Born: January 13, 1944 in Midland, MI
High School: Midland (Midland, MI)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1962.
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Debut: September 17, 1965
Final Game: October 4, 1972
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| 1965 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 | 1965-09-28 | Willie Mays | SFG | STL | behind 0-7 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 1966 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1966-04-14 | Dick Allen | PHI | @ | STL | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13% | 85% | Home Run; Callison Scores; Groat Scores | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1966-04-19 | Ken Boyer | NYM | STL | behind 1-5 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5% | 11% | Home Run | ||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1966-04-30 | Orlando Cepeda | SFG | STL | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17% | 83% | Home Run; Mays Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1966-05-08 | Jim Ray Hart | SFG | @ | STL | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11% | 91% | Home Run; Fuentes Scores | |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1966-07-14 (1) | Art Shamsky | CIN | STL | ahead 4-1 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5% | 90% | Home Run | ||
| 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1966-07-14 (2) | Leo Cardenas | CIN | STL | behind 6-9 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8% | 16% | Home Run | ||
| 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1966-07-18 | Byron Browne | CHC | @ | STL | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21% | 69% | Home Run; Banks Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1966-07-18 | Byron Browne | CHC | @ | STL | behind 3-7 | t 8 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12% | 15% | Home Run; Williams Scores; Banks Scores | |
| 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1966-08-04 | Dick Simpson | CIN | @ | STL | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12% | 58% | Home Run | |
| 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1966-08-09 | Johnny Briggs | PHI | @ | STL | behind 0-3 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4% | 7% | Home Run | |
| 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1966-08-14 (1) | Eddie Bressoud | NYM | @ | STL | behind 1-3 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11% | 38% | Home Run | |
| 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1966-08-29 | Deron Johnson | CIN | STL | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1966-08-29 | Deron Johnson | CIN | STL | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11% | 77% | Home Run | ||
| 15 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1966-09-03 | Jesus Alou | SFG | @ | STL | behind 1-3 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11% | 27% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1966-09-07 | John Bateman | HOU | @ | STL | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9% | 86% | Home Run | |
| 17 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1966-09-13 | Deron Johnson | CIN | @ | STL | tied 1-1 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22% | 69% | Home Run | |
| 18 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1966-09-18 | Ernie Banks | CHC | STL | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 25% | 67% | Home Run; Santo Scores | ||
| 1967 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1967-04-19 | Jesus Alou | SFG | STL | behind 0-3 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9% | 27% | Home Run | ||
| 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1967-04-19 | Ken Henderson | SFG | STL | behind 2-7 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3% | 8% | Home Run | ||
| 21 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1967-04-19 | Willie McCovey | SFG | STL | behind 3-7 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6% | 13% | Home Run (CF-RF) | ||
| 22 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1967-04-19 | Ken Henderson | SFG | STL | behind 4-7 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5% | 10% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 23 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1967-04-24 | Jim Lefebvre | LAD | STL | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 22% | 63% | Home Run (LF-CF); Hickman Scores | ||
| 24 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1967-04-24 | Lou Johnson | LAD | STL | tied 2-2 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13% | 67% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 25 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1967-06-25 (1) | Billy Cowan | PHI | @ | STL | ahead 3-2 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13% | 75% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 26 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1967-06-25 (1) | Don Lock | PHI | @ | STL | ahead 4-2 | t 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14% | 91% | Home Run; Allen Scores | |
| 27 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 1967-06-30 | Jerry Grote | NYM | STL | behind 0-3 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9% | 25% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 1967-07-09 | Billy Cowan | PHI | STL | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11% | 52% | Home Run | ||
| 29 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 1967-08-09 | Dick Schofield | LAD | @ | STL | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11% | 61% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 30 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1967-08-09 | Jim Campanis | LAD | @ | STL | behind 1-2 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 28% | 46% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 1968 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 31 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1968-05-04 | Willie McCovey | SFG | STL | behind 1-2 | b 3 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 32% | 86% | Home Run; Alou Scores; Hunt Scores; Mays Scores | ||
| 32 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1968-06-10 | Deron Johnson | ATL | STL | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12% | 41% | Home Run | ||
| 33 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1968-06-10 | Bob Tillman | ATL | STL | behind 1-2 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13% | 52% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1968-07-19 | Cleon Jones | NYM | @ | STL | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16% | 72% | Home Run; Harrelson Scores | |
| 35 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1968-07-23 | Rick Joseph | PHI | @ | STL | behind 4-10 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 1% | 3% | Home Run | |
| 36 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1968-07-28 | Donn Clendenon | PIT | STL | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 0 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15% | 68% | Home Run; Clemente Scores | ||
| 37 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1968-07-28 | Al McBean | PIT | STL | ahead 3-1 | b 5 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 13% | 99% | Home Run; Clemente Scores; Mota Scores; May Scores | ||
| 38 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1968-08-12 | Jim Hickman | CHC | STL | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11% | 76% | Home Run | ||
| 39 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1968-08-12 | Billy Williams | CHC | STL | tied 2-2 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 26% | 82% | Home Run; Beckert Scores | ||
| 40 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1968-08-17 | Felix Millan | ATL | @ | STL | tied 2-2 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 31% | 77% | Home Run | |
| 41 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 1968-08-22 | Dick Allen | PHI | STL | ahead 3-2 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11% | 80% | Home Run | ||
| 42 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 1968-08-27 | Tommie Agee | NYM | @ | STL | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14% | 64% | Home Run | |
| 43 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 1968-09-21 | Bill Sudakis | LAD | STL | ahead 2-0 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7% | 91% | Home Run | ||
| 1969 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 44 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1969-04-10 | Tommie Agee | NYM | MON | ahead 2-1 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 73% | Home Run | ||
| 45 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 1969-04-10 | Tommie Agee | NYM | MON | ahead 3-1 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 46 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 1969-04-14 | Dal Maxvill | STL | @ | MON | behind 0-6 | t 4 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 13% | 25% | Home Run; Shannon Scores/unER; McCarver Scores; Javier Scores/unER | |
| 47 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 1969-04-14 | Joe Torre | STL | @ | MON | behind 5-6 | t 4 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 25% | 60% | Home Run; Pinson Scores/unER; Torre Scores/unER | |
| 48 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 1969-04-27 | Bill Mazeroski | PIT | MON | behind 1-4 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7% | 14% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 1969-05-09 | Lee May | CIN | @ | MON | ahead 4-2 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8% | 81% | Home Run | |
| 50 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 1969-05-22 | Jimmy Wynn | HOU | MON | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18% | 73% | Home Run; Blefary Scores | ||
| 51 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 1969-05-24 | Johnny Bench | CIN | MON | ahead 6-0 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 52 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 1969-05-27 | Wes Parker | LAD | @ | MON | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 53 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 1969-05-31 | Ollie Brown | SDP | @ | MON | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11% | 57% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 54 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1969-05-31 | Al Ferrara | SDP | @ | MON | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16% | 83% | Home Run (Deep LF); Colbert Scores | |
| 55 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 1969-06-15 (2) | Dick Dietz | SFG | MON | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12% | 64% | Home Run | ||
| 56 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 1969-07-26 | Felix Millan | ATL | MON | behind 3-4 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25% | 55% | Home Run | ||
| 57 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 1969-08-05 (2) | Rico Carty | ATL | @ | MON | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 58 | 58 | 15 | 1 | 1969-08-16 | Bill Sudakis | LAD | @ | MON | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23% | 83% | Home Run; Kosco Scores; Parker Scores | |
| 59 | 59 | 16 | 2 | 1969-08-16 | Maury Wills | LAD | @ | MON | ahead 4-3 | t 5 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 27% | 94% | Home Run; Parker Scores; Torborg Scores; Osteen Scores | |
| 60 | 60 | 17 | 1 | 1969-09-26 | Steve Huntz | STL | @ | MON | ahead 6-0 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 1970 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 61 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1970-04-14 | Willie McCovey | SFG | @ | ATL | behind 9-11 | t 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 29% | 50% | Home Run; Henderson Scores | |
| 62 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 1970-06-12 | Mike Jorgensen | NYM | ATL | ahead 5-1 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1% | 100% | Home Run (CF-RF); Garrett Scores | ||
| 63 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 1970-06-12 | Tommie Agee | NYM | ATL | ahead 7-1 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 64 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 1970-06-18 | Ron Fairly | MON | ATL | behind 6-7 | b 8 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 42% | 97% | Home Run; Bailey Scores; Phillips Scores; Staub Scores | ||
| 65 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 1970-06-20 | Bob Watson | HOU | @ | ATL | ahead 7-2 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | |
| 1972 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 66 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1972-09-16 (1) | Gary Matthews | SFG | @ | ATL | ahead 7-3 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | |
| 67 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 1972-09-29 | Gary Matthews | SFG | ATL | ahead 10-3 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Rader Scores | ||
| 68 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 1972-10-04 | Steve Yeager | LAD | @ | ATL | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12% | 62% | Home Run | |
| 69 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 1972-10-04 | Tom Paciorek | LAD | @ | ATL | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12% | 72% | Home Run |
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