Born: September 29, 1935 in East Chicago, IN
High School: Hammond (Hammond, IN)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1954.
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Debut: July 31, 1957
Final Game: September 25, 1963
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| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1957-08-22 | Hank Sauer | NYG | CHC | ahead 3-0 | b 5 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6% | 96% | Home Run; Virgil Scores | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1957-09-02 (1) | Wes Covington | MLN | @ | CHC | ahead 10-3 | t 3 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3% | 99% | Home Run (Deep LF); Mathews Scores; Aaron Scores | |
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1958-08-03 (2) | Chico Fernandez | PHI | CHC | ahead 3-0 | b 1 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9% | 90% | Home Run; Anderson Scores | ||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1958-08-27 | Harry Anderson | PHI | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1958-09-07 (1) | Leon Wagner | SFG | @ | CHC | behind 3-6 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4% | 7% | Home Run | |
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1959-04-11 | Don Drysdale | LAD | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12% | 58% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1959-04-30 | Jerry Lynch | CIN | CHC | behind 0-2 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12% | 40% | Home Run (Deep CF) | ||
| 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1959-05-12 | Del Crandall | MLN | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11% | 61% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1959-05-12 | Johnny Logan | MLN | @ | CHC | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11% | 72% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1959-05-12 | Eddie Mathews | MLN | @ | CHC | ahead 2-1 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12% | 74% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1959-05-17 (1) | Bill Mazeroski | PIT | @ | CHC | tied 1-1 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19% | 74% | Home Run (Deep LF); Skinner Scores | |
| 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1959-05-17 (1) | Roberto Clemente | PIT | @ | CHC | ahead 3-1 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8% | 84% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 13 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1959-06-09 | Vada Pinson | CIN | @ | CHC | tied 1-1 | t 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 25% | 73% | Home Run (Deep RF); McMillan Scores | |
| 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1959-06-19 | Harry Anderson | PHI | @ | CHC | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19% | 82% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF); Bouchee Scores; Philley Scores | |
| 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1959-07-04 (1) | Duke Snider | LAD | @ | CHC | behind 0-2 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5% | 9% | Home Run (Line Drive) | |
| 16 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1959-07-26 | Willie Mays | SFG | CHC | behind 1-4 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17% | 42% | Home Run; Davenport Scores | ||
| 17 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1959-08-12 | Johnny Roseboro | LAD | @ | CHC | behind 0-5 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4% | 13% | Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF) | |
| 18 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1959-08-12 | Charlie Neal | LAD | @ | CHC | behind 4-11 | t 8 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1% | 2% | Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); Wills Scores/unER; Gilliam Scores | |
| 19 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1959-08-16 | Willie Mays | SFG | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16% | 69% | Home Run; Davenport Scores | |
| 20 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1959-08-28 | Joe Adcock | MLN | @ | CHC | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6% | 86% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 21 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 1959-08-28 | Del Crandall | MLN | @ | CHC | ahead 4-0 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8% | 94% | Home Run (Deep LF); Logan Scores | |
| 22 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 1959-09-03 | Eddie Bressoud | SFG | CHC | behind 0-4 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7% | 22% | Home Run | ||
| 23 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 1959-09-16 (1) | Bill Mazeroski | PIT | @ | CHC | tied 1-1 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11% | 59% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 24 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 1959-09-23 | Orlando Cepeda | SFG | @ | CHC | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16% | 75% | Home Run; McCovey Scores | |
| 25 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 1959-09-23 | Willie Mays | SFG | @ | CHC | behind 5-7 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11% | 26% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 1959-09-27 | Charlie Neal | LAD | @ | CHC | ahead 3-0 | t 4 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10% | 92% | Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Wills Scores | |
| 1960 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 27 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1960-04-17 | Orlando Cepeda | SFG | CHC | behind 1-3 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 30% | 54% | Home Run; McCovey Scores/unER | ||
| 28 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1960-04-22 | Eddie Bressoud | SFG | @ | CHC | ahead 9-8 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9% | 93% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 29 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1960-04-24 | Willie Mays | SFG | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 30 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1960-04-30 | Leon Wagner | STL | CHC | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13% | 67% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 31 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1960-04-30 | Bill White | STL | CHC | behind 2-4 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12% | 36% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 32 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1960-04-30 | Carl Sawatski | STL | CHC | behind 3-4 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 18% | 58% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 33 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1960-05-23 | Jim Brosnan | CIN | CHC | behind 1-4 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9% | 29% | Home Run (Deep CF) | ||
| 34 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1960-05-23 | Ed Bailey | CIN | CHC | behind 2-4 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14% | 35% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | ||
| 35 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1960-06-08 | Bob Skinner | PIT | @ | CHC | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11% | 71% | Home Run | |
| 36 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1960-06-08 | Dick Stuart | PIT | @ | CHC | ahead 2-0 | t 5 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12% | 90% | Home Run; Skinner Scores | |
| 37 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 1960-06-15 (2) | Wes Covington | MLN | CHC | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12% | 67% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 38 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 1960-06-15 (2) | Eddie Mathews | MLN | CHC | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16% | 90% | Home Run (Deep RF); Bruton Scores/unER; Schoendienst Scores | ||
| 39 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 1960-06-22 | Tony Curry | PHI | CHC | ahead 2-0 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12% | 93% | Home Run (Deep RF); Lepcio Scores | ||
| 40 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 1960-06-22 | Tony Gonzalez | PHI | CHC | ahead 4-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2% | 98% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | ||
| 41 | 41 | 15 | 1 | 1960-06-29 (2) | Hank Aaron | MLN | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 42 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 1960-06-29 (2) | Joe Adcock | MLN | @ | CHC | tied 1-1 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13% | 63% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 43 | 43 | 17 | 1 | 1960-07-21 | Jerry Lynch | CIN | CHC | behind 0-8 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0% | 0% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 44 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 1960-08-02 | Gus Bell | CIN | @ | CHC | behind 1-5 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2% | 3% | Home Run | |
| 45 | 45 | 19 | 1 | 1960-08-22 | Frank Robinson | CIN | @ | CHC | behind 0-4 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6% | 15% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 46 | 46 | 20 | 1 | 1960-08-26 | Lee Walls | PHI | @ | CHC | behind 0-2 | t 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 5 | 43% | 63% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Deep LF); Callison Scores; Gonzalez Scores |
| 47 | 47 | 21 | 2 | 1960-08-26 | Johnny Callison | PHI | @ | CHC | ahead 3-2 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12% | 87% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 48 | 48 | 22 | 1 | 1960-08-31 (2) | Bill Bruton | MLN | @ | CHC | ahead 2-0 | t 2 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19% | 89% | Home Run; Logan Scores; Willey Scores | |
| 49 | 49 | 23 | 1 | 1960-09-01 | Joe Adcock | MLN | @ | CHC | ahead 5-0 | t 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4% | 98% | Home Run (Deep RF); Mathews Scores | |
| 50 | 50 | 24 | 1 | 1960-09-05 (1) | Ken Boyer | STL | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11% | 61% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 51 | 51 | 25 | 1 | 1960-09-10 | Dick Stuart | PIT | CHC | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11% | 66% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | ||
| 52 | 52 | 26 | 1 | 1960-09-18 | Norm Larker | LAD | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13% | 63% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | |
| 1961 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 53 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1961-04-14 | Frank Bolling | MLN | @ | CHC | behind 0-1 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14% | 50% | Home Run (Deep LF Line) | |
| 54 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 1961-04-14 | Hank Aaron | MLN | @ | CHC | tied 1-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19% | 69% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 55 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 1961-04-23 (2) | Johnny Callison | PHI | CHC | ahead 2-0 | b 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14% | 96% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF); Amaro Scores; Taylor Scores | ||
| 56 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 1961-04-30 (2) | Charlie Neal | LAD | @ | CHC | behind 1-8 | t 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3% | 4% | Home Run (Fly Ball); Howard Scores | |
| 57 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 1961-04-30 (2) | Willie Davis | LAD | @ | CHC | behind 3-8 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4% | 8% | Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) | |
| 58 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 1961-05-27 | Orlando Cepeda | SFG | @ | CHC | ahead 6-2 | t 7 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4% | 98% | Home Run (Deep LF); Mays Scores | |
| 59 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 1961-06-16 | Jack Sanford | SFG | CHC | behind 4-10 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1% | 3% | Home Run (Deep RF Line) | ||
| 60 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 1961-08-02 (2) | Hank Aaron | MLN | @ | CHC | behind 3-4 | t 7 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 52% | 88% | Home Run (Deep LF); Mantilla Scores/unER; Bolling Scores/unER; Mathews Scores/unER; Aaron Scores/unER | |
| 61 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 1961-08-04 | Doug Camilli | LAD | CHC | behind 1-2 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15% | 57% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | ||
| 62 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 1961-09-16 | Willie McCovey | SFG | CHC | tied 3-3 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | PH | 42% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 63 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 1961-09-19 | Ron Fairly | LAD | CHC | behind 1-5 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4% | 9% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | ||
| 64 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 1961-09-26 | Johnny Edwards | CIN | @ | CHC | behind 0-3 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9% | 22% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 65 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 1961-09-26 | Frank Robinson | CIN | @ | CHC | behind 1-3 | t 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 26% | 50% | Home Run (Deep CF); Coleman Scores | |
| 66 | 66 | 14 | 3 | 1961-09-26 | Jerry Lynch | CIN | @ | CHC | tied 3-3 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 40% | 84% | Home Run (Deep RF); Pinson Scores | |
| 1962 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 67 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 1962-05-12 | Johnny Callison | PHI | @ | CHC | behind 4-5 | t 4 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22% | 71% | Home Run (Deep LF); Klaus Scores; Taylor Scores | |
| 68 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1962-05-26 | Johnny Edwards | CIN | CHC | ahead 7-5 | b 7 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4% | 99% | Home Run (Deep RF); Robinson Scores; Post Scores; Coleman Scores | ||
| 69 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 1962-05-30 | Roman Mejias | HOU | @ | CHC | behind 5-6 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 19% | 46% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 70 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 1962-06-10 (2) | Richie Ashburn | NYM | @ | CHC | ahead 2-1 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13% | 85% | Home Run | |
| 71 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 1962-06-22 | Bob Skinner | PIT | CHC | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17% | 72% | Home Run (Deep RF); Groat Scores | ||
| 72 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 1962-06-27 (2) | Carl Sawatski | STL | @ | CHC | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8% | 86% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 73 | 73 | 7 | 2 | 1962-06-27 (2) | Julian Javier | STL | @ | CHC | ahead 3-0 | t 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10% | 94% | Home Run (Deep LF); Sadecki Scores | |
| 74 | 74 | 8 | 3 | 1962-06-27 (2) | Curt Flood | STL | @ | CHC | ahead 5-0 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2% | 97% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 75 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 1962-09-09 | Felipe Alou | SFG | CHC | ahead 3-2 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17% | 88% | Home Run; Hiller Scores | ||
| 1963 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 76 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 1963-05-02 | Bobo Osborne | WSA | @ | DET | ahead 3-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12% | 79% | Home Run | |
| 77 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 1963-05-12 | Ellis Burton | CLE | @ | DET | ahead 8-1 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | |
| 78 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 1963-05-20 | Boog Powell | BAL | DET | ahead 4-0 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4% | 98% | Home Run; Gentile Scores | ||
| 79 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 1963-06-15 | Tom Tresh | NYY | DET | ahead 4-1 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4% | 99% | Home Run; Lopez Scores/unER | ||
| 80 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 1963-07-27 | Don Lock | WSA | @ | DET | ahead 4-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4% | 95% | Home Run |
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