Born: September 15, 1924 in Red Bluff, CA
High School: Red Bluff (Red Bluff, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946.
(All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Final Game: July 2, 1957
Died: November 30, 1995 in San Mateo, CA
Relatives: Nephew of Marv Grissom
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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 | 1954-04-18 | Tom Alston | STL | @ | CHC | tied 3-3 | t 7 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 8 | PH | 39% | 88% | Home Run (Deep RF); Lowrey Scores; Schofield Scores | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1954-04-21 | Joe Adcock | MLN | CHC | ahead 5-3 | b 7 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7% | 97% | Home Run; O'Connell Scores | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1954-05-28 | Ted Kluszewski | CIN | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17% | 66% | Home Run; Adams Scores | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1954-05-30 (1) | Ted Kluszewski | CIN | @ | CHC | behind 3-7 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2% | 4% | Home Run; Bell Scores | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1954-06-09 (2) | Granny Hamner | PHI | @ | CHC | ahead 3-1 | t 4 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10% | 88% | Home Run (Deep LF); Ennis Scores | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1954-06-24 | Bobby Morgan | PHI | CHC | behind 0-2 | b 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 6 | 36% | 52% | Home Run (Deep LF); Torgeson Scores | ||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1954-07-05 (1) | Ted Kluszewski | CIN | CHC | behind 0-2 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12% | 43% | Home Run | ||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1954-07-09 | Bill Sarni | STL | CHC | b 9 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1954-07-17 (1) | Gair Allie | PIT | @ | CHC | t 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Lead-Off | |||||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1954-07-17 (1) | Frank Thomas | PIT | @ | CHC | t 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1954-08-07 | Bobby Morgan | PHI | CHC | ahead 7-2 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1954-08-13 | Del Crandall | MLN | CHC | tied 2-2 | b 9 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 2 | 30% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Adcock Scores; Logan Scores | |
| 1955 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1955-05-07 | Bob Thurman | CIN | CHC | behind 5-7 | b 8 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 2 | PH | 59% | 85% | Home Run; Adams Scores; Temple Scores | ||
| 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1955-06-05 (1) | Whitey Lockman | NYG | CHC | behind 0-2 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12% | 43% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1955-06-08 | Dale Long | PIT | CHC | tied 1-1 | b 9 | 1 | 3 | Walk-Off | |||||||
| 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1955-06-12 (1) | Duke Snider | BRO | CHC | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10% | 61% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | ||
| 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1955-06-12 (1) | Gil Hodges | BRO | CHC | behind 1-9 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0% | 1% | Home Run (Line Drive) | ||
| 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1955-06-12 (1) | Pee Wee Reese | BRO | CHC | behind 2-9 | b 8 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2% | 3% | Home Run (Fly Ball); Furillo Scores; Gilliam Scores | ||
| 19 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1955-06-26 (1) | Vern Law | PIT | @ | CHC | t 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 20 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1955-07-01 | Stan Musial | STL | @ | CHC | behind 3-8 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | |
| 21 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1955-07-01 | Rip Repulski | STL | @ | CHC | behind 4-11 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0% | 1% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1955-07-30 | Del Ennis | PHI | @ | CHC | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17% | 66% | Home Run; Lopata Scores | |
| 23 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1955-08-16 | Smoky Burgess | CIN | CHC | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15% | 73% | Home Run; Temple Scores | ||
| 24 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 1955-08-31 | Stan Lopata | PHI | CHC | ahead 5-2 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4% | 95% | Home Run | ||
| 25 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 1955-08-31 | Jim Greengrass | PHI | CHC | ahead 6-2 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 26 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 1955-09-04 | Ken Boyer | STL | @ | CHC | t 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 27 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 1955-09-04 | Alex Grammas | STL | @ | CHC | t 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 28 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 1955-09-19 | Rip Repulski | STL | CHC | tied 5-5 | b 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | Walk-Off | ||||||
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 29 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1956-05-12 | Walker Cooper | STL | @ | CHC | behind 7-14 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 30 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1956-05-19 | Dale Long | PIT | CHC | ahead 5-3 | b 8 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 31 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1956-05-27 (2) | Stan Musial | STL | CHC | ahead 8-2 | b 7 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Brandt Scores; Mizell Scores | ||
| 32 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1956-05-27 (2) | Ken Boyer | STL | CHC | ahead 11-2 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 33 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1956-06-26 | Jackie Robinson | BRO | CHC | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10% | 61% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1956-06-26 | Jackie Robinson | BRO | CHC | behind 3-4 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16% | 51% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 35 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1956-06-26 | Rube Walker | BRO | CHC | tied 4-4 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 25% | 83% | Home Run; Furillo Scores | ||
| 36 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1956-07-29 (1) | Pee Wee Reese | BRO | CHC | tied 0-0 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 29% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 37 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1956-08-01 | Willie Jones | PHI | CHC | behind 5-6 | b 7 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 39% | 94% | Home Run; Blaylock Scores; Lopata Scores; Greengrass Scores | ||
| 38 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 1956-08-19 (2) | Rip Repulski | STL | CHC | behind 0-2 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 14% | 38% | Home Run | ||
| 39 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 1956-08-30 | Randy Jackson | BRO | @ | CHC | tied 1-1 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 40 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1957-05-25 | Ed Bailey | CIN | STL | behind 3-12 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0% | 0% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 41 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1957-06-19 | Wes Covington | MLN | NYG | ahead 3-0 | b 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8% | 98% | Home Run (Deep CF); Schoendienst Scores; Mathews Scores | ||
| 42 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1957-07-07 (2) | Hank Foiles | PIT | @ | NYG | t 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
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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.
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