This is Bob Montag. He played for the Atlanta Crackers, a minor league baseball team, in the 1950s. He was a below-average outfielder, but was known for hitting very long home runs. In fact, he once hit a home run that traveled 520 miles!
Sort of.
Montag hit a home run during a game in 1954. The ball traveled some 450 feet, easily clearing the right-field stands. It landed in the coal car of a train that just happened to be passing Ponce De Leon Park. You can even see the train tracks in this aerial photo:
Ponce de Leon Avenue is just visible on the left. Across Ponce from the park was Sears’ gigantic building, which became City Hall East for a time before being sold off to become the current Ponce City Market.
When the conductor found the ball in amongst the coal he was mightily confused… until he realized the ball must be part of Montag’s “huge home run” the radio announcers were talking about. The train arrived in Nashville, swapped cargo & passengers, then returned to Atlanta.
The conductor stopped by the park and told the story to Montag, who autographed the ball for him. And thus, the legend of the “home run Bob Montag hit that traveled 520 miles” was born.