Born: August 13, 1939 in Catskill, NY
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1957.
(All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1960
Final Game: September 19, 1967
Died: September 19, 2001 in Canton Township, MI
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| 1960 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 | 1960-08-27 (1) | Tito Francona | CLE | @ | NYY | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11% | 61% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1960-09-09 | Norm Cash | DET | NYY | behind 0-4 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4% | 9% | Home Run | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1960-09-26 | Harmon Killebrew | WSH | NYY | behind 0-2 | b 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 31% | 59% | Home Run (Deep LF); Green Scores | ||
| 1961 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1961-04-22 (2) | Jackie Brandt | BAL | NYY | behind 3-5 | b 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 31% | 59% | Home Run (Deep LF); Philley Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1961-06-04 | Wes Covington | CHW | NYY | behind 0-9 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0% | 0% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1961-06-25 | Harmon Killebrew | MIN | NYY | tied 1-1 | b 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20% | 73% | Home Run (Deep LF); Martin Scores | ||
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1961-07-01 | Marty Keough | WSA | @ | NYY | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20% | 77% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep LF-CF); Green Scores; Long Scores |
| 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1961-07-01 | Gene Green | WSA | @ | NYY | ahead 3-1 | t 3 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14% | 85% | Home Run (Deep RF); Klaus Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1961-07-13 | Sherm Lollar | CHW | NYY | behind 0-4 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7% | 19% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1961-07-13 | Frank Baumann | CHW | NYY | behind 1-4 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10% | 28% | Home Run (Deep CF) | ||
| 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1961-07-30 (1) | Hank Foiles | BAL | @ | NYY | tied 0-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14% | 64% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1961-08-22 | Lee Thomas | LAA | NYY | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12% | 71% | Home Run (Deep RF); Pearson Scores | ||
| 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1961-08-22 | Leon Wagner | LAA | NYY | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7% | 78% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 14 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1961-09-03 | Norm Cash | DET | @ | NYY | behind 1-4 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7% | 16% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1961-09-21 | Russ Snyder | BAL | NYY | tied 1-1 | b 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25% | 89% | Home Run (Deep RF); Williams Scores | ||
| 16 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1961-09-27 | Jim Gentile | BAL | @ | NYY | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18% | 66% | Home Run (Deep LF); Snyder Scores | |
| 1962 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1962-04-18 | Milt Pappas | BAL | NYY | tied 0-0 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 17% | 68% | Home Run | ||
| 18 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1962-04-27 | Johnny Schaive | WSA | NYY | behind 0-9 | b 4 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1% | 3% | Home Run; Long Scores | ||
| 19 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1962-04-27 | Bob Johnson | WSA | NYY | behind 2-10 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1% | 2% | Home Run | ||
| 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1962-05-16 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | NYY | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18% | 63% | Home Run; Bressoud Scores | ||
| 21 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1962-05-16 | Frank Malzone | BOS | NYY | tied 3-3 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 22 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1962-05-20 (1) | Harmon Killebrew | MIN | @ | NYY | tied 1-1 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18% | 63% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 23 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1962-05-25 | Dick McAuliffe | DET | @ | NYY | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23% | 82% | Home Run; Bruton Scores/unER; Cash Scores/unER; McAuliffe Scores/unER | |
| 24 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1962-05-25 | Chico Fernandez | DET | @ | NYY | ahead 4-3 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13% | 83% | Home Run | |
| 25 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1962-06-17 (1) | Jerry Kindall | CLE | NYY | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17% | 75% | Home Run; Romano Scores/unER | ||
| 26 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 1962-06-17 (1) | Bubba Phillips | CLE | NYY | ahead 2-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8% | 83% | Home Run | ||
| 27 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 1962-06-17 (1) | Jim Mahoney | CLE | NYY | ahead 3-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6% | 89% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1962-07-02 | George Alusik | KCA | @ | NYY | behind 0-4 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4% | 10% | Home Run | |
| 29 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 1962-07-22 (1) | Harry Bright | WSA | @ | NYY | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22% | 76% | Home Run; Cottier Scores; Johnson Scores | |
| 30 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 1962-07-27 | Joe Cunningham | CHW | @ | NYY | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 31 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 1962-08-08 (1) | Whitey Herzog | BAL | @ | NYY | behind 1-2 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | PH | 26% | 45% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 32 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 1962-08-16 | Bob Allison | MIN | NYY | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21% | 77% | Home Run; Killebrew Scores | ||
| 33 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 1962-08-21 | Lee Thomas | LAA | NYY | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14% | 56% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 1962-08-21 | Lee Thomas | LAA | NYY | ahead 2-1 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12% | 80% | Home Run | ||
| 35 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 1962-08-28 | Al Luplow | CLE | @ | NYY | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 36 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 1962-09-03 (1) | Leo Burke | LAA | @ | NYY | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 37 | 37 | 21 | 2 | 1962-09-03 (1) | Leon Wagner | LAA | @ | NYY | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11% | 70% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 38 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 1962-09-07 | Pete Runnels | BOS | @ | NYY | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 48% | Home Run | |
| 39 | 39 | 23 | 1 | 1962-09-30 | Brian McCall | CHW | @ | NYY | behind 1-2 | t 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 19% | 62% | Home Run; Herbert Scores | |
| 1963 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 40 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1963-04-20 | Marv Breeding | WSA | NYY | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11% | 65% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 41 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1963-04-20 | Bobo Osborne | WSA | NYY | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11% | 81% | Home Run; Hinton Scores | ||
| 42 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1963-05-03 | Earl Battey | MIN | NYY | behind 1-3 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 29% | 54% | Home Run; Hall Scores | ||
| 43 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 1963-05-07 | Bill Freehan | DET | NYY | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18% | 86% | Home Run; Cash Scores | ||
| 44 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 1963-05-22 | Gino Cimoli | KCA | @ | NYY | behind 0-7 | t 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1% | 1% | Home Run; Causey Scores | |
| 45 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1963-05-28 | Gary Geiger | BOS | NYY | ahead 2-1 | b 2 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16% | 81% | Home Run; Bressoud Scores | ||
| 46 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 1963-05-28 | Lou Clinton | BOS | NYY | ahead 4-1 | b 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7% | 94% | Home Run; Malzone Scores | ||
| 47 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 1963-06-02 (1) | Joe Adcock | CLE | NYY | tied 0-0 | b 6 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24% | 92% | Home Run; Luplow Scores; Davalillo Scores | ||
| 48 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 1963-06-02 (1) | Joe Azcue | CLE | NYY | ahead 3-0 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 1963-06-07 | Al Kaline | DET | NYY | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18% | 82% | Home Run; Wood Scores; Bruton Scores | ||
| 50 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 1963-06-07 | Gus Triandos | DET | NYY | ahead 4-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3% | 95% | Home Run | ||
| 51 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 1963-06-16 (2) | Rocky Colavito | DET | @ | NYY | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 52 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 1963-06-16 (2) | Jake Wood | DET | @ | NYY | behind 2-6 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3% | 6% | Home Run | |
| 53 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 1963-06-30 (2) | Gary Geiger | BOS | @ | NYY | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 54 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 1963-07-04 (2) | Nellie Fox | CHW | @ | NYY | ahead 1-0 | t 6 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17% | 87% | Home Run; McCraw Scores | |
| 55 | 55 | 16 | 1 | 1963-08-14 (1) | Jack Lamabe | BOS | NYY | ahead 11-5 | b 7 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Clinton Scores; Tillman Scores | ||
| 1964 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 56 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 1964-05-23 | Bobby Knoop | LAA | @ | NYY | behind 4-5 | t 6 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 37% | 87% | Home Run; Simpson Scores; Smith Scores; Pearson Scores | |
| 57 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 1964-07-18 | Fred Whitfield | CLE | @ | NYY | tied 2-2 | t 12 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | PH | 35% | 93% | Home Run; Held Scores | |
| 58 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 1964-08-07 | Jerry Adair | BAL | @ | NYY | ahead 1-0 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12% | 88% | Home Run | |
| 59 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 1964-09-04 | Nelson Mathews | KCA | NYY | behind 5-9 | b 10 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5% | 9% | Home Run (Deep LF); Charles Scores | ||
| 1965 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 60 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1965-05-10 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | NYY | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14% | 67% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 61 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 1965-05-10 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | NYY | tied 2-2 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 33% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 62 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 1965-05-14 | Charley Lau | BAL | NYY | behind 1-4 | b 6 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19% | 31% | Home Run; Blefary Scores | ||
| 63 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 1965-05-18 | Lenny Green | BOS | @ | NYY | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11% | 61% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 64 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 1965-05-23 (1) | Jim King | WSA | @ | NYY | ahead 2-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9% | 83% | Home Run | |
| 65 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 1965-05-23 (1) | Ken McMullen | WSA | @ | NYY | ahead 3-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12% | 80% | Home Run | |
| 66 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 1965-06-14 | Max Alvis | CLE | NYY | behind 1-4 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10% | 29% | Home Run | ||
| 67 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 1965-06-18 | Rich Rollins | MIN | @ | NYY | behind 1-7 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2% | 5% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to CF |
| 68 | 68 | 9 | 1 | 1965-06-28 (2) | Woodie Held | WSA | NYY | behind 0-4 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6% | 16% | Home Run | ||
| 69 | 69 | 10 | 1 | 1965-08-15 (2) | Ed Charles | KCA | @ | NYY | behind 1-2 | t 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 25% | 62% | Home Run; Bryan Scores | |
| 70 | 70 | 11 | 1 | 1965-08-31 | Albie Pearson | CAL | NYY | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12% | 64% | Home Run | ||
| 71 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 1965-09-06 (2) | Andy Etchebarren | BAL | @ | NYY | behind 0-2 | t 5 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 26% | 66% | IPHR | Home Run (LF-CF); Adair Scores; Blair Scores |
| 72 | 72 | 13 | 2 | 1965-09-06 (2) | Curt Blefary | BAL | @ | NYY | ahead 3-2 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19% | 88% | Home Run; Powell Scores | |
| 73 | 73 | 14 | 1 | 1965-09-25 (1) | Floyd Robinson | CHW | @ | NYY | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 74 | 74 | 15 | 2 | 1965-09-25 (1) | Tommy John | CHW | @ | NYY | tied 1-1 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 18% | 68% | Home Run | |
| 75 | 75 | 16 | 1 | 1965-09-29 | Fred Whitfield | CLE | NYY | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 23% | 90% | Home Run; Alvis Scores; Colavito Scores | ||
| 1966 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 76 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 1966-06-26 (2) | Chico Salmon | CLE | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17% | 75% | Home Run; Davalillo Scores | ||
| 77 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 1966-07-01 (1) | Al Kaline | DET | KCA | ahead 4-3 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12% | 81% | Home Run |
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