sep. 13 @FLA 39 Dontrelle Willis 2 425 ft. to L

Sep. 17 @MON 40 Vic Darensbourg 4 400 ft. to LC

Sep. 20 FLA 41 Braden Looper 9 426 ft. to LC

Sep. 27 @PHI 42 Amaury Telemaco 2 400 ft. to L