Born: July 2, 1930 in Evanston, IL
High School: New Trier (Winnetka, IL)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1949.
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Debut: September 20, 1955
Final Game: September 27, 1963
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| 1955 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 | 1955-09-25 (1) | Stan Lopata | PHI | @ | NYG | behind 0-5 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1% | 1% | Home Run; Jones Scores | |
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1957-05-03 | Pete Whisenant | CIN | @ | NYG | behind 8-10 | t 9 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 8 | PH | 67% | 83% | Home Run; Henrich Scores; Bailey Scores | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1957-05-07 | Ken Boyer | STL | @ | NYG | behind 0-3 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9% | 24% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1957-05-07 | Wally Moon | STL | @ | NYG | behind 1-3 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11% | 35% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1957-06-05 | Joe Adcock | MLN | @ | NYG | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17% | 83% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF-RF); Aaron Scores; Thomson Scores |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1957-06-09 (2) | Stan Musial | STL | @ | NYG | ahead 2-0 | t 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12% | 87% | Home Run; Dark Scores | |
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1958-05-05 | Frank Thomas | PIT | @ | SFG | ahead 8-1 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Skinner Scores | |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1958-05-30 (2) | Ken Boyer | STL | SFG | ahead 6-1 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Cunningham Scores | ||
| 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1958-06-04 | Wes Covington | MLN | @ | SFG | behind 4-7 | t 9 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 36% | 40% | Home Run; Aaron Scores; Adcock Scores | |
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1959-05-06 | Gary Geiger | BOS | @ | DET | ahead 14-4 | t 8 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Gernert Scores | |
| 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1959-06-04 | Whitey Ford | NYY | @ | DET | ahead 8-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | |
| 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1959-06-04 | Elston Howard | NYY | @ | DET | ahead 10-2 | t 8 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Bauer Scores | |
| 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1959-06-21 (2) | Roy Sievers | WSH | DET | ahead 6-4 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3% | 97% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1959-07-11 | Rocky Colavito | CLE | DET | behind 5-6 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17% | 51% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 15 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1959-08-08 | Gary Geiger | BOS | DET | tied 3-3 | b 10 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 36% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1959-08-12 | Sherm Lollar | CHW | @ | DET | tied 4-4 | t 5 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 23% | 82% | Home Run; Fox Scores; Torgeson Scores | |
| 1960 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1960-05-07 | Vic Wertz | BOS | DET | ahead 3-0 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3% | 97% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | ||
| 18 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1960-05-15 (2) | Harry Chiti | KCA | @ | DET | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 19% | 57% | Home Run (Deep LF); Tuttle Scores | |
| 19 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1960-05-15 (2) | Bob Cerv | KCA | @ | DET | tied 2-2 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12% | 62% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1960-05-31 | Andy Carey | KCA | DET | tied 0-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17% | 75% | Home Run | ||
| 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1960-06-05 (2) | Jim Piersall | CLE | DET | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 20% | 76% | Home Run (Deep LF); Locke Scores | ||
| 22 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1960-06-18 | Ron Hansen | BAL | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10% | 56% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 23 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1960-07-03 (2) | Mickey Mantle | NYY | DET | behind 1-2 | b 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 40% | 80% | Home Run; Ditmar Scores; Maris Scores | ||
| 24 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1960-07-17 (2) | Bill Skowron | NYY | @ | DET | behind 0-2 | t 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 30% | 50% | Home Run; Maris Scores | |
| 25 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1960-07-27 | Jim Lemon | WSH | DET | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10% | 71% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 26 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 1960-07-27 | Pete Whisenant | WSH | DET | ahead 2-0 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7% | 89% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 27 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 1960-08-06 | Frank Malzone | BOS | @ | DET | behind 1-6 | t 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9% | 18% | Home Run (Deep LF); Williams Scores | |
| 28 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 1960-08-06 | Jim Pagliaroni | BOS | @ | DET | behind 4-6 | t 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22% | 45% | Home Run (Deep LF); Malzone Scores | |
| 29 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 1960-08-10 | Jackie Brandt | BAL | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 9 | 19% | 70% | Home Run (Deep RF); Walker Scores | |
| 30 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 1960-08-10 | Dave Nicholson | BAL | @ | DET | ahead 2-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9% | 80% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 1961 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 31 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1961-05-17 | Roger Maris | NYY | WSA | behind 2-8 | b 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2% | 3% | Home Run (Deep RF); Howard Scores | ||
| 32 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1961-05-22 | Earl Averill | LAA | WSA | ahead 2-0 | b 5 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10% | 92% | Home Run (Deep LF); Thomas Scores | ||
| 33 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1961-06-13 | Gus Triandos | BAL | WSA | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10% | 44% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 34 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1961-06-13 | Gus Triandos | BAL | WSA | ahead 4-2 | b 3 | 0 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6% | 90% | Home Run (Deep LF); Brandt Scores | ||
| 35 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1961-07-02 | Elston Howard | NYY | WSA | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18% | 66% | Home Run (Deep LF); Mantle Scores | ||
| 36 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1961-07-02 | Roger Maris | NYY | WSA | tied 2-2 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 9 | 24% | 84% | Home Run (Deep RF Line); Daley Scores; Kubek Scores | ||
| 37 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1961-07-16 (1) | Ken Hunt | LAA | @ | WSA | ahead 7-2 | t 8 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1% | 100% | Home Run (Deep LF); Bilko Scores; Thomas Scores | |
| 38 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1961-08-11 | Roger Maris | NYY | @ | WSA | ahead 8-1 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1% | 99% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 39 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1961-08-11 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | @ | WSA | ahead 9-3 | t 7 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1% | 100% | Home Run (Deep CF); Richardson Scores/unER; Mantle Scores/unER | |
| 40 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1961-08-15 | Ken Hunt | LAA | @ | WSA | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10% | 57% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 41 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 1961-08-24 | Jackie Jensen | BOS | WSA | tied 4-4 | b 10 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 42% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 42 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 1961-09-04 (2) | Clete Boyer | NYY | WSA | behind 0-2 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11% | 40% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 1962 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 43 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1962-04-27 | Clete Boyer | NYY | @ | WSA | ahead 3-0 | t 4 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10% | 97% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Lopez Scores; Tresh Scores; Richardson Scores | |
| 44 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1962-05-06 (2) | Roger Maris | NYY | WSA | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16% | 72% | Home Run; Richardson Scores | ||
| 45 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 1962-05-06 (2) | Mickey Mantle | NYY | WSA | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8% | 80% | Home Run (Line Drive) | ||
| 46 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 1962-05-12 | Jim Gentile | BAL | WSA | tied 2-2 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 27% | 87% | Home Run | ||
| 47 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 1962-05-23 | Steve Bilko | LAA | @ | WSA | behind 1-7 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3% | 7% | Home Run | |
| 48 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 1962-05-28 | Billy Moran | LAA | WSA | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 1962-06-16 | Hobie Landrith | BAL | @ | WSA | ahead 3-1 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9% | 85% | Home Run | |
| 50 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1962-06-24 (2) | Chuck Essegian | CLE | WSA | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 51 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 1962-07-02 | Steve Bilko | LAA | @ | WSA | tied 0-0 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 17% | 64% | Home Run | |
| 52 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 1962-07-07 | George Alusik | KCA | WSA | behind 1-6 | b 7 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 9 | PH | 12% | 22% | Home Run; Sullivan Scores; Consolo Scores | ||
| 53 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 1962-07-15 (1) | Joe Koppe | LAA | WSA | behind 0-1 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 54 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 1962-07-15 (1) | Billy Moran | LAA | WSA | tied 1-1 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18% | 75% | Home Run | ||
| 55 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 1962-08-08 (2) | Rocky Colavito | DET | @ | WSA | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19% | 66% | Home Run; Morton Scores | |
| 56 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 1962-08-08 (2) | Mike Roarke | DET | @ | WSA | ahead 3-0 | t 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10% | 92% | Home Run; Cash Scores | |
| 57 | 57 | 15 | 1 | 1962-08-24 | Steve Boros | DET | WSA | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21% | 86% | Home Run; Bruton Scores; Kaline Scores; Colavito Scores | ||
| 58 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 1962-08-24 | Rocky Colavito | DET | WSA | ahead 4-0 | b 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7% | 94% | Home Run; Kaline Scores | ||
| 59 | 59 | 17 | 1 | 1962-08-29 | Jackie Brandt | BAL | @ | WSA | ahead 7-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | |
| 60 | 60 | 18 | 1 | 1962-08-31 (1) | Buck Rodgers | LAA | @ | WSA | ahead 5-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5% | 92% | Home Run | |
| 61 | 61 | 19 | 1 | 1962-09-21 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | @ | WSA | ahead 2-1 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12% | 87% | Home Run | |
| 62 | 62 | 20 | 1 | 1962-09-25 | Bill Skowron | NYY | WSA | ahead 6-2 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 1963 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 63 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 1963-05-25 | Joe Pepitone | NYY | WSA | ahead 4-0 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1% | 100% | Home Run (Line Drive) | ||
| 64 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 1963-06-10 (1) | Clete Boyer | NYY | @ | WSA | ahead 6-0 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 65 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 1963-06-18 | Roger Maris | NYY | WSA | ahead 7-0 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (Line Drive) | ||
| 66 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 1963-07-28 (1) | George Thomas | DET | WSA | behind 0-2 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12% | 42% | Home Run | ||
| 67 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 1963-07-28 (1) | Al Kaline | DET | WSA | behind 1-2 | b 5 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 26% | 70% | Home Run; McAuliffe Scores | ||
| 68 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 1963-08-20 (1) | Doc Edwards | KCA | WSA | ahead 6-0 | b 4 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; Charles Scores; Siebern Scores | ||
| 69 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 1963-08-29 (1) | Harmon Killebrew | MIN | @ | WSA | ahead 4-0 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4% | 94% | Home Run | |
| 70 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 1963-08-29 (2) | Harmon Killebrew | MIN | @ | WSA | ahead 7-0 | t 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1% | 99% | Home Run; Hall Scores | |
| 71 | 71 | 9 | 2 | 1963-08-29 (2) | Zoilo Versalles | MIN | @ | WSA | ahead 9-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 72 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 1963-09-02 (1) | Max Alvis | CLE | WSA | ahead 7-2 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2% | 99% | Home Run; Adcock Scores | ||
| 73 | 73 | 11 | 2 | 1963-09-02 (1) | Johnny Romano | CLE | WSA | ahead 9-2 | b 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Alvis Scores | ||
| 74 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 1963-09-07 | Max Alvis | CLE | @ | WSA | ahead 6-2 | t 9 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Howser Scores; Brown Scores |
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