Born: July 5, 1931 in New York, NY
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1949.
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Debut: April 18, 1954
Final Game: June 15, 1960
Died: June 21, 1986 in Kansas City, KS
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| 1954 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 | 1954-04-18 (2) | Harry Agganis | BOS | PHA | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 26% | 75% | Home Run; Piersall Scores; Jensen Scores | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1954-04-25 (1) | Bill Skowron | NYY | @ | PHA | ahead 3-1 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7% | 93% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1954-05-02 (2) | Red Wilson | CHW | @ | PHA | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1954-05-06 | Al Smith | CLE | @ | PHA | ahead 2-1 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12% | 86% | Home Run | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1954-05-16 (2) | Al Rosen | CLE | PHA | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11% | 89% | Home Run; Philley Scores | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1954-05-30 (2) | Mickey Vernon | WSH | @ | PHA | tied 4-4 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19% | 69% | Home Run | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1954-06-11 (1) | Ray Boone | DET | @ | PHA | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19% | 66% | Home Run; Tuttle Scores | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1954-06-11 (1) | Frank Bolling | DET | @ | PHA | ahead 2-1 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10% | 71% | Home Run | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1954-06-11 (1) | Wayne Belardi | DET | @ | PHA | ahead 3-1 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9% | 82% | Home Run | |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1954-06-11 (1) | Ray Boone | DET | @ | PHA | ahead 4-3 | t 5 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19% | 93% | Home Run; Pesky Scores; Bolling Scores; Delsing Scores | |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1954-06-13 (2) | Ray Boone | DET | @ | PHA | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17% | 66% | Home Run; Delsing Scores | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1954-06-13 (2) | Bill Tuttle | DET | @ | PHA | behind 2-4 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11% | 35% | Home Run | |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1954-06-18 | Ray Boone | DET | PHA | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1954-07-05 (1) | Joe Collins | NYY | @ | PHA | ahead 3-0 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4% | 96% | Home Run | |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1954-07-05 (1) | Mickey Mantle | NYY | @ | PHA | ahead 4-0 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1954-07-16 | Dave Philley | CLE | @ | PHA | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11% | 71% | Home Run | |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1954-07-20 (2) | Bill Tuttle | DET | @ | PHA | behind 1-3 | t 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 30% | 50% | Home Run; Kuenn Scores | |
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1954-07-25 (1) | Billy Hunter | BAL | @ | PHA | ahead 2-0 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15% | 84% | Home Run; Young Scores | |
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1954-08-08 (1) | Bob Lemon | CLE | PHA | behind 1-2 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 1 | 25% | 67% | Home Run; Hegan Scores | ||
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1954-08-12 (1) | Irv Noren | NYY | PHA | tied 3-3 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20% | 72% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 1954-08-12 (1) | Mickey Mantle | NYY | PHA | tied 4-4 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 31% | 86% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1954-08-22 (2) | Roy Sievers | WSH | @ | PHA | behind 0-4 | t 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6% | 10% | Home Run; Vernon Scores | |
| 23 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 1954-08-29 (2) | Ray Boone | DET | @ | PHA | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 24 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 1954-09-03 | Ted Williams | BOS | @ | PHA | tied 1-1 | t 3 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 7 | 20% | 68% | Home Run; Goodman Scores | |
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1954-09-09 | Dave Pope | CLE | PHA | behind 1-4 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | PH | 6% | 11% | Home Run | ||
| 1955 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1955-04-13 | Harvey Kuenn | DET | @ | KCA | behind 0-1 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12% | 48% | Home Run | |
| 27 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1955-04-16 | Jim Delsing | DET | KCA | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20% | 64% | Home Run; Fain Scores | ||
| 28 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1955-04-22 | Chico Carrasquel | CHW | @ | KCA | behind 0-1 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12% | 48% | Home Run | |
| 29 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1955-04-26 | Sammy White | BOS | @ | KCA | behind 0-3 | t 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14% | 39% | Home Run; Jensen Scores | |
| 30 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1955-04-26 | Norm Zauchin | BOS | @ | KCA | behind 2-3 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 31 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1955-05-01 | Jim Busby | WSH | @ | KCA | ahead 9-7 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9% | 84% | Home Run | |
| 32 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1955-07-08 | Frank House | DET | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 33 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1955-07-08 | Earl Torgeson | DET | KCA | tied 1-1 | b 5 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27% | 88% | Home Run; Kuenn Scores; Kaline Scores | ||
| 34 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 1955-07-24 (2) | Yogi Berra | NYY | @ | KCA | tied 0-0 | t 9 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 2 | 25% | 93% | Home Run; Mantle Scores | |
| 35 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1955-08-12 (1) | Bobby Avila | CLE | @ | KCA | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15% | 69% | Home Run; Smith Scores | |
| 36 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 1955-08-18 (2) | Sherm Lollar | CHW | KCA | tied 2-2 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 19% | 70% | Home Run | ||
| 37 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 1955-08-31 | Irv Noren | NYY | @ | KCA | ahead 3-1 | t 3 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14% | 84% | Home Run; Collins Scores | |
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 38 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1956-04-24 | Bill Tuttle | DET | @ | KCA | ahead 3-1 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15% | 86% | Home Run; Bertoia Scores | |
| 39 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 1956-05-13 (2) | Rocky Colavito | CLE | KCA | ahead 5-4 | b 7 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15% | 97% | Home Run; Wertz Scores; Mele 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 | 1957-05-30 (2) | Frank Bolling | DET | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17% | 75% | Home Run | ||
| 41 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1957-05-30 (2) | Frank Bolling | DET | KCA | ahead 1-0 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 42 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1957-06-05 | Bob Nieman | BAL | @ | KCA | behind 1-3 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12% | 30% | Home Run | |
| 43 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 1957-06-22 | Frank Malzone | BOS | KCA | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10% | 93% | Home Run; Williams Scores | ||
| 44 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 1957-06-26 | Jim Busby | BAL | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16% | 72% | Home Run | ||
| 45 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1957-07-07 | Charlie Maxwell | DET | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19% | 71% | Home Run (LF-CF); Bolling Scores | ||
| 46 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1957-07-13 | Yogi Berra | NYY | @ | KCA | tied 2-2 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 2 | 27% | 78% | Home Run; Mantle Scores | |
| 47 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 1957-08-13 (1) | Al Kaline | DET | @ | KCA | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 48 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 1957-08-13 (1) | Al Kaline | DET | @ | KCA | ahead 1-0 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13% | 78% | Home Run | |
| 49 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 1957-09-07 | Luis Aparicio | CHW | KCA | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11% | 55% | Lead-Off,IPHR | Home Run | |
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 50 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1958-05-17 (2) | Jim Piersall | BOS | BAL | behind 0-4 | b 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9% | 16% | Home Run (Deep LF); Berberet Scores | ||
| 51 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1958-05-26 | Murry Dickson | KCA | BAL | tied 4-4 | b 10 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 37% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 52 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1958-06-12 | Rocky Colavito | CLE | @ | BAL | behind 1-4 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16% | 36% | Home Run (Deep RF); Ward Scores | |
| 53 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 1958-06-23 | Gail Harris | DET | BAL | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11% | 64% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | ||
| 54 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 1958-07-10 (2) | Bob Cerv | KCA | @ | BAL | behind 0-3 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1% | 1% | Home Run | |
| 55 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 1958-07-10 (2) | Roger Maris | KCA | @ | BAL | behind 1-3 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2% | 3% | Home Run | |
| 56 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 1958-07-25 | Bill Tuttle | KCA | BAL | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 65% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 57 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 1958-07-25 | Bob Cerv | KCA | BAL | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10% | 71% | Home Run | ||
| 58 | 58 | 9 | 3 | 1958-07-25 | Bob Cerv | KCA | BAL | behind 2-7 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4% | 12% | Home Run | ||
| 59 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 1958-08-04 | Bill Skowron | NYY | @ | BAL | behind 0-3 | t 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 17% | 35% | Home Run; Howard Scores | |
| 60 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 1958-08-19 (2) | Joe DeMaestri | KCA | @ | BAL | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11% | 69% | Home Run | |
| 61 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 1958-08-29 | Pete Daley | BOS | BAL | ahead 2-1 | b 4 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 2 | 22% | 90% | Home Run; Jensen Scores; Piersall Scores | ||
| 62 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 1958-09-03 | Norm Zauchin | WSH | BAL | behind 0-2 | b 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 3 | 36% | 52% | Home Run; Plews Scores | ||
| 63 | 63 | 14 | 1 | 1958-09-09 | Bill Tuttle | KCA | BAL | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14% | 82% | Home Run; DeMaestri Scores | ||
| 64 | 64 | 15 | 2 | 1958-09-09 | Preston Ward | KCA | BAL | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5% | 90% | Home Run | ||
| 65 | 65 | 16 | 3 | 1958-09-09 | Bob Cerv | KCA | BAL | ahead 4-2 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12% | 91% | Home Run; Lopez Scores | ||
| 66 | 66 | 17 | 1 | 1958-09-14 (2) | Minnie Minoso | CLE | BAL | behind 0-3 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8% | 16% | Home Run | ||
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 67 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 1959-04-14 | Bill Skowron | NYY | @ | BAL | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7% | 97% | Home Run; Bauer Scores; Siebern Scores; Mantle Scores | |
| 68 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1959-04-29 | Bobo Osborne | DET | BAL | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15% | 73% | Home Run; Yost Scores | ||
| 69 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 1959-04-29 | Al Kaline | DET | BAL | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8% | 79% | Home Run | ||
| 70 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 1959-05-27 | Harmon Killebrew | WSH | @ | BAL | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22% | 76% | Home Run (Deep LF); Throneberry Scores; Allison Scores | |
| 71 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 1959-06-10 | Rocky Colavito | CLE | @ | BAL | ahead 6-3 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6% | 90% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 72 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 1959-06-10 | Rocky Colavito | CLE | @ | BAL | ahead 8-3 | t 6 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3% | 99% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF); Francona Scores | |
| 73 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 1959-06-21 | Hal Smith | KCA | @ | BAL | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18% | 72% | Home Run (Deep LF); DeMaestri Scores | |
| 74 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 1959-06-27 | Gus Zernial | DET | BAL | ahead 9-2 | b 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Yost Scores; Kaline Scores | ||
| 75 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 1959-07-18 (1) | Lou Berberet | DET | @ | BAL | behind 0-4 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6% | 17% | Home Run | |
| 76 | 76 | 10 | 1 | 1959-07-26 (1) | Al Smith | CHW | BAL | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 7 | 30% | 85% | IPHR | Home Run (Deep CF); Landis Scores; Lollar Scores | |
| 1960 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 77 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 1960-04-30 | Bobby Richardson | NYY | @ | BAL | ahead 15-0 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 78 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 1960-05-30 (2) | Haywood Sullivan | BOS | @ | BAL | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 17% | 76% | Home Run (Deep LF); Malzone Scores | |
| 79 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 1960-05-30 (2) | Gene Stephens | BOS | @ | BAL | ahead 4-1 | t 6 | 0 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4% | 96% | Home Run; Keough Scores | |
| 80 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 1960-06-09 (1) | Frank Bolling | DET | @ | BAL | tied 5-5 | t 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26% | 82% | Home Run (Deep LF); Yost Scores | |
| 81 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 1960-06-15 (1) | Woodie Held | CLE | BAL | ahead 5-2 | b 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4% | 99% | Home Run (Deep LF); Francona Scores | ||
| 82 | 82 | 6 | 2 | 1960-06-15 (1) | Johnny Romano | CLE | BAL | ahead 8-2 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (Deep LF); Piersall Scores/unER; Romano Scores/unER |
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