Born: January 31, 1929 in Utica, MI
High School: Utica (Utica, MI)
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Debut: April 21, 1955
Final Game: April 23, 1961
Died: December 7, 1976 in Mt.Clemens, MI
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| 1955 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 | 1955-05-15 (2) | Eddie Joost | BOS | DET | behind 0-9 | b 8 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1% | 1% | Home Run; Agganis Scores; Jensen Scores | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1955-06-10 | Ted Williams | BOS | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1955-06-10 | Ted Williams | BOS | @ | DET | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 19% | 78% | Home Run; Klaus Scores | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1955-06-23 | Norm Zauchin | BOS | DET | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20% | 73% | Home Run (LF-CF); Williams Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1955-06-23 | Jackie Jensen | BOS | DET | ahead 3-0 | b 4 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11% | 98% | Home Run (LF-CF); Goodman Scores; Klaus Scores; Williams Scores | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1955-06-28 | Les Moss | CHW | DET | behind 0-4 | b 5 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12% | 29% | Home Run; Dropo Scores | ||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1955-07-03 | Bill Wilson | KCA | DET | ahead 2-1 | b 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14% | 84% | Home Run; Slaughter Scores | ||
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1956-05-01 | Hank Bauer | NYY | DET | ahead 7-0 | b 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Ford Scores | ||
| 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1956-05-03 | Dick Gernert | BOS | DET | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16% | 69% | Home Run; Goodman Scores | ||
| 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1956-05-03 | Frank Malzone | BOS | DET | ahead 3-0 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5% | 98% | Home Run; Goodman Scores | ||
| 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1956-05-08 | Roy Sievers | WSH | DET | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19% | 71% | Home Run; Tettelbach Scores | ||
| 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1956-05-24 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | @ | DET | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1956-05-24 | Joe Collins | NYY | @ | DET | tied 1-1 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1956-05-27 (2) | Tim Thompson | KCA | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10% | 58% | Home Run | |
| 15 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1956-06-27 | Pete Runnels | WSH | @ | DET | ahead 2-0 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5% | 96% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1956-07-06 | Minnie Minoso | CHW | DET | ahead 12-0 | b 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Fox Scores | ||
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1957-04-17 | Hector Lopez | KCA | DET | behind 2-3 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1957-04-17 | Harry Simpson | KCA | DET | tied 3-3 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13% | 64% | Home Run (CF-RF) | ||
| 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1957-04-22 | Harry Simpson | KCA | @ | DET | ahead 3-1 | t 3 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10% | 87% | Home Run; Zernial Scores | |
| 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1957-05-26 | Gus Zernial | KCA | DET | tied 1-1 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 19% | 73% | Home Run | ||
| 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1957-05-30 (1) | Gus Zernial | KCA | @ | DET | ahead 2-1 | t 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 21% | 83% | Home Run; Cerv Scores | |
| 22 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1957-06-04 | Jim Lemon | WSH | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 23 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1957-06-04 | Rocky Bridges | WSH | @ | DET | tied 1-1 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12% | 62% | Home Run | |
| 24 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1957-06-04 | Clint Courtney | WSH | @ | DET | tied 3-3 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 20% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 25 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1957-06-09 | Bill Skowron | NYY | @ | DET | behind 0-4 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4% | 10% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 1957-06-09 | Hank Bauer | NYY | @ | DET | behind 1-4 | t 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 9 | 15% | 23% | Home Run; Richardson Scores | |
| 27 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 1957-06-19 | Gil McDougald | NYY | DET | ahead 2-1 | b 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15% | 90% | Home Run; Richardson Scores/unER | ||
| 28 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1957-06-24 | Billy Goodman | BAL | DET | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20% | 80% | Home Run; Boyd Scores | ||
| 29 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 1957-06-28 | Billy Klaus | BOS | DET | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 30 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 1957-07-03 | Chico Carrasquel | CLE | DET | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 31 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 1957-08-01 | Frank Malzone | BOS | DET | behind 2-7 | b 9 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5% | 9% | Home Run; Gernert Scores; Piersall Scores/unER | ||
| 32 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 1957-08-13 (2) | Vic Power | KCA | DET | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10% | 65% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 33 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 1957-08-13 (2) | Lou Skizas | KCA | DET | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10% | 71% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 18 | 1 | 1957-08-23 | Clint Courtney | WSH | @ | DET | behind 0-4 | t 4 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16% | 34% | Home Run; Plews Scores; Sievers Scores | |
| 35 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 1957-08-23 | Clint Courtney | WSH | @ | DET | behind 3-13 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 36 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 1957-09-02 (1) | Minnie Minoso | CHW | @ | DET | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15% | 83% | Home Run; Fox Scores; Torgeson Scores | |
| 37 | 37 | 21 | 1 | 1957-09-18 | Yogi Berra | NYY | DET | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 2 | 33% | 75% | Home Run; McDougald Scores; Mantle Scores | ||
| 38 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 1957-09-18 | Yogi Berra | NYY | DET | ahead 3-2 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11% | 86% | Home Run | ||
| 39 | 39 | 23 | 1 | 1957-09-29 | Woodie Held | KCA | @ | DET | tied 2-2 | t 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18% | 70% | Home Run; Graff Scores | |
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 40 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1958-05-14 | Sherm Lollar | CHW | @ | KCA | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9% | 86% | Home Run | |
| 41 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1958-05-23 | Don Buddin | BOS | @ | KCA | t 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 42 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1958-06-15 (2) | Gene Stephens | BOS | KCA | behind 2-9 | b 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1% | 1% | Home Run; Berberet Scores | ||
| 43 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 1958-06-21 | Al Kaline | DET | NYY | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 44 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 1958-06-27 | Harry Simpson | KCA | NYY | behind 0-3 | b 2 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 21% | 55% | Home Run; Cerv Scores; Lopez Scores | ||
| 45 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1958-07-19 | Bob Cerv | KCA | @ | NYY | tied 1-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 21% | 71% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 46 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1958-07-31 | Roger Maris | KCA | NYY | behind 0-4 | b 6 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 9 | 22% | 34% | Home Run; Herzog Scores; Tuttle Scores | ||
| 47 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 1958-08-09 | Gene Stephens | BOS | @ | NYY | ahead 3-0 | t 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9% | 94% | Home Run; Runnels Scores | |
| 48 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 1958-08-09 | Frank Malzone | BOS | @ | NYY | ahead 5-0 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2% | 97% | Home Run | |
| 49 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 1958-08-19 | Rocky Colavito | CLE | @ | NYY | behind 3-6 | t 5 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 9 | 31% | 45% | Home Run; Moran Scores; Minoso Scores | |
| 50 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 1958-09-14 (1) | Bob Cerv | KCA | NYY | behind 1-5 | b 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2% | 4% | Home Run; Lopez Scores/unER | ||
| 51 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 1958-09-24 | Frank Malzone | BOS | NYY | behind 0-6 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3% | 9% | Home Run | ||
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 52 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1959-04-18 | Jackie Jensen | BOS | NYY | behind 3-12 | b 7 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Buddin Scores | ||
| 53 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1959-04-26 (2) | Lenny Green | BAL | @ | NYY | behind 0-1 | t 6 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 24% | 65% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; Klaus Scores |
| 54 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 1959-05-03 (2) | Eddie Yost | DET | NYY | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10% | 65% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 55 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 1959-05-03 (2) | Charlie Maxwell | DET | NYY | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13% | 81% | Home Run; Osborne Scores | ||
| 56 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 1959-05-20 | Eddie Yost | DET | @ | NYY | ahead 7-2 | t 7 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; Wilson Scores; Bolling Scores; Lary Scores | |
| 57 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 1959-05-27 | Pete Runnels | BOS | @ | NYY | behind 0-3 | t 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9% | 15% | Home Run; Buddin Scores | |
| 58 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 1959-06-20 | Woodie Held | CLE | @ | NYY | behind 0-10 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Hardy Scores | |
| 59 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 1959-06-30 | Gene Woodling | BAL | NYY | behind 0-3 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9% | 27% | Home Run | ||
| 60 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 1959-07-05 | Roy Sievers | WSH | @ | NYY | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 61 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 1959-07-05 | Harmon Killebrew | WSH | @ | NYY | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17% | 80% | Home Run; Aspromonte Scores | |
| 62 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 1959-07-22 | Jim Baxes | CLE | NYY | ahead 2-0 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7% | 89% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 63 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 1959-07-22 | Woodie Held | CLE | NYY | ahead 3-0 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5% | 93% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | ||
| 64 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 1959-08-21 | Dick Williams | KCA | NYY | behind 4-5 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15% | 57% | Home Run | ||
| 65 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 1959-09-07 | Don Buddin | BOS | NYY | tied 1-1 | b 2 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18% | 82% | Home Run; Malzone Scores; White Scores | ||
| 1960 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 66 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1960-05-24 | Charlie Maxwell | DET | NYY | ahead 1-0 | b 5 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22% | 92% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Fernandez Scores; Chrisley Scores | ||
| 67 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 1960-06-01 | Ron Hansen | BAL | NYY | behind 0-1 | b 5 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 6 | 27% | 82% | Home Run (LF-CF); Brandt Scores; Robinson Scores/unER | ||
| 68 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 1960-06-04 | Don Buddin | BOS | @ | NYY | ahead 4-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4% | 93% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 69 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 1960-07-09 | Gary Geiger | BOS | NYY | ahead 4-3 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 70 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 1960-07-29 | Marv Throneberry | KCA | @ | NYY | ahead 4-2 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8% | 90% | Home Run | |
| 71 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 1960-08-02 (2) | Norm Cash | DET | @ | NYY | ahead 1-0 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | PH | 8% | 93% | Home Run |
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