
Born: August 4, 1920 in Rochester, NY
High School: Marshall (Rochester, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946.
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Debut: May 24, 1953
Final Game: July 24, 1958
Died: June 20, 2001 in Rochester, NY
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| 1953 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 | 1953-05-29 | Dale Mitchell | CLE | @ | CHW | t 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1953-05-29 | Al Rosen | CLE | @ | CHW | t 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1953-06-07 (1) | Jackie Jensen | WSH | @ | CHW | t 9 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1953-06-11 | Gus Zernial | PHA | @ | CHW | t 7 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1954 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1954-04-24 | Dick Kokos | BAL | @ | CHW | behind 0-10 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1954-05-16 (1) | Mickey Vernon | WSH | @ | CHW | behind 0-3 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17% | 34% | Home Run; Yost Scores | |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1954-05-16 (1) | Roy Sievers | WSH | @ | CHW | behind 2-3 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1954-05-26 | Al Rosen | CLE | @ | CHW | behind 2-4 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12% | 30% | Home Run | |
| 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1954-05-31 (1) | Bobby Avila | CLE | CHW | behind 3-6 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1% | 1% | Home Run | ||
| 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1954-06-15 | Bill Wilson | PHA | @ | CHW | behind 3-4 | t 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 8 | 28% | 60% | Home Run; Finigan Scores | |
| 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1954-06-25 | Ted Williams | BOS | @ | CHW | behind 2-6 | t 9 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 9 | PH | 1% | 1% | Home Run; Lepcio Scores | |
| 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1954-06-30 | Wayne Belardi | DET | @ | CHW | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1954-07-04 | Larry Doby | CLE | CHW | ahead 1-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1954-07-24 | Jackie Jensen | BOS | CHW | behind 0-2 | b 3 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 8 | 31% | 63% | Home Run; Consolo Scores; Williams Scores | ||
| 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1954-07-24 | Ted Williams | BOS | CHW | ahead 3-2 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10% | 89% | Home Run | ||
| 16 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1954-07-24 | Del Wilber | BOS | CHW | ahead 4-2 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6% | 93% | Home Run | ||
| 17 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1954-08-10 | Bob Kennedy | BAL | @ | CHW | tied 0-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14% | 64% | Home Run | |
| 18 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 1954-09-06 (1) | Bill Tuttle | DET | @ | CHW | ahead 5-0 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3% | 99% | Home Run; Kaline Scores | |
| 19 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1954-09-12 (1) | Ted Williams | BOS | @ | CHW | behind 2-5 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6% | 12% | Home Run | |
| 20 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 1954-09-20 | Larry Doby | CLE | CHW | ahead 2-0 | b 2 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17% | 92% | Home Run; Naragon Scores/unER; Feller Scores/unER; Doby Scores/unER | ||
| 1955 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1955-05-30 (1) | Dave Philley | CLE | @ | CHW | ahead 5-1 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3% | 96% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1955-06-15 (1) | Hoot Evers | BAL | CHW | ahead 2-1 | b 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 21% | 93% | Home Run; Miranda Scores; Causey Scores | ||
| 23 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1955-08-20 | Earl Torgeson | DET | @ | CHW | tied 2-2 | t 3 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16% | 80% | Home Run; Tuttle Scores; Kaline Scores | |
| 24 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1955-08-31 | Norm Zauchin | BOS | @ | CHW | behind 0-4 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4% | 10% | Home Run | |
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 25 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1956-05-20 (2) | Mickey Vernon | BOS | @ | CHW | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10% | 56% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1956-05-20 (2) | Jackie Jensen | BOS | @ | CHW | tied 1-1 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 37% | 81% | Home Run | |
| 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1956-05-27 (1) | Al Smith | CLE | @ | CHW | tied 1-1 | t 5 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 9 | 27% | 82% | Home Run; Lemon Scores; Busby Scores | |
| 28 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1956-06-17 (2) | Roy Sievers | WSH | @ | CHW | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17% | 65% | Home Run; Runnels Scores | |
| 29 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1956-07-17 (2) | Gus Triandos | BAL | CHW | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9% | 75% | Home Run | ||
| 30 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1956-08-02 | Roy Sievers | WSH | @ | CHW | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10% | 68% | Home Run | |
| 31 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1956-08-02 | Whitey Herzog | WSH | @ | CHW | tied 2-2 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13% | 63% | Home Run | |
| 32 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1956-08-07 (1) | Lou Skizas | KCA | @ | CHW | behind 1-2 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 33 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 1956-08-18 | Frank House | DET | @ | CHW | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10% | 48% | Home Run | |
| 34 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 1956-08-23 (1) | Yogi Berra | NYY | CHW | behind 0-4 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7% | 25% | Home Run | ||
| 35 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 1956-08-28 (1) | Herb Plews | WSH | CHW | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 36 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 1956-08-28 (1) | Clint Courtney | WSH | CHW | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 0 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10% | 92% | Home Run; Runnels Scores; Sievers Scores | ||
| 37 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 1956-09-11 | Ted Williams | BOS | @ | CHW | tied 3-3 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13% | 63% | Home Run | |
| 38 | 38 | 14 | 1 | 1956-09-24 | Ray Boone | DET | CHW | behind 0-11 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0% | 1% | Home Run; Kaline Scores | ||
| 39 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 1956-09-24 | Charlie Maxwell | DET | CHW | behind 3-13 | b 5 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3% | 5% | Home Run; Small Scores; Kuenn Scores; Phillips Scores | ||
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 40 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1957-04-23 | Rocky Colavito | CLE | @ | CHW | ahead 3-0 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7% | 89% | Home Run | |
| 41 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1957-05-08 | Ted Williams | BOS | @ | CHW | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 42 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 1957-05-08 | Ted Williams | BOS | @ | CHW | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11% | 69% | Home Run | |
| 43 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 1957-05-08 | Ted Williams | BOS | @ | CHW | ahead 2-0 | t 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8% | 97% | Home Run; Klaus Scores | |
| 44 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 1957-06-09 (1) | Bob Nieman | BAL | @ | CHW | tied 5-5 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 26% | 76% | Home Run | |
| 45 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1957-06-12 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | @ | CHW | behind 4-7 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5% | 8% | Home Run; McDougald Scores | |
| 46 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1957-06-14 | Eddie Yost | WSH | @ | CHW | behind 3-10 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 47 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 1957-06-30 (1) | Milt Bolling | WSH | CHW | tied 1-1 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12% | 68% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 48 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 1957-06-30 (1) | Roy Sievers | WSH | CHW | ahead 2-1 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11% | 76% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 1957-06-30 (1) | Julio Becquer | WSH | CHW | ahead 3-1 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8% | 83% | Home Run | ||
| 50 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 1957-07-04 (2) | Woodie Held | KCA | CHW | behind 2-8 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0% | 1% | Home Run | ||
| 51 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 1957-07-13 | Herb Plews | WSH | @ | CHW | behind 3-6 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7% | 14% | Home Run | |
| 52 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 1957-07-23 | Harry Simpson | NYY | CHW | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19% | 72% | Home Run (CF-RF); Mantle Scores | ||
| 53 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 1957-07-23 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | CHW | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8% | 83% | Home Run (CF-RF) | ||
| 54 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 1957-07-27 | Al Pilarcik | BAL | CHW | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16% | 77% | Home Run; Gardner Scores | ||
| 55 | 55 | 16 | 1 | 1957-07-31 | Roy Sievers | WSH | CHW | behind 2-5 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7% | 14% | Home Run | ||
| 56 | 56 | 17 | 1 | 1957-08-06 | Woodie Held | KCA | @ | CHW | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 57 | 57 | 18 | 2 | 1957-08-06 | Billy Martin | KCA | @ | CHW | tied 1-1 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13% | 63% | Home Run | |
| 58 | 58 | 19 | 1 | 1957-08-25 (1) | Al Pilarcik | BAL | @ | CHW | behind 1-5 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6% | 15% | Home Run | |
| 59 | 59 | 20 | 1 | 1957-09-15 | Jim Lemon | WSH | CHW | tied 0-0 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 25% | 77% | Home Run | ||
| 60 | 60 | 21 | 1 | 1957-09-23 | Woodie Held | KCA | CHW | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 61 | 61 | 22 | 2 | 1957-09-23 | Alex Kellner | KCA | CHW | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10% | 77% | Home Run | ||
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 62 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 1958-05-18 (1) | Mickey Vernon | CLE | CHW | behind 3-4 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 49% | 53% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 63 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 1958-05-24 | Billy O'Dell | BAL | @ | CHW | behind 0-2 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10% | 35% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 64 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 1958-06-03 | Yogi Berra | NYY | CHW | ahead 10-0 | b 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; McDougald Scores | ||
| 65 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 1958-06-29 (1) | Faye Throneberry | WSH | @ | CHW | ahead 5-0 | t 9 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (LF-CF); Aspromonte Scores | |
| 66 | 66 | 5 | 2 | 1958-06-29 (1) | Jim Lemon | WSH | @ | CHW | ahead 7-0 | t 9 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Sievers Scores/unER; Courtney Scores/unER; Lemon Scores/unER | |
| 67 | 67 | 6 | 3 | 1958-06-29 (1) | Norm Zauchin | WSH | @ | CHW | ahead 10-0 | t 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Bridges Scores/unER; Zauchin Scores/unER | |
| 68 | 68 | 7 | 1 | 1958-07-10 | Jackie Jensen | BOS | CHW | ahead 3-1 | b 4 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16% | 97% | Home Run; Runnels Scores; Williams Scores; Malzone Scores | ||
| 69 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 1958-07-16 (2) | Gene Woodling | BAL | CHW | behind 1-5 | b 5 | 0 | --3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10% | 26% | Home Run; Boyd Scores | ||
| 70 | 70 | 9 | 2 | 1958-07-16 (2) | Jack Harshman | BAL | CHW | behind 3-5 | b 6 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 40% | 74% | Home Run; Gardner Scores; Castleman Scores |
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