Born: May 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1942.
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Debut: April 24, 1951
Final Game: September 22, 1962
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| 1951 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 | 1951-04-24 | Wally Westlake | PIT | @ | CHC | t 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1951-05-04 | Bob Elliott | BSN | CHC | b 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1951-06-10 (1) | Alvin Dark | NYG | CHC | b 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1951-06-10 (1) | Wes Westrum | NYG | CHC | b 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1951-06-10 (1) | Eddie Stanky | NYG | CHC | b 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1951-06-17 | Roy Campanella | BRO | @ | CHC | behind 1-2 | t 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1951-06-23 | Willie Mays | NYG | @ | CHC | behind 1-6 | t 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1951-07-01 (2) | Lloyd Merriman | CIN | CHC | b 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1951-07-14 (1) | Pee Wee Reese | BRO | CHC | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1951-07-14 (1) | Jackie Robinson | BRO | CHC | behind 3-5 | b 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1951-08-09 | Dixie Howell | CIN | @ | CHC | t 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1951-09-06 | Red Schoendienst | STL | @ | CHC | t 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1951-09-09 (2) | Bob Usher | CIN | CHC | b 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1951-09-17 | Andy Pafko | BRO | @ | CHC | ahead 1-0 | t 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| 1952 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1952-04-26 | Stan Musial | STL | CHC | b 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||
| 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1952-05-14 | Willie Jones | PHI | CHC | b 7 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1952-05-25 | Ralph Kiner | PIT | CHC | b 4 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1952-05-30 (1) | Wally Westlake | CIN | @ | CHC | t 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |||||||
| 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1952-05-30 (1) | Bobby Adams | CIN | @ | CHC | t 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 20 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1952-05-30 (1) | Dixie Howell | CIN | @ | CHC | t 8 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 21 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1952-06-06 | Eddie Mathews | BSN | @ | CHC | t 9 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1952-07-05 | Ted Kluszewski | CIN | @ | CHC | t 8 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 23 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1952-07-15 | Walker Cooper | BSN | @ | CHC | t 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 24 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1952-07-24 | Eddie Mathews | BSN | CHC | b 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 25 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 1952-07-24 | Sid Gordon | BSN | CHC | b 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
| 26 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1952-07-30 (1) | Alvin Dark | NYG | CHC | behind 0-3 | b 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1952-08-25 | Granny Hamner | PHI | @ | CHC | t 10 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1953 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 28 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1953-05-20 | Alvin Dark | NYG | @ | CHC | ahead 5-1 | t 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| 29 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1953-05-20 | Davey Williams | NYG | @ | CHC | ahead 6-3 | t 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 30 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1953-05-26 (2) | Vinegar Bend Mizell | STL | @ | CHC | t 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 31 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1953-05-26 (2) | Enos Slaughter | STL | @ | CHC | t 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| 32 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1953-06-23 | Del Ennis | PHI | @ | CHC | t 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| 33 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1953-06-26 | Wes Westrum | NYG | @ | CHC | t 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||||||
| 34 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1953-07-07 | Eddie Mathews | MLN | CHC | b 6 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 35 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1953-07-07 | Joe Adcock | MLN | CHC | b 8 | 1 | 3 | IPHR | ||||||||
| 36 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1953-07-16 | Whitey Lockman | NYG | CHC | behind 2-3 | b 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 37 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1953-07-16 | Don Mueller | NYG | CHC | ahead 4-3 | b 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||||
| 38 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 1953-07-16 | Alvin Dark | NYG | CHC | ahead 6-3 | b 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 39 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 1953-07-18 | Monte Irvin | NYG | CHC | ahead 5-3 | b 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | IPHR | |||||
| 40 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 1953-07-22 (1) | Duke Snider | BRO | CHC | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| 41 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 1953-07-29 | Duke Snider | BRO | @ | CHC | t 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| 42 | 42 | 15 | 1 | 1953-08-05 (2) | Hank Thompson | NYG | @ | CHC | t 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| 43 | 43 | 16 | 1 | 1953-08-21 | Eddie Mathews | MLN | CHC | b 8 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 44 | 44 | 17 | 1 | 1953-08-26 | Rube Walker | BRO | CHC | behind 3-13 | b 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||||||
| 45 | 45 | 18 | 1 | 1953-08-30 (1) | Wes Westrum | NYG | CHC | b 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||
| 46 | 46 | 19 | 1 | 1953-08-31 | Dusty Rhodes | NYG | CHC | b 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||
| 47 | 47 | 20 | 1 | 1953-09-20 | Stan Musial | STL | CHC | b 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1954 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 48 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1954-04-15 | Jim Greengrass | CIN | @ | CHC | ahead 5-1 | t 7 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3% | 100% | Home Run; McMillan Scores; Bell Scores; Kluszewski Scores | |
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 49 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1956-04-29 (1) | Ed Bailey | CIN | CHC | tied 4-4 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 32% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 50 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 1956-05-30 (1) | Bobby Thomson | MLN | @ | CHC | t 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |||||||
| 51 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 1956-05-30 (1) | Joe Adcock | MLN | @ | CHC | t 6 | 2 | PH | ||||||||
| 52 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 1956-06-01 | Duke Snider | BRO | @ | CHC | behind 0-2 | t 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 32% | 45% | Home Run (Line Drive); Gilliam Scores | |
| 53 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1956-06-15 (1) | Jim Greengrass | PHI | CHC | behind 3-4 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 44% | 63% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 54 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 1956-06-27 | Carl Furillo | BRO | CHC | ahead 5-2 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 55 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 1956-07-14 (2) | Bob Skinner | PIT | @ | CHC | behind 2-4 | t 9 | 2 | 8 | PH | ||||||
| 56 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 1956-08-09 | Gus Bell | CIN | CHC | tied 3-3 | b 10 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 29% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Robinson Scores | |
| 57 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 1956-09-16 (1) | Marv Blaylock | PHI | CHC | behind 2-7 | b 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1% | 2% | Home Run; Ashburn Scores | ||
| 58 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 1956-09-22 | Johnny Logan | MLN | CHC | b 9 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 59 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1957-04-30 | Roy Campanella | BRO | CHC | behind 7-9 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14% | 37% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | ||
| 60 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 1957-06-30 (2) | Charlie Neal | BRO | @ | CHC | ahead 4-1 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2% | 99% | Home Run | |
| 61 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 1957-07-04 (1) | Ken Boyer | STL | @ | CHC | tied 5-5 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 42% | 81% | Home Run | |
| 62 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 1957-07-14 | Whitey Lockman | NYG | CHC | behind 4-6 | b 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 63 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 1957-07-19 (1) | Johnny Roseboro | BRO | CHC | tied 3-3 | b 10 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 36% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (Line Drive); Hodges Scores; Cimoli Scores | |
| 64 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 1957-07-25 | Daryl Spencer | NYG | @ | CHC | ahead 3-2 | t 8 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15% | 93% | Home Run; Thomson Scores | |
| 65 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 1957-08-25 (2) | Frank Thomas | PIT | CHC | behind 1-6 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2% | 5% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 66 | 66 | 8 | 1 | 1957-09-15 (2) | Gail Harris | NYG | @ | CHC | t 9 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 67 | 67 | 9 | 1 | 1957-09-22 | Eddie Mathews | MLN | @ | CHC | behind 6-7 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 34% | 50% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 68 | 68 | 10 | 2 | 1957-09-22 | Bob Hazle | MLN | @ | CHC | tied 7-7 | t 10 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 34% | 84% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 69 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 1958-05-17 | Eddie Mathews | MLN | @ | CIN | ahead 4-1 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6% | 90% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 70 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 1958-06-04 | Charlie Neal | LAD | CIN | ahead 2-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8% | 85% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | ||
| 71 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 1958-07-04 (1) | Bob Cerv | KCA | @ | CHW | behind 4-5 | t 8 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 9 | PH | 38% | 74% | Home Run; DeMaestri Scores | |
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 72 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1959-04-25 | Rocky Colavito | CLE | CHW | ahead 4-3 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11% | 88% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 73 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 1959-04-29 | Bill Skowron | NYY | @ | CHW | ahead 4-2 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9% | 89% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 74 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 1959-05-03 | Billy Gardner | BAL | @ | CHW | tied 2-2 | t 10 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 34% | 84% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 75 | 75 | 4 | 2 | 1959-05-03 | Chico Carrasquel | BAL | @ | CHW | ahead 3-2 | t 10 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10% | 92% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 76 | 76 | 5 | 1 | 1959-05-17 (2) | Harmon Killebrew | WSH | CHW | behind 5-8 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14% | 19% | Home Run; Pearson Scores | ||
| 77 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 1959-07-02 | Charlie Maxwell | DET | CHW | ahead 5-2 | b 8 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; Mossi Scores; Yost Scores; Kuenn Scores | ||
| 78 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 1959-07-19 (2) | Mickey Mantle | NYY | CHW | ahead 5-2 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5% | 93% | Home Run | ||
| 79 | 79 | 8 | 1 | 1959-08-12 | Frank Bolling | DET | CHW | behind 4-11 | b 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2% | 4% | Home Run; Yost Scores | ||
| 80 | 80 | 9 | 1 | 1959-08-16 | Russ Snyder | KCA | CHW | ahead 6-2 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 81 | 81 | 10 | 1 | 1959-09-10 | Lenny Green | WSH | CHW | ahead 6-2 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2% | 99% | Home Run; Consolo Scores | ||
| 82 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 1959-09-14 | Jim Mahoney | BOS | CHW | ahead 6-2 | b 7 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; Jensen Scores; Malzone Scores/unER | ||
| 83 | 83 | 12 | 1 | 1959-09-26 | Frank Bolling | DET | CHW | behind 3-10 | b 9 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0% | 0% | Home Run (Deep LF); Kaline Scores | ||
| 1960 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 84 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 1960-04-19 | Norm Siebern | KCA | @ | CHW | behind 7-9 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9% | 16% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 85 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 1960-05-05 | Earl Battey | WSH | CHW | behind 2-5 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3% | 4% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 86 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 1960-05-21 | Roger Maris | NYY | @ | CHW | behind 6-8 | t 7 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 26% | 46% | Home Run (Deep RF); Howard Scores | |
| 87 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 1960-06-17 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | @ | CHW | ahead 3-1 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6% | 93% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 88 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 1960-08-02 | Gus Triandos | BAL | CHW | ahead 3-1 | b 6 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6% | 98% | Home Run (Deep CF); Robinson Scores; Gentile Scores | ||
| 89 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 1960-08-21 | Bill Tuttle | KCA | CHW | ahead 7-1 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (Deep CF) | ||
| 1961 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 90 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 1961-04-22 | Pumpsie Green | BOS | @ | CHW | tied 6-6 | t 11 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 34% | 84% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 91 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 1961-05-21 (1) | Jackie Jensen | BOS | CHW | behind 4-6 | b 10 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3% | 5% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 92 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 1961-06-09 (2) | Dale Long | WSA | CHW | behind 7-9 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3% | 5% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 93 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 1961-06-09 (2) | Willie Tasby | WSA | CHW | behind 8-9 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 49% | 53% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 94 | 94 | 5 | 1 | 1961-06-14 (2) | Steve Bilko | LAA | @ | CHW | behind 7-9 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9% | 16% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 95 | 95 | 6 | 1 | 1961-06-25 (2) | Gene Woodling | WSA | @ | CHW | behind 1-6 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0% | 0% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 96 | 96 | 7 | 1 | 1961-07-01 | Lee Thomas | LAA | CHW | behind 3-6 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6% | 10% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 97 | 97 | 8 | 1 | 1961-07-03 | Bob Allison | MIN | CHW | tied 3-3 | b 7 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 35% | 96% | Home Run (Deep LF); Versalles Scores/unER; Martin Scores/unER; Killebrew Scores/unER; Allison Scores/unER | ||
| 98 | 98 | 9 | 1 | 1961-07-15 | Bob Cerv | NYY | @ | CHW | behind 6-8 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 9% | 16% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 99 | 99 | 10 | 1 | 1961-07-22 (1) | Jackie Brandt | BAL | @ | CHW | behind 1-4 | t 8 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 8 | 31% | 50% | Home Run (Deep CF); Robinson Scores; Busby Scores | |
| 100 | 100 | 11 | 1 | 1961-07-30 (2) | Vic Wertz | BOS | CHW | behind 7-8 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 43% | 64% | Home Run (Deep CF) | ||
| 101 | 101 | 12 | 1 | 1961-08-27 (1) | Willie Kirkland | CLE | @ | CHW | behind 3-10 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0% | 1% | Home Run (Deep RF); Piersall Scores | |
| 102 | 102 | 13 | 1 | 1961-09-03 (1) | Willie Tasby | WSA | CHW | behind 2-3 | b 8 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 8 | 50% | 86% | Home Run (Deep LF); Zipfel Scores/unER | ||
| 1962 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 103 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 1962-05-19 | Charley Lau | BAL | @ | CHW | ahead 8-6 | t 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10% | 94% | Home Run (Deep RF); Brandt Scores | |
| 104 | 104 | 2 | 1 | 1962-06-10 (2) | Lenny Green | MIN | CHW | ahead 9-5 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Zimmerman Scores | ||
| 105 | 105 | 3 | 1 | 1962-07-27 | Dale Long | NYY | CHW | tied 3-3 | b 12 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 3 | 47% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run |
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