Born: August 7, 1931 in Memphis, TN
High School: Christian Brothers (Memphis, TN)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949.
(All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Final Game: July 14, 1958
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| 1954 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 | 1954-04-25 | Stan Musial | STL | MLN | ahead 5-3 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6% | 93% | Home Run | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1954-05-23 (1) | Ernie Banks | CHC | MLN | behind 0-2 | b 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 6 | 49% | 54% | Home Run; Baker Scores | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1954-06-16 | Roy Campanella | BRO | MLN | ahead 5-0 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1954-06-16 | Pee Wee Reese | BRO | MLN | ahead 6-2 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2% | 99% | Home Run (Line Drive); Gilliam Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1954-06-26 | Danny Schell | PHI | MLN | ahead 4-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1954-09-16 (2) | Willie Mays | NYG | MLN | ahead 5-2 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 1955 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1955-04-17 (2) | Ted Kluszewski | CIN | MLN | behind 0-3 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9% | 31% | Home Run | ||
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1955-04-17 (2) | Ed Bailey | CIN | MLN | behind 1-3 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11% | 40% | Home Run | ||
| 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1955-04-17 (2) | Wally Post | CIN | MLN | behind 2-3 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1955-07-04 (1) | Rip Repulski | STL | @ | MLN | tied 2-2 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1955-07-09 | Bob Thurman | CIN | @ | MLN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10% | 58% | Home Run | |
| 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1955-07-16 | Don Mueller | NYG | MLN | behind 5-7 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11% | 20% | Home Run | ||
| 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1955-07-20 | Preston Ward | PIT | MLN | b 7 | 3 | PH | |||||||||
| 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1955-08-03 | Gil Hodges | BRO | @ | MLN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23% | 83% | Home Run (Line Drive); Reese Scores; Snider Scores; Campanella Scores | |
| 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1955-08-03 | Don Zimmer | BRO | @ | MLN | ahead 4-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5% | 92% | Home Run (Line Drive) | |
| 16 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1955-08-06 | Dale Long | PIT | @ | MLN | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 17 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1955-09-13 | Johnny Antonelli | NYG | @ | MLN | ahead 6-0 | t 7 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Katt Scores | |
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1956-05-13 (2) | George Crowe | CIN | MLN | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 19 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1956-05-20 (1) | Dale Long | PIT | MLN | b 5 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1956-06-08 | Bill White | NYG | @ | MLN | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1956-06-13 | Del Ennis | PHI | @ | MLN | behind 2-8 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1956-06-17 (2) | Gil Hodges | BRO | MLN | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11% | 55% | Home Run | ||
| 23 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1956-07-01 (2) | Jim King | CHC | MLN | b 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| 24 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1956-07-05 | Eddie Miksis | CHC | @ | MLN | t 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| 25 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1956-07-13 (1) | Rocky Nelson | BRO | @ | MLN | behind 0-6 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3% | 9% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1956-07-17 | Dusty Rhodes | NYG | @ | MLN | t 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||||
| 27 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1956-07-17 | Bill White | NYG | @ | MLN | t 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||||||
| 28 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 1956-08-02 | Carl Furillo | BRO | MLN | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13% | 66% | Home Run (Line Drive) | ||
| 29 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1956-08-02 | Roy Campanella | BRO | MLN | ahead 1-0 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 15% | 94% | Home Run (Line Drive); Amoros Scores | ||
| 30 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 1956-08-06 | Monte Irvin | CHC | @ | MLN | t 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
| 31 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 1956-08-06 | Ernie Banks | CHC | @ | MLN | t 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 32 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 1956-08-18 | Frank Robinson | CIN | MLN | tied 1-1 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 33 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 1956-08-18 | Ted Kluszewski | CIN | MLN | ahead 2-1 | b 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14% | 83% | Home Run; Thurman Scores | ||
| 34 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 1956-08-23 | Stan Lopata | PHI | @ | MLN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 2 | 20% | 68% | Home Run; Blaylock Scores | |
| 35 | 35 | 18 | 2 | 1956-08-23 | Stan Lopata | PHI | @ | MLN | ahead 2-0 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12% | 89% | Home Run; Jones Scores | |
| 36 | 36 | 19 | 1 | 1956-08-31 (1) | Stan Musial | STL | @ | MLN | behind 4-5 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 35% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 37 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1957-04-20 | Wally Post | CIN | @ | MLN | behind 1-5 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4% | 9% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | |
| 38 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 1957-04-20 | George Crowe | CIN | @ | MLN | behind 2-5 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5% | 9% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 39 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 1957-04-24 | Del Ennis | STL | @ | MLN | ahead 2-1 | t 3 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18% | 79% | Home Run (Deep LF); Blasingame Scores | |
| 40 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1957-04-30 | Johnny Antonelli | NYG | MLN | ahead 2-0 | b 7 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7% | 97% | Home Run (Deep RF); Spencer Scores | ||
| 41 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1957-06-04 | Willie Mays | NYG | MLN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11% | 62% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 42 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 1957-06-04 | Red Schoendienst | NYG | MLN | behind 3-4 | b 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29% | 68% | Home Run (Deep RF); Lockman Scores | ||
| 43 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 1957-06-11 | Gino Cimoli | BRO | MLN | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 44 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 1957-06-11 | Roy Campanella | BRO | MLN | behind 1-7 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | ||
| 45 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 1957-06-21 | Walt Moryn | CHC | NYG | behind 0-3 | b 4 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 30% | 51% | Home Run; Morgan Scores; Tanner Scores | ||
| 46 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1957-06-25 | Smoky Burgess | CIN | NYG | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10% | 44% | Home Run | ||
| 47 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 1957-06-25 | Smoky Burgess | CIN | NYG | behind 1-2 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 48 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 1957-06-30 (2) | Stan Musial | STL | NYG | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14% | 81% | Home Run; Blasingame Scores; Dark Scores | ||
| 49 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 1957-07-07 (1) | Dick Rand | PIT | @ | NYG | t 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||||||
| 50 | 50 | 14 | 1 | 1957-07-14 | Dale Long | CHC | @ | NYG | t 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 51 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 1957-07-14 | Bob Speake | CHC | @ | NYG | t 4 | 3 | PH | ||||||||
| 52 | 52 | 16 | 1 | 1957-08-14 | Gil Hodges | BRO | @ | NYG | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18% | 67% | Home Run; Gilliam Scores | |
| 53 | 53 | 17 | 2 | 1957-08-14 | Elmer Valo | BRO | @ | NYG | ahead 3-1 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9% | 86% | Home Run | |
| 54 | 54 | 18 | 3 | 1957-08-14 | Don Zimmer | BRO | @ | NYG | ahead 4-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4% | 95% | Home Run | |
| 55 | 55 | 19 | 1 | 1957-09-06 | Elmer Valo | BRO | @ | NYG | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 56 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 1958-04-24 | Ray Katt | STL | @ | SFG | tied 4-4 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 38% | 83% | Home Run | |
| 57 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 1958-05-04 (2) | Dick Groat | PIT | @ | SFG | tied 2-2 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15% | 65% | Home Run | |
| 58 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 1958-06-11 | Bill Mazeroski | PIT | @ | SFG | ahead 3-0 | t 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11% | 92% | Home Run; Thomas Scores; Clemente Scores | |
| 59 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 1958-06-11 | Frank Thomas | PIT | @ | SFG | ahead 6-2 | t 2 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8% | 97% | Home Run; Skinner Scores; Groat Scores; Stevens Scores | |
| 60 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 1958-07-14 | Johnny Logan | MLN | @ | SFG | ahead 5-1 | t 6 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3% | 98% | Home Run; Roach Scores |
Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.
For years from 1954 to 2009, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.
There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.