Born: January 11, 1937 in Rhodhiss, NC
High School: Granite Falls (Granite Falls, NC)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1956.
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Debut: April 22, 1961
Final Game: May 1, 1963
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| 1961 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 | 1961-05-03 | Orlando Cepeda | SFG | @ | CHC | behind 1-3 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 24% | 47% | Home Run (Deep RF); McCovey Scores | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1961-06-02 | Gene Freese | CIN | CHC | behind 1-7 | b 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1% | 2% | Home Run (Deep CF); Robinson Scores | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1961-06-11 (2) | Eddie Mathews | MLN | @ | CHC | behind 1-5 | t 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6% | 10% | Home Run (Deep CF); Bolling Scores | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1961-06-17 | Felipe Alou | SFG | CHC | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10% | 93% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Cepeda Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1961-06-23 | Frank Thomas | MLN | CHC | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11% | 64% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1961-06-23 | Hank Aaron | MLN | CHC | behind 1-2 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14% | 53% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1961-07-04 (2) | Willie Mays | SFG | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12% | 62% | Home Run (Deep LF Line) | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1961-07-25 | Ken Boyer | STL | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17% | 83% | Home Run (Deep LF); Lillis Scores; Javier Scores; White Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1961-07-25 | Charlie James | STL | @ | CHC | tied 4-4 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17% | 63% | Home Run (Deep LF Line) | |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1961-07-29 | Gene Freese | CIN | @ | CHC | behind 0-3 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8% | 23% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1961-08-02 (2) | Frank Thomas | MLN | @ | CHC | behind 1-4 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8% | 23% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1961-08-06 | Maury Wills | LAD | CHC | ahead 5-1 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4% | 94% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | ||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1961-08-06 | Frank Howard | LAD | CHC | ahead 6-1 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4% | 98% | Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Moon Scores | ||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1961-08-11 | Gino Cimoli | MLN | CHC | tied 1-1 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 30% | 86% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1961-08-15 | Don Demeter | PHI | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10% | 56% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1961-08-15 | Charley Smith | PHI | @ | CHC | behind 3-6 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9% | 22% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1961-08-15 | Pancho Herrera | PHI | @ | CHC | behind 4-6 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10% | 20% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1961-08-24 | Don Demeter | PHI | CHC | ahead 3-0 | b 2 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12% | 94% | Home Run (Deep LF); Taylor Scores; Malkmus Scores | ||
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1961-09-09 | Don Demeter | PHI | @ | CHC | ahead 1-0 | t 6 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12% | 92% | Home Run (Deep LF); Walters Scores; Smith Scores | |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1961-09-14 (2) | Charlie James | STL | CHC | behind 3-5 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12% | 37% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1961-09-17 | Felipe Alou | SFG | CHC | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7% | 94% | Home Run (Deep LF); Mays Scores | ||
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1961-09-23 | Eddie Mathews | MLN | CHC | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16% | 74% | Home Run (Deep RF); Spangler Scores; Mathews Scores | ||
| 23 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 1961-09-23 | Eddie Mathews | MLN | CHC | behind 2-3 | b 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20% | 67% | Home Run (Deep RF); Spangler Scores | ||
| 1962 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 24 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1962-04-17 | Don Leppert | PIT | @ | CHC | behind 0-5 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5% | 14% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 25 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1962-04-29 (2) | Ed Bailey | SFG | CHC | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 26 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1962-05-25 | Ken Boyer | STL | MLN | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10% | 45% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 27 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1962-05-30 (2) | Don Zimmer | CIN | @ | MLN | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14% | 59% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 28 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1962-06-19 | Gene Woodling | NYM | MLN | ahead 5-4 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12% | 82% | Home Run | ||
| 29 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1962-07-27 | Don Pavletich | CIN | MLN | behind 3-5 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | PH | 28% | 54% | Home Run (Deep LF); Blasingame Scores | ||
| 30 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1962-08-15 | Frank Robinson | CIN | MLN | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13% | 66% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 31 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1962-08-15 | Frank Robinson | CIN | MLN | ahead 2-0 | b 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9% | 95% | Home Run (Deep LF); Kasko Scores | ||
| 32 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1962-09-15 | Carl Warwick | HOU | @ | MLN | tied 5-5 | t 8 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 9 | 44% | 92% | Home Run; Temple Scores; Larker Scores | |
| 33 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 1962-09-19 | Frank Howard | LAD | @ | MLN | ahead 3-0 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2% | 99% | Home Run (Fly Ball) |
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