Born: October 16, 1931 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953.
(All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1956
Final Game: September 23, 1962
Relatives: Brother of Dick Sisler and Son of George Sisler
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| 1956 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 | 1956-06-13 | Vic Wertz | CLE | @ | BOS | tied 5-5 | t 4 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 28% | 77% | Home Run; Smith Scores/unER; Kuhn Scores/unER; Wertz Scores/unER | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1956-06-19 | Vic Wertz | CLE | BOS | ahead 4-2 | b 2 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17% | 90% | Home Run; Avila Scores; Woodling Scores | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1956-06-19 | Al Smith | CLE | BOS | ahead 7-2 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4% | 98% | Home Run; Woodling Scores | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1956-06-24 | Harry Simpson | KCA | BOS | ahead 3-1 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8% | 82% | Home Run | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1956-06-24 | Vic Power | KCA | BOS | ahead 4-1 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1956-07-08 (2) | George Kell | BAL | @ | BOS | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15% | 83% | Home Run; Johnson Scores; Williams Scores | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1956-07-19 | Vic Power | KCA | @ | BOS | behind 2-3 | t 7 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 46% | 77% | Home Run; Slaughter Scores; Simpson Scores | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1956-07-29 (1) | Larry Doby | CHW | BOS | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18% | 88% | Home Run; Hatfield Scores; Fox Scores | ||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1956-08-11 | Jim Lemon | WSH | BOS | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1956-08-11 | Jim Lemon | WSH | BOS | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8% | 82% | Home Run | ||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1956-09-19 | Harry Simpson | KCA | BOS | b 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1956-09-25 | Pete Runnels | WSH | @ | BOS | behind 0-6 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6% | 14% | Home Run; Herzog Scores | |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1956-09-30 | Yogi Berra | NYY | BOS | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18% | 61% | Home Run; Siebern Scores | ||
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1957-04-21 | Bill Skowron | NYY | @ | BOS | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1957-04-21 | Bill Skowron | NYY | @ | BOS | tied 1-1 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 21% | 67% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1957-04-21 | Billy Martin | NYY | @ | BOS | ahead 2-1 | t 8 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18% | 92% | Home Run; Coleman Scores | |
| 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1957-04-26 | Enos Slaughter | NYY | BOS | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12% | 55% | Home Run | ||
| 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1957-04-26 | Gil McDougald | NYY | BOS | behind 1-3 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12% | 41% | Home Run | ||
| 19 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1957-05-01 | Gus Zernial | KCA | BOS | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17% | 63% | Home Run; Power Scores | ||
| 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1957-05-01 | Harry Simpson | KCA | BOS | behind 4-5 | b 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 22% | 63% | Home Run (CF-RF); Zernial Scores | ||
| 21 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1957-05-12 (2) | Eddie Yost | WSH | @ | BOS | behind 0-1 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15% | 45% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1957-05-21 | Chico Carrasquel | CLE | @ | BOS | ahead 2-1 | t 7 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11% | 97% | Home Run; Smith Scores; Wertz Scores; Colavito Scores | |
| 23 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 1957-05-30 (2) | Al Pilarcik | BAL | @ | BOS | behind 1-2 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13% | 47% | Home Run | |
| 24 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 1957-06-06 | Minnie Minoso | CHW | BOS | behind 1-2 | b 7 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 38% | 78% | Home Run; Esposito Scores | ||
| 25 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 1957-06-25 | Walt Dropo | CHW | @ | BOS | tied 0-0 | t 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 26% | 82% | Home Run; Doby Scores | |
| 26 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 1957-07-04 (1) | Bill Skowron | NYY | BOS | tied 1-1 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 24% | 78% | Home Run | ||
| 27 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1957-09-13 | Joe Caffie | CLE | @ | BOS | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 28 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 1957-09-28 | Harry Simpson | NYY | @ | BOS | tied 0-0 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 27% | 77% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Collins Scores | |
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 29 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1958-04-22 | Gil McDougald | NYY | BOS | ahead 5-3 | b 4 | 0 | --3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6% | 93% | Home Run; Bauer Scores | ||
| 30 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1958-06-04 | Billy Harrell | CLE | @ | BOS | tied 3-3 | t 10 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 6 | 42% | 92% | Home Run; Wilhelm Scores | |
| 31 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1958-06-08 (2) | Jim Landis | CHW | @ | BOS | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 32 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1958-06-12 | Ozzie Virgil | DET | @ | BOS | behind 0-3 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8% | 22% | Home Run | |
| 33 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1958-06-21 | Bill Tuttle | KCA | BOS | b 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Lead-Off | ||||||
| 34 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1958-06-21 | Bob Cerv | KCA | BOS | b 3 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| 35 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1958-06-28 | Al Kaline | DET | BOS | behind 3-5 | b 8 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 37% | 56% | Home Run; Kuenn Scores | ||
| 36 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1958-07-05 | Hank Bauer | NYY | BOS | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 37 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1958-07-05 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | BOS | behind 2-3 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 44% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 38 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 1958-07-12 (1) | Sherm Lollar | CHW | @ | BOS | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17% | 83% | Home Run; Goodman Scores; Fox Scores; Landis Scores | |
| 39 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 1958-07-14 | Dick Brown | CLE | @ | BOS | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 40 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 1958-07-19 | Ozzie Virgil | DET | @ | BOS | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 41 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 1958-07-19 | Harvey Kuenn | DET | @ | BOS | behind 2-3 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 20% | 43% | Home Run | |
| 42 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 1958-07-19 | Jim Hegan | DET | @ | BOS | ahead 4-3 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10% | 92% | Home Run | |
| 43 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 1958-08-01 (2) | Rocky Colavito | CLE | BOS | tied 1-1 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 9 | 30% | 89% | Home Run; Vernon Scores | ||
| 44 | 44 | 16 | 1 | 1958-08-09 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | BOS | behind 0-7 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1% | 1% | Home Run | ||
| 45 | 45 | 17 | 1 | 1958-08-23 | Rocky Colavito | CLE | @ | BOS | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19% | 66% | Home Run; Doby Scores | |
| 46 | 46 | 18 | 2 | 1958-08-23 | Minnie Minoso | CLE | @ | BOS | ahead 2-0 | t 3 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19% | 90% | Home Run; Power Scores; Doby Scores | |
| 47 | 47 | 19 | 3 | 1958-08-23 | Randy Jackson | CLE | @ | BOS | ahead 5-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4% | 94% | Home Run | |
| 48 | 48 | 20 | 1 | 1958-09-02 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | BOS | tied 0-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 18% | 75% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 21 | 2 | 1958-09-02 | Yogi Berra | NYY | BOS | ahead 1-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11% | 86% | Home Run | ||
| 50 | 50 | 22 | 1 | 1958-09-27 | Eddie Yost | WSH | BOS | behind 0-4 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7% | 25% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 51 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1959-04-18 | Hank Bauer | NYY | @ | BOS | ahead 6-2 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4% | 92% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 52 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 1959-04-18 | Bill Skowron | NYY | @ | BOS | ahead 7-2 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2% | 96% | Home Run | |
| 53 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 1959-04-18 | Andy Carey | NYY | @ | BOS | ahead 8-2 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | |
| 54 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 1959-06-23 | Ted Williams | BOS | @ | DET | ahead 5-4 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12% | 86% | Home Run | |
| 55 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 1959-06-23 | Frank Malzone | BOS | @ | DET | ahead 6-4 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7% | 92% | Home Run | |
| 56 | 56 | 6 | 3 | 1959-06-23 | Jackie Jensen | BOS | @ | DET | ahead 7-4 | t 9 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3% | 100% | Home Run; Runnels Scores; Geiger Scores | |
| 57 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 1959-07-04 (2) | Mudcat Grant | CLE | @ | DET | ahead 5-4 | t 8 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13% | 96% | Home Run; Valo Scores; Held Scores | |
| 1960 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 58 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1960-05-18 | Jim Lemon | WSH | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 11 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 34% | 93% | Home Run (Deep LF); Allison Scores | |
| 59 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1960-06-26 (2) | Reno Bertoia | WSH | @ | DET | ahead 5-4 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20% | 92% | Home Run (Deep LF); Becquer Scores | |
| 60 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 1960-09-06 | Ken Aspromonte | CLE | @ | DET | tied 8-8 | t 10 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 4 | 42% | 92% | Home Run (Deep LF); Funk Scores | |
| 1961 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 61 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1961-06-18 (1) | Jim Pagliaroni | BOS | WSA | behind 8-12 | b 9 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 49% | 54% | Home Run (Deep LF); Geiger Scores; Jensen Scores; Malzone Scores | ||
| 62 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 1961-07-01 | Roger Maris | NYY | WSA | behind 5-6 | b 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 67% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (Deep RF Line); Kubek Scores | |
| 63 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 1961-07-28 | Wayne Causey | KCA | WSA | behind 5-8 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8% | 17% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 64 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 1961-08-13 (2) | Clete Boyer | NYY | @ | WSA | ahead 7-1 | t 8 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1% | 100% | Home Run (Deep LF); Lopez Scores | |
| 65 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 1961-08-27 (2) | Rocky Colavito | DET | @ | WSA | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11% | 74% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 66 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 1961-08-27 (2) | Rocky Colavito | DET | @ | WSA | ahead 2-0 | t 5 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11% | 94% | Home Run (Deep LF); Morton Scores; Kaline Scores | |
| 1962 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 67 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 1962-04-14 | Orlando Cepeda | SFG | CIN | ahead 12-5 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 68 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1962-05-17 | Don Demeter | PHI | CIN | ahead 5-3 | b 5 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9% | 96% | Home Run (Deep LF); Savage Scores; Sievers Scores | ||
| 69 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 1962-06-05 | Stan Musial | STL | CIN | tied 9-9 | b 11 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 41% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 70 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 1962-06-26 | Jim Davenport | SFG | CIN | behind 4-5 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 32% | 56% | Home Run |
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