When Johnny comes marching home

Johnny Callison watches the flight of his game-winning home run

Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Johnny Callison watches the first half of the 1964 All-Star Game from the bench at Shea Stadium before he ends that game 61 years ago today with a two-out, three-run, walk-off home run off Boston closer Dick Radatz.

First facing Minnesota’s Camilo Pascual, Callison pops out as a pinch-hitter for Phillies teammate Jim Bunning in the fifth inning before replacing right fielder Roberto Clemente in the top of the sixth.

Johnny Callison, right, arrives at home plate

Callison then hits against Radatz for the first time in the seventh and flies out to Mickey Mantle in deep center field.

Callison’s second at-bat against Radatz with the score tied at 4 ends much differently as he follows Radatz’s strikeout of pinch-hitter Hank Aaron with his game-ending, three-run homer to right, giving the National League a 7-4 victory before a Tuesday afternoon crowd of 50,850 at Shea.

Not that you would immediately recognize Callison, who comes to the plate in the ninth inning wearing a blue helmet he borrows from Mets second baseman Ron Hunt and with a bat he borrows from Chicago Cubs left fielder Billy Williams.

Seems, ahem, some of Callison’s equipment does not arrive from Philadelphia in time for the game.