Babe Ruth a long fly caught by Paul Waner probably would have been a home run in any other ballpark besides Forbes Field. Ruth played in the third game of the Pittsburgh series on May 25, 1935, and added one more tale to his playing legend. Ruth went 4-for-4, including three home runs, though the Braves lost the game 11–7. The last two were off Ruth's old Cubs nemesis, Guy Bush. The final home run, both of the game and of Ruth's career, sailed out of the park over the right field upper deck–the first time anyone had hit a fair ball
Jack Billingham pitcher in 1971. 1973 was Billingham's best season, going 19-10 with a career-best 3.04 ERA. He led the National League with 40 starts and seven shutouts and earned a berth on the National League All-Star team. He followed that with a 19-11 season in 1974. On April 4, 1974, Billingham gave up Hank Aaron's 714th career home run, which tied Aaron with Babe Ruth for No. 1 on the all-time home run list at the time. For his career, Billingham went 145–113 with a 3.83 ERA and 1,141 strikeouts in 2,230 innings. , or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project, or