Jackie Robinson steals home... against 5 Phillies
From the ol' memory book: 31 May, 1951.
Jackie stealing home against five Phillies. Hard to believe, but there is photographic evidence.
http://www.brooklyndodgermemories.com/req-photo-of-jackie-robinson-in-rundown-with-phillies-t1869.html
An interesting thing about this pic: you will see Eddy (sic) Waikus, #5, listed among the players. Actually, that's Jimmy Bloodworth. Waitkus was #4, and didn't play that day.
Strictly speaking, it wasn't a steal of home. The game was played on 31 May 1951, with Russ Meyer pitching and Andy Seminick catching for the Phils. The Dodgers stole five bases on Seminick that day, including two steals of second by Robinson and a double steal by Pee Wee Reese and Gil Hodges. The 8th inning was a rough inning for Meyer: Robinson stole second, Meyer hit Hodges and then wild-pitched to put Robinson on third, and then in the subsequent rundown was charged with an error (so Robinson didn't get credit for stealing home). Whereupon Jim Konstanty came in to pitch, lol.
Thanks to the great guys at Retrosheet for preserving this box score for posterity.
-- Mal
