
Born: February 10, 1926 in Little Rock, AR
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1947.
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Debut: May 2, 1950
Final Game: September 25, 1959
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| 1950 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 | 1950-05-05 | CHC | BRO | Bud Podbielan | tied 6-6 | b 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | Walk-Off | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1950-09-12 | CHC | @ | BSN | Vern Bickford | t 8 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1950-09-18 | CHC | @ | BRO | Preacher Roe | t 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Lead-Off | |||||
| 1951 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1951-05-16 | CHC | BRO | Carl Erskine | b 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1951-05-16 | CHC | BRO | Earl Mossor | ahead 4-2 | b 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1951-05-17 | CHC | BRO | Erv Palica | b 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1951-05-18 | CHC | PHI | Bob Miller | b 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1951-06-10 (2) | CHC | @ | NYG | Sal Maglie | t 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1951-06-23 | CHC | NYG | Larry Jansen | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1951-06-28 | CHC | @ | STL | Jerry Staley | t 7 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1951-07-01 (2) | CHC | @ | CIN | Howie Fox | t 6 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1951-07-02 | CHC | @ | PIT | Murry Dickson | t 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1951-07-07 | CHC | CIN | Ewell Blackwell | b 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| 14 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1951-07-13 | CHC | @ | BRO | Don Newcombe | behind 0-5 | t 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||
| 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1951-07-13 | CHC | @ | BRO | Clyde King | behind 2-8 | t 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||
| 16 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1951-08-02 | CHC | NYG | Sheldon Jones | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1951-08-18 | CHC | @ | PIT | Howie Pollet | t 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| 18 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1951-08-25 | CHC | @ | BRO | Carl Erskine | t 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 1951-09-22 | CHC | @ | STL | Al Brazle | t 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1952 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1952-04-15 | CHC | @ | CIN | Herm Wehmeier | t 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 21 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1952-04-20 | CHC | STL | Jerry Staley | b 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 22 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1952-04-26 | CHC | @ | STL | Cliff Chambers | t 6 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 23 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1952-04-27 | CHC | @ | STL | Vinegar Bend Mizell | t 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| 24 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1952-05-10 | CHC | PIT | Murry Dickson | b 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1952-07-03 | CHC | @ | STL | Joe Presko | t 7 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 26 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1952-07-06 (1) | CHC | CIN | Herm Wehmeier | b 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||
| 27 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1952-08-14 | CHC | CIN | Ken Raffensberger | b 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 28 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1952-09-10 (2) | CHC | @ | BRO | Carl Erskine | behind 1-4 | t 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||
| 1953 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 29 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1953-04-28 | CHC | @ | PIT | Woody Main | t 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 30 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1953-05-19 | CHC | NYG | Al Corwin | behind 3-5 | b 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| 31 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1953-05-25 | CHC | STL | Joe Presko | b 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 32 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1953-06-07 (2) | CHC | @ | NYG | Larry Jansen | ahead 3-1 | t 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||
| 33 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1953-06-09 | CHC | @ | PHI | Andy Hansen | t 7 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 34 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1953-06-10 (2) | CHC | @ | PHI | Jim Konstanty | t 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 35 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1953-06-12 | CHC | @ | BRO | Russ Meyer | behind 0-3 | t 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||||
| 36 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1953-06-16 (1) | CHC | PIT | Johnny Lindell | b 6 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| 37 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1953-06-19 (1) | CHC | BRO | Billy Loes | behind 4-6 | b 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| 38 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 1953-06-19 (2) | CHC | BRO | Russ Meyer | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| 39 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 1953-07-03 | CHC | STL | Harvey Haddix | b 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 40 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 1953-07-03 | CHC | STL | Hal White | b 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 41 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 1953-07-06 | CHC | CIN | Bud Podbielan | b 6 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| 42 | 42 | 14 | 1 | 1953-07-18 | CHC | @ | NYG | Larry Jansen | behind 3-7 | t 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 43 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 1953-08-02 | CHC | PIT | Murry Dickson | tied 6-6 | b 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Walk-Off | |||||
| 44 | 44 | 16 | 1 | 1953-08-09 (2) | CHC | PHI | Karl Drews | b 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 45 | 45 | 17 | 1 | 1953-08-14 | CHC | MLN | Dave Jolly | b 8 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| 46 | 46 | 18 | 1 | 1953-09-06 (1) | CHC | CIN | Harry Perkowski | b 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| 47 | 47 | 19 | 1 | 1953-09-11 | CHC | NYG | Ruben Gomez | b 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1954 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 48 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1954-04-15 | CHC | CIN | Fred Baczewski | behind 4-9 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3% | 5% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1954-04-17 | CHC | STL | Jerry Staley | b 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 50 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 1954-04-23 | CHC | @ | CIN | George Zuverink | ahead 4-0 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5% | 90% | Home Run | |
| 51 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 1954-04-25 (1) | CHC | @ | CIN | Howie Judson | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16% | 81% | Home Run; Sauer Scores | |
| 52 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 1954-04-30 | CHC | NYG | Sal Maglie | b 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 53 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 1954-05-06 | CHC | BRO | Bob Milliken | tied 5-5 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 23% | 80% | Home Run; Sauer Scores | ||
| 54 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 1954-05-22 (2) | CHC | MLN | Bob Buhl | b 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| 55 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 1954-05-30 (2) | CHC | CIN | Corky Valentine | tied 2-2 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 56 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 1954-05-31 | CHC | STL | Cot Deal | ahead 7-4 | b 4 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11% | 96% | Home Run; Kiner Scores; Sauer Scores | ||
| 57 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 1954-06-06 | CHC | BRO | Don Newcombe | ahead 2-1 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11% | 77% | Home Run | ||
| 58 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 1954-06-11 | CHC | NYG | Jim Hearn | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10% | 61% | Home Run | ||
| 59 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 1954-06-23 | CHC | @ | PHI | Curt Simmons | behind 0-3 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9% | 26% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 60 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 1954-06-27 | CHC | @ | NYG | Ruben Gomez | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12% | 62% | Home Run (Deep RF Line) | |
| 61 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 1954-07-02 | CHC | STL | Vic Raschi | b 3 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| 62 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 1954-07-05 (1) | CHC | @ | CIN | Art Fowler | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 63 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 1954-07-05 (1) | CHC | @ | CIN | Art Fowler | ahead 2-1 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12% | 78% | Home Run | |
| 64 | 64 | 17 | 1 | 1954-07-08 | CHC | MLN | Lew Burdette | b 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| 65 | 65 | 18 | 1 | 1954-07-22 | CHC | NYG | Jim Hearn | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18% | 71% | Home Run; Fondy Scores | ||
| 66 | 66 | 19 | 2 | 1954-07-22 | CHC | NYG | Marv Grissom | ahead 5-3 | b 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9% | 97% | Home Run; Fondy Scores/unER; Jackson Scores/unER | ||
| 1955 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 67 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 1955-04-12 | CHC | STL | Tony Jacobs | b 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 68 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1955-04-14 | CHC | @ | CIN | Johnny Klippstein | tied 3-3 | t 10 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 45% | 91% | Home Run; Baker Scores | |
| 69 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 1955-04-16 | CHC | @ | STL | Tom Poholsky | t 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| 70 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 1955-04-16 | CHC | @ | STL | Tom Poholsky | t 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| 71 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 1955-04-30 | CHC | @ | BRO | Russ Meyer | behind 0-5 | t 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6% | 10% | Home Run (Fly Ball); Baumholtz Scores | |
| 72 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 1955-05-08 (1) | CHC | @ | CIN | Steve Ridzik | tied 1-1 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17% | 63% | Home Run | |
| 73 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 1955-05-27 | CHC | MLN | Gene Conley | behind 2-6 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6% | 16% | Home Run | ||
| 74 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 1955-05-29 | CHC | MLN | Ernie Johnson | ahead 6-5 | b 6 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17% | 95% | Home Run; Baker Scores; Speake Scores | ||
| 75 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 1955-06-12 (1) | CHC | @ | BRO | Don Newcombe | ahead 6-1 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2% | 97% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | |
| 76 | 76 | 10 | 1 | 1955-06-19 (2) | CHC | PHI | Herm Wehmeier | tied 1-1 | b 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15% | 72% | Home Run (Deep CF); Baker Scores | ||
| 77 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 1955-06-23 | CHC | BRO | Clem Labine | ahead 3-2 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12% | 82% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | ||
| 78 | 78 | 12 | 1 | 1955-06-30 | CHC | @ | MLN | Gene Conley | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11% | 48% | Home Run | |
| 79 | 79 | 13 | 1 | 1955-07-01 | CHC | STL | Luis Arroyo | tied 1-1 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 80 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 1955-07-02 | CHC | STL | Larry Jackson | b 8 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 81 | 81 | 15 | 1 | 1955-07-17 (2) | CHC | @ | PHI | Jack Meyer | behind 5-8 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7% | 15% | Home Run | |
| 82 | 82 | 16 | 1 | 1955-07-24 (2) | CHC | @ | PIT | Vern Law | t 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 83 | 83 | 17 | 1 | 1955-08-01 | CHC | PIT | Dick Hall | b 9 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| 84 | 84 | 18 | 1 | 1955-09-02 | CHC | STL | John Mackinson | b 6 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 85 | 85 | 19 | 1 | 1955-09-09 (1) | CHC | BRO | Don Newcombe | ahead 5-1 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4% | 93% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | ||
| 86 | 86 | 20 | 1 | 1955-09-09 (2) | CHC | BRO | Russ Meyer | behind 4-13 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0% | 1% | Home Run (Fly Ball); Banks Scores | ||
| 87 | 87 | 21 | 1 | 1955-09-24 | CHC | @ | CIN | Joe Nuxhall | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16% | 69% | Home Run; Banks Scores/unER | |
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 88 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 1956-05-26 | BRO | @ | NYG | Ramon Monzant | ahead 3-0 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6% | 92% | Home Run | |
| 89 | 89 | 2 | 1 | 1956-06-10 | BRO | @ | CIN | Joe Black | behind 2-4 | t 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19% | 48% | Home Run; Snider Scores | |
| 90 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 1956-06-24 (1) | BRO | CIN | Johnny Klippstein | behind 3-6 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9% | 28% | Home Run | ||
| 91 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 1956-06-29 | BRO | PHI | Jack Meyer | behind 4-5 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 47% | 58% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 92 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 1956-08-11 | BRO | PHI | Bob Miller | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21% | 85% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF); Snider Scores/unER; Robinson Scores/unER; Jackson Scores/unER | |
| 93 | 93 | 6 | 1 | 1956-08-12 | BRO | PHI | Robin Roberts | ahead 4-1 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6% | 97% | Home Run; Robinson Scores | ||
| 94 | 94 | 7 | 1 | 1956-08-28 (2) | BRO | @ | CHC | Jim Brosnan | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19% | 69% | Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); Neal Scores | |
| 95 | 95 | 8 | 1 | 1956-08-30 | BRO | @ | CHC | Jim Davis | tied 1-1 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 96 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 1957-07-20 | BRO | CHC | Jim Brosnan | ahead 4-1 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 97 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 1957-09-28 | BRO | @ | PHI | Don Cardwell | ahead 2-1 | t 3 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23% | 86% | Home Run; Hodges Scores; Amoros Scores | |
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 98 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 1958-05-03 | LAD | PIT | Bob Friend | behind 0-3 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8% | 18% | Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) | ||
| 99 | 99 | 2 | 1 | 1958-08-21 | CLE | @ | BOS | Tom Brewer | behind 3-8 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 100 | 100 | 3 | 1 | 1958-08-23 | CLE | @ | BOS | Dave Sisler | ahead 5-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4% | 94% | Home Run | |
| 101 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 1958-08-29 | CLE | @ | KCA | Tom Gorman | behind 6-8 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10% | 19% | Home Run | |
| 102 | 102 | 5 | 1 | 1958-09-23 | CLE | @ | KCA | Dick Tomanek | t 9 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 103 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 1959-05-10 (2) | CHC | @ | STL | Ernie Broglio | behind 2-4 | t 7 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 31% | 69% | Home Run (Deep LF); Moryn Scores; Thomson Scores |
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