Born: April 2, 1930 in New Haven, CT
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1948.
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Debut: May 3, 1955
Final Game: May 17, 1960
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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 | 1955-05-03 | Hoot Evers | BAL | @ | KCA | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1955-05-03 | Chuck Diering | BAL | @ | KCA | tied 1-1 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 22% | 65% | Home Run | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1955-05-08 (2) | Al Smith | CLE | KCA | behind 0-1 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 32% | 56% | Home Run | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1955-05-08 (2) | Al Rosen | CLE | KCA | tied 1-1 | b 11 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 36% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1955-05-25 | Bill Tuttle | DET | @ | KCA | ahead 6-1 | t 8 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Lary Scores | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1955-06-02 | Gil McDougald | NYY | @ | KCA | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18% | 72% | Home Run; Grim Scores | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1955-06-02 | Elston Howard | NYY | @ | KCA | ahead 2-1 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11% | 73% | Home Run | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1955-06-02 | Hank Bauer | NYY | @ | KCA | ahead 3-1 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9% | 82% | Home Run | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1955-06-07 (2) | Ed Fitz Gerald | WSH | @ | KCA | ahead 3-1 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9% | 83% | Home Run | |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1955-07-01 (2) | Ray Boone | DET | @ | KCA | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1955-07-07 | Larry Doby | CLE | @ | KCA | behind 0-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1955-07-07 | Al Rosen | CLE | @ | KCA | ahead 3-1 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7% | 93% | Home Run | |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1955-07-07 | Larry Doby | CLE | @ | KCA | ahead 4-1 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3% | 96% | Home Run | |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1955-07-14 (1) | Gus Triandos | BAL | @ | KCA | behind 2-5 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8% | 27% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1955-08-13 | Jim Hegan | CLE | @ | KCA | tied 1-1 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 13% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1955-08-25 | Hal Smith | BAL | @ | KCA | behind 0-9 | t 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Triandos Scores | |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1955-09-02 | Al Kaline | DET | @ | KCA | behind 1-4 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8% | 20% | Home Run | |
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 1955-09-02 | Harvey Kuenn | DET | @ | KCA | behind 3-7 | t 8 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14% | 20% | Home Run; Malmberg Scores; Coleman Scores | |
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1955-09-08 | Yogi Berra | NYY | KCA | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14% | 93% | Home Run; Bauer Scores; McDougald Scores | ||
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1955-09-23 | Minnie Minoso | CHW | KCA | ahead 10-4 | b 8 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Fox Scores | ||
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1956-05-03 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | KCA | behind 1-5 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7% | 21% | Home Run | ||
| 22 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1956-05-03 | Hank Bauer | NYY | KCA | behind 3-7 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13% | 25% | Home Run; Howard Scores | ||
| 23 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1956-05-03 | Yogi Berra | NYY | KCA | behind 5-7 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 2 | 26% | 51% | Home Run; Mantle Scores/unER; Berra Scores/unER | ||
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 24 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1957-06-12 | Jay Porter | DET | BAL | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16% | 79% | Home Run; Kaline Scores | ||
| 25 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1957-08-10 | Enos Slaughter | NYY | @ | BAL | ahead 5-2 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6% | 92% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1957-08-29 | Vic Wertz | CLE | BAL | ahead 12-4 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 27 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1959-07-12 (1) | Joe Lonnett | PHI | CHC | behind 1-7 | b 7 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7% | 10% | Home Run (Deep LF); Bouchee Scores; Anderson Scores | ||
| 28 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1959-07-21 | Curt Flood | STL | CHC | behind 0-1 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 8 | 29% | 67% | Home Run (Deep LF); Grammas Scores | ||
| 29 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1959-07-25 | Eddie Bressoud | SFG | CHC | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 30 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1959-07-25 | Hank Sauer | SFG | CHC | behind 1-5 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 3% | 5% | Home Run | ||
| 31 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1959-07-30 | Felix Mantilla | MLN | CHC | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11% | 75% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 32 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1959-07-30 | Hank Aaron | MLN | CHC | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8% | 84% | Home Run (Deep CF) | ||
| 33 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1959-07-30 | Johnny Logan | MLN | CHC | ahead 4-1 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5% | 93% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 34 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 1959-07-30 | Andy Pafko | MLN | CHC | ahead 5-1 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3% | 96% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 35 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1959-08-13 | Willie Mays | SFG | @ | CHC | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 0 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9% | 77% | Home Run; Davenport Scores | |
| 36 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1959-08-13 | Willie Kirkland | SFG | @ | CHC | tied 4-4 | t 3 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16% | 80% | Home Run; Mays Scores; Cepeda Scores/unER | |
| 37 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 1959-08-19 (2) | Wally Post | PHI | CHC | behind 0-2 | b 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18% | 51% | Home Run (Deep LF); Anderson Scores | ||
| 38 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 1959-08-19 (2) | Joe Koppe | PHI | CHC | tied 2-2 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11% | 64% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | ||
| 39 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 1959-09-02 | Felipe Alou | SFG | CHC | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11% | 77% | Home Run | ||
| 40 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 1959-09-02 | Willie McCovey | SFG | CHC | ahead 2-1 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 41 | 41 | 15 | 1 | 1959-09-12 | Ken Boyer | STL | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19% | 66% | Home Run (Deep LF); Cunningham Scores | |
| 42 | 42 | 16 | 1 | 1959-09-18 | Gene Freese | PHI | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11% | 59% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 43 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 1959-09-18 | Wally Post | PHI | @ | CHC | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 32% | 77% | Home Run (Deep LF); Drake Scores; Koppe Scores | |
| 44 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 1959-09-20 | Stan Musial | STL | CHC | ahead 8-4 | b 7 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1% | 99% | Home Run (Deep RF); Boyer Scores | ||
| 45 | 45 | 19 | 2 | 1959-09-20 | Hal Smith | STL | CHC | ahead 10-4 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 1960 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 46 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1960-05-15 (1) | Ken Boyer | STL | @ | CHC | ahead 5-1 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1% | 100% | Home Run (Deep LF) |
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