Born: October 15, 1931 in Abingdon, VA
High School: Abingdon (Abingdon, VA)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1950.
(All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1955
Final Game: May 3, 1960
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| 1955 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1955-06-08 | NYG | MLN | Lew Burdette | behind 1-2 | b 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 35% | 70% | Home Run; Thompson Scores | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1955-06-10 | NYG | STL | Luis Arroyo | tied 1-1 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 26% | 87% | Home Run | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1955-06-12 (1) | NYG | STL | Herb Moford | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1955-06-14 | NYG | @ | CHC | Sam Jones | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16% | 70% | Home Run; Thompson Scores | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1955-07-01 | NYG | @ | PHI | Robin Roberts | behind 2-4 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10% | 20% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1955-07-07 | NYG | PHI | Ron Negray | b 8 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1955-07-19 (1) | NYG | STL | Willard Schmidt | b 8 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1955-07-22 | NYG | CIN | Rudy Minarcin | tied 3-3 | b 14 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 3 | 39% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Mays Scores; Mueller Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1955-08-07 (2) | NYG | @ | CIN | Jackie Collum | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10% | 68% | Home Run | |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1955-08-07 (2) | NYG | @ | CIN | Jackie Collum | tied 4-4 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 28% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1955-08-31 | NYG | CIN | Hersh Freeman | ahead 3-0 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3% | 99% | Home Run; Rhodes Scores | ||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1955-09-02 | NYG | @ | PHI | Robin Roberts | tied 1-1 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13% | 60% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1956-04-18 | NYG | PIT | Dick Littlefield | b 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1957-04-18 | NYG | PHI | Curt Simmons | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16% | 87% | Home Run; Mays Scores; Sauer Scores | ||
| 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1957-05-02 | NYG | CIN | Don Gross | behind 6-7 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 25% | 52% | Home Run | ||
| 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1957-05-11 | NYG | BRO | Roger Craig | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11% | 55% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | ||
| 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1957-07-05 | NYG | PIT | Joe Trimble | behind 2-3 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 31% | 68% | Home Run; Mueller Scores | ||
| 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1957-07-07 (1) | NYG | PIT | Nellie King | b 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||
| 19 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1957-08-04 (1) | NYG | @ | CIN | Joe Nuxhall | behind 0-2 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11% | 33% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 20 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1957-09-15 (2) | NYG | @ | CHC | Turk Lown | t 9 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 21 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1957-09-21 (2) | NYG | @ | PIT | George Witt | t 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 22 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1957-09-21 (2) | NYG | @ | PIT | Eddie O'Brien | t 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 23 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1958-05-15 | DET | CLE | Ray Narleski | behind 0-4 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14% | 28% | Home Run; Maxwell Scores | ||
| 24 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1958-05-28 | DET | BOS | Willard Nixon | tied 2-2 | b 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | PH | 37% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Bertoia Scores | |
| 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1958-06-04 | DET | @ | BAL | Connie Johnson | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20% | 80% | Home Run (Deep RF); Kaline Scores; Maxwell Scores | |
| 26 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1958-06-23 | DET | BAL | Arnie Portocarrero | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11% | 64% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | ||
| 27 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1958-06-24 | DET | BAL | Milt Pappas | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11% | 64% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | ||
| 28 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1958-07-02 | DET | KCA | Ralph Terry | ahead 2-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7% | 91% | Home Run | ||
| 29 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1958-07-10 | DET | @ | WSH | Pedro Ramos | behind 0-2 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11% | 37% | Home Run | |
| 30 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1958-07-13 (1) | DET | @ | BAL | Charlie Beamon | behind 1-3 | t 6 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 34% | 68% | Home Run; Martin Scores; Hazle Scores | |
| 31 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1958-07-24 | DET | NYY | Johnny Kucks | behind 5-10 | b 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1% | 2% | Home Run; Kuenn Scores | ||
| 32 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 1958-08-01 | DET | BAL | Jack Harshman | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19% | 71% | Home Run; Kaline Scores | ||
| 33 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 1958-08-09 | DET | CHW | Dick Donovan | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13% | 56% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 1958-08-12 | DET | KCA | Dick Tomanek | tied 5-5 | b 7 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19% | 89% | Home Run; Kaline Scores | ||
| 35 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 1958-08-13 (2) | DET | @ | CLE | Hoyt Wilhelm | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 22% | 73% | Home Run; Bertoia Scores | |
| 36 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 1958-08-27 (2) | DET | @ | BOS | Ike Delock | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19% | 66% | Home Run; Bolling Scores | |
| 37 | 37 | 15 | 1 | 1958-09-02 | DET | @ | KCA | Bob Grim | ahead 3-1 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6% | 94% | Home Run | |
| 38 | 38 | 16 | 1 | 1958-09-04 | DET | CHW | Ray Moore | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13% | 80% | Home Run; Kaline Scores | ||
| 39 | 39 | 17 | 1 | 1958-09-13 | DET | BAL | Hal Brown | tied 1-1 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10% | 61% | Home Run | ||
| 40 | 40 | 18 | 2 | 1958-09-13 | DET | BAL | Ken Lehman | ahead 3-1 | b 3 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8% | 94% | Home Run; Veal Scores; Kaline Scores | ||
| 41 | 41 | 19 | 1 | 1958-09-14 (2) | DET | BOS | Murray Wall | ahead 5-0 | b 5 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3% | 99% | Home Run; Veal Scores; Kaline Scores/unER | ||
| 42 | 42 | 20 | 1 | 1958-09-25 | DET | @ | CHW | Tom Qualters | ahead 6-1 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 43 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1959-04-14 | DET | @ | CLE | Herb Score | behind 0-4 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4% | 7% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 44 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1959-04-22 | DET | CLE | Gary Bell | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 64% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 45 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1959-05-20 | DET | @ | NYY | Bobby Shantz | tied 2-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17% | 67% | Home Run | |
| 46 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 1959-05-25 | DET | @ | KCA | Rip Coleman | ahead 2-1 | t 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 3 | 19% | 89% | Home Run; Bridges Scores | |
| 47 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 1959-05-30 (1) | DET | @ | CHW | Billy Pierce | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 3 | 23% | 77% | Home Run (Deep RF); Wilson Scores; Bridges Scores | |
| 48 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 1959-06-05 | DET | WSH | Camilo Pascual | tied 4-4 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 1959-06-21 (2) | DET | @ | WSH | Pedro Ramos | behind 4-7 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 2% | 3% | Home Run | |
| 50 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1959-07-31 | DET | BOS | Leo Kiely | behind 1-4 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9% | 26% | Home Run | ||
| 51 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 1959-08-19 | DET | NYY | Bob Turley | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7% | 93% | Home Run; Maxwell Scores |
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