Born: March 23, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Penn Charter (Philadelphia, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1951.
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Debut: April 16, 1955
Final Game: April 30, 1961
Died: March 9, 1967 in Philadelphia, PA
Relatives: Uncle of Brian Meyer
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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 | 1955-04-16 | Davey Williams | NYG | PHI | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10% | 65% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1955-04-16 | Jim Hearn | NYG | PHI | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10% | 77% | Home Run | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1955-04-16 | Whitey Lockman | NYG | PHI | ahead 2-0 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10% | 91% | Home Run; Thompson Scores/unER | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1955-04-16 | Davey Williams | NYG | PHI | ahead 4-0 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4% | 94% | Home Run; Williams Scores/unER | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1955-05-01 (2) | Gene Baker | CHC | @ | PHI | tied 2-2 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 22% | 65% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1955-05-04 | Wally Post | CIN | @ | PHI | ahead 6-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3% | 95% | Home Run | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1955-05-10 | Bill Virdon | STL | PHI | tied 3-3 | b 10 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 36% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (Deep RF); Stephenson Scores | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1955-05-14 | Eddie Mathews | MLN | PHI | tied 4-4 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16% | 68% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1955-05-22 | Roy Campanella | BRO | PHI | ahead 2-1 | b 6 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11% | 90% | Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Reese Scores | ||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1955-07-07 | Willie Mays | NYG | PHI | b 6 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1955-07-07 | Hank Thompson | NYG | PHI | b 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1955-07-17 (2) | Randy Jackson | CHC | @ | PHI | behind 5-8 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7% | 15% | Home Run | |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1955-07-29 | Ernie Banks | CHC | PHI | ahead 3-2 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8% | 93% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1955-07-31 (2) | Dee Fondy | CHC | PHI | b 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1956-05-11 | Danny Kravitz | PIT | PHI | behind 2-5 | b 9 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 69% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Walls Scores; Clemente Scores; Groat Scores | |
| 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1956-06-15 (1) | Monte Irvin | CHC | @ | PHI | tied 4-4 | t 10 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 39% | 83% | Home Run | |
| 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1956-06-29 | Randy Jackson | BRO | PHI | behind 4-5 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 47% | 58% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 18 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1956-06-29 | Gil Hodges | BRO | PHI | tied 5-5 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 42% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 19 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1956-07-03 | Bob Skinner | PIT | PHI | behind 4-5 | b 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | PH | 80% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Foiles Scores | |
| 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1956-08-10 | Gil Hodges | BRO | PHI | behind 1-3 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13% | 33% | Home Run | ||
| 21 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1956-09-19 (1) | Wally Post | CIN | @ | PHI | ahead 2-0 | t 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13% | 83% | Home Run; Thurman Scores | |
| 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1956-09-25 | Roy Campanella | BRO | PHI | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 15% | 80% | Home Run (Line Drive); Hodges Scores | ||
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 23 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1957-05-26 (1) | Gene Baker | PIT | @ | PHI | ahead 6-2 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7% | 95% | Home Run; Fondy Scores | |
| 24 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1957-07-16 | Del Crandall | MLN | @ | PHI | ahead 3-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7% | 88% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1957-07-31 | Ted Kluszewski | CIN | PHI | behind 2-5 | b 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | PH | 11% | 20% | Home Run; Bailey Scores | ||
| 26 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1957-08-04 (1) | Don Blasingame | STL | PHI | behind 0-2 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10% | 44% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 27 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1957-09-02 (2) | Carl Furillo | BRO | PHI | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10% | 44% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 28 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1957-09-02 (2) | Duke Snider | BRO | PHI | behind 1-4 | b 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16% | 44% | Home Run (Line Drive); Cimoli Scores | ||
| 29 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1957-09-11 | Wally Moon | STL | PHI | ahead 12-4 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 30 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1958-04-19 | Joe Adcock | MLN | @ | PHI | ahead 2-0 | t 7 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14% | 97% | Home Run; Mathews Scores; Aaron Scores | |
| 31 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1958-07-05 | Bob Thurman | CIN | PHI | tied 3-3 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 31% | 84% | Home Run | ||
| 32 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1958-07-13 (1) | Lee Walls | CHC | PHI | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14% | 53% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 33 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1958-08-03 (2) | Ernie Banks | CHC | @ | PHI | behind 3-5 | t 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 36% | 60% | Home Run; Taylor Scores; Dark Scores | |
| 34 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1958-08-13 | Roberto Clemente | PIT | @ | PHI | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16% | 69% | Home Run (LF-CF); Virdon Scores | |
| 35 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1958-08-13 | Bill Mazeroski | PIT | @ | PHI | ahead 2-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15% | 82% | Home Run; Thomas Scores | |
| 36 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1958-08-13 | Roberto Clemente | PIT | @ | PHI | ahead 4-0 | t 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9% | 92% | Home Run; Virdon Scores | |
| 37 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1958-08-31 (1) | Ed Bailey | CIN | PHI | ahead 5-1 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 38 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1959-04-30 | Duke Snider | LAD | @ | PHI | tied 3-3 | t 7 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21% | 80% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Fly Ball); Moon Scores |
| 39 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 1959-05-10 (2) | Ted Kluszewski | PIT | PHI | ahead 6-4 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4% | 97% | Home Run | ||
| 40 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1959-05-15 | Bill White | STL | PHI | ahead 7-2 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1% | 99% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 41 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 1959-06-12 | Hobie Landrith | SFG | @ | PHI | ahead 1-0 | t 5 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 13% | 84% | Home Run; Bressoud Scores | |
| 42 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1959-07-02 (2) | Don Newcombe | CIN | @ | PHI | ahead 4-1 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6% | 91% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 43 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 1959-07-03 | Ed Bailey | CIN | @ | PHI | ahead 3-1 | t 8 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10% | 96% | Home Run (Deep RF); Pendleton Scores | |
| 44 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 1959-07-12 (1) | Earl Averill | CHC | @ | PHI | ahead 4-1 | t 4 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11% | 95% | Home Run (Deep LF); Jackson Scores; Walls Scores | |
| 45 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 1959-08-20 (2) | Art Schult | CHC | @ | PHI | ahead 4-2 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9% | 84% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 46 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1959-08-21 (1) | Johnny Antonelli | SFG | @ | PHI | ahead 5-0 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 1960 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 47 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1960-05-03 | Frank Thomas | CHC | PHI | behind 5-9 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5% | 12% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 48 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1960-05-14 | Gus Bell | CIN | PHI | behind 0-4 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13% | 22% | Home Run (Deep RF); Pinson Scores | ||
| 1961 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 49 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1961-04-30 | Joe Cunningham | STL | PHI | ahead 4-0 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3% | 95% | Home Run (Deep RF) |
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