Born: May 29, 1928 in Hays, KS
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949.
(All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1952
Final Game: September 26, 1959
Died: March 22, 2007 in Newcastle, OK
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| 1952 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 | 1952-06-03 | George Crowe | BSN | @ | STL | t 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1952-06-08 | Connie Ryan | PHI | @ | STL | t 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1952-06-08 | Del Ennis | PHI | @ | STL | t 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1952-06-08 | Granny Hamner | PHI | @ | STL | t 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1952-06-16 | Bobby Thomson | NYG | STL | behind 4-7 | b 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Walk-Off | |||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1952-09-15 | Whitey Lockman | NYG | STL | b 7 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1953 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1953-08-30 | Bobby Morgan | BRO | STL | ahead 16-3 | b 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
| 1955 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1955-07-19 (1) | Gail Harris | NYG | STL | b 8 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1955-07-23 | Del Ennis | PHI | STL | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19% | 71% | Home Run; Ashburn Scores | ||
| 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1955-07-23 | Del Ennis | PHI | STL | ahead 2-1 | b 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14% | 91% | Home Run; Gorbous Scores | ||
| 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1955-08-07 | Eddie Waitkus | PHI | @ | STL | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16% | 88% | Home Run; Ennis Scores; Jones Scores | |
| 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1955-08-15 | Eddie Mathews | MLN | @ | STL | t 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1955-09-21 | Gene Baker | CHC | @ | STL | t 7 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1955-09-21 | Gale Wade | CHC | @ | STL | t 9 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1956-04-21 | Bill Bruton | MLN | @ | STL | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1956-04-21 | Johnny Logan | MLN | @ | STL | behind 1-2 | t 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19% | 62% | Home Run; O'Connell Scores | |
| 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1956-04-21 | Del Crandall | MLN | @ | STL | ahead 3-2 | t 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 18% | 81% | Home Run (LF-CF); Bruton Scores | |
| 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1956-05-18 | Stan Lopata | PHI | STL | behind 0-2 | b 7 | 0 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 33% | 80% | Home Run; Blaylock Scores; Ennis Scores | ||
| 19 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1956-05-23 | Hank Foiles | PIT | STL | ahead 3-0 | b 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5% | 98% | Home Run; Groat Scores | ||
| 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1956-06-10 (1) | Lee Walls | PIT | @ | STL | behind 1-3 | t 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21% | 47% | Home Run; Long Scores | |
| 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1956-06-10 (1) | Bill Virdon | PIT | @ | STL | tied 3-3 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 20% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1956-07-01 (1) | Frank Robinson | CIN | @ | STL | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 23 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1956-07-01 (1) | Ted Kluszewski | CIN | @ | STL | ahead 2-0 | t 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12% | 87% | Home Run; Bell Scores | |
| 24 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1956-07-01 (2) | Gus Bell | CIN | @ | STL | ahead 6-1 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 25 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1956-07-27 | Bill White | NYG | STL | behind 2-3 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20% | 54% | Home Run | ||
| 26 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1956-08-05 (2) | Duke Snider | BRO | STL | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17% | 81% | Home Run (Fly Ball); Gilliam Scores; Amoros Scores | ||
| 27 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1956-08-07 | Ed Bailey | CIN | STL | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 25% | 65% | Home Run (CF-RF); Post Scores | ||
| 28 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 1956-08-07 | Wally Post | CIN | STL | behind 2-3 | b 6 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 33% | 71% | Home Run (LF-CF); Robinson Scores | ||
| 29 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 1956-08-18 | Dee Fondy | CHC | @ | STL | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 30 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 1956-08-28 | Marv Blaylock | PHI | @ | STL | behind 1-3 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11% | 37% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 31 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 1956-08-28 | Solly Hemus | PHI | @ | STL | behind 2-3 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15% | 47% | Home Run | |
| 32 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 1956-09-16 (2) | Bob Skinner | PIT | STL | ahead 7-3 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 33 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1957-04-24 | Del Crandall | MLN | STL | tied 7-7 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 43% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 34 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1957-05-11 | Hank Aaron | MLN | @ | STL | tied 5-5 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 21% | 67% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 35 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1957-05-12 (2) | Eddie Mathews | MLN | @ | STL | ahead 5-0 | t 4 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6% | 98% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF); Murff Scores; O'Connell Scores | |
| 36 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1957-05-25 | Don Hoak | CIN | STL | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17% | 53% | Home Run (Deep LF); Crowe Scores | ||
| 37 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 1957-05-25 | Gus Bell | CIN | STL | tied 2-2 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12% | 63% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 38 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1957-05-30 (1) | Bob Thurman | CIN | @ | STL | behind 0-2 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10% | 34% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 39 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1957-06-08 | Ray Katt | NYG | STL | behind 1-5 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4% | 9% | Home Run | ||
| 40 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 1957-06-22 | Gil Hodges | BRO | @ | STL | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20% | 86% | Home Run (Line Drive); Reese Scores; Snider Scores | |
| 41 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 1957-08-06 | Cal Neeman | CHC | @ | STL | ahead 6-2 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | |
| 42 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1957-08-11 | Eddie Mathews | MLN | @ | STL | ahead 4-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4% | 94% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 43 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 1957-08-13 | Ernie Banks | CHC | STL | ahead 5-0 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 44 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 1957-09-02 (1) | George Crowe | CIN | STL | ahead 5-3 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8% | 88% | Home Run | ||
| 45 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 1957-09-06 | Jerry Lynch | CIN | @ | STL | behind 3-4 | t 6 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 9 | PH | 23% | 66% | Home Run; McMillan Scores | |
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 46 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1958-04-20 | R.C. Stevens | PIT | CIN | tied 3-3 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 47% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run | |
| 47 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 1958-05-13 | Bill Mazeroski | PIT | CIN | ahead 4-3 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11% | 75% | Home Run | ||
| 48 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 1958-06-24 (1) | Dick Gray | LAD | @ | CIN | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9% | 70% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | |
| 49 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1958-07-29 | Ray Jablonski | SFG | @ | CIN | behind 2-3 | t 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 72% | 80% | Home Run; Mays Scores | |
| 50 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 1958-07-31 | Willie Kirkland | SFG | @ | CIN | ahead 4-0 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8% | 94% | Home Run; O'Connell Scores | |
| 51 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 1958-08-16 | Frank Thomas | PIT | @ | CIN | tied 3-3 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16% | 66% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 52 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 1958-09-12 | Dale Long | CHC | @ | CIN | ahead 5-4 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13% | 76% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 53 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 1958-09-12 | Walt Moryn | CHC | @ | CIN | ahead 6-5 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12% | 86% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 54 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 1959-06-19 | Duke Snider | LAD | CIN | ahead 5-2 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3% | 96% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | ||
| 55 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 1959-09-06 | Ray Boone | MLN | @ | CIN | ahead 5-1 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1% | 99% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 56 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 1959-09-26 | R.C. Stevens | PIT | @ | CIN | ahead 4-3 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12% | 73% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 57 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 1959-09-26 | Hank Foiles | PIT | @ | CIN | ahead 5-3 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9% | 84% | Home Run |
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