Grant 'Home Run' Johnson, WNY's unknown slugger Efforts are underway to get the Baseball Hall of Fame to remember the man considered to be one of the best hitters of the early years of baseball. Author: Peter Gallivan Updated: 8:42 AM EST February 23, 2021 HAMBURG, N.Y. — 2 On Your Side is continuing to celebrate Black History Month by highlighting a little-known baseball great with ties to the Queen City, and more specifically the efforts to get him recognized by The Baseball Hall of Fame. Tucked away in Hamburg's Lakeside Cemetery, in a far off corner, stands a seemingly ordinary plaque honoring an extraordinary man named Grant "Home Run" Johnson.