Born: August 31, 1937 in Coeburn, VA
High School: Coeburn (Tracy, VA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1956.
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Debut: September 24, 1960
Final Game: July 24, 1966
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| 1961 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 | 1961-04-23 (1) | Al Smith | CHW | BOS | behind 1-4 | b 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7% | 11% | Home Run (Deep LF); Sievers Scores | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1961-04-30 (2) | Tito Francona | CLE | BOS | ahead 4-1 | b 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7% | 99% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Hawkins Scores; Temple Scores | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1961-05-09 | Earl Averill | LAA | BOS | ahead 6-5 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7% | 93% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1961-06-10 | Leon Wagner | LAA | @ | BOS | ahead 8-5 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3% | 99% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Thomas Scores | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1961-06-12 | Billy Martin | MIN | @ | BOS | behind 6-8 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12% | 31% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1961-07-08 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | BOS | ahead 5-3 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8% | 88% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1961-08-02 (2) | Albie Pearson | LAA | @ | BOS | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run (Deep RF Line) |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1961-08-10 | Zoilo Versalles | MIN | @ | BOS | behind 0-3 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8% | 25% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1961-08-10 | Jim Lemon | MIN | @ | BOS | behind 1-3 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12% | 34% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1961-08-16 | Johnny Romano | CLE | BOS | ahead 4-3 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10% | 85% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1961-08-20 (2) | Norm Cash | DET | BOS | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8% | 78% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1961-08-20 (2) | Charlie Maxwell | DET | BOS | behind 4-6 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 14% | 32% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1961-08-26 | Lee Thomas | LAA | BOS | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16% | 71% | Home Run (Deep RF); Koppe Scores | ||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1961-09-08 | Dick Brown | DET | @ | BOS | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11% | 57% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1961-10-01 | Roger Maris | NYY | BOS | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14% | 67% | Home Run (Deep RF Line) | ||
| 1963 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1963-04-15 | Lee Maye | MLN | NYM | behind 2-3 | b 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 7 | 91% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Jones Scores | |
| 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1963-06-19 | Bill White | STL | NYM | behind 2-3 | b 4 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 31% | 86% | Home Run; McCarver Scores; Burke Scores/unER; Flood Scores | ||
| 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1963-07-05 | Roberto Clemente | PIT | @ | NYM | tied 1-1 | t 8 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 38% | 87% | Home Run; Schofield Scores | |
| 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1963-07-13 | Wally Moon | LAD | @ | NYM | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11% | 58% | Home Run | |
| 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1963-07-17 | Willie McCovey | SFG | @ | NYM | behind 3-5 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12% | 31% | Home Run | |
| 21 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1963-07-21 (2) | Tony Taylor | PHI | NYM | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18% | 83% | Home Run; Bennett Scores | ||
| 22 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1963-07-21 (2) | Roy Sievers | PHI | NYM | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6% | 91% | Home Run | ||
| 23 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1963-07-26 | Bob Aspromonte | HOU | NYM | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 31% | 88% | Home Run; Runnels Scores; Staub Scores; Wynn Scores | ||
| 24 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 1963-07-30 | Ken McMullen | LAD | NYM | behind 0-3 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8% | 21% | Home Run | ||
| 25 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1963-08-03 | Joe Torre | MLN | NYM | behind 1-5 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13% | 28% | Home Run; Maye Scores | ||
| 26 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 1963-08-07 | Dick Groat | STL | @ | NYM | behind 0-2 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12% | 36% | Home Run | |
| 27 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 1963-08-11 (2) | Jimmie Schaffer | CHC | @ | NYM | behind 0-10 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 28 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 1963-08-11 (2) | Billy Williams | CHC | @ | NYM | behind 2-11 | t 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0% | 1% | Home Run; Hubbs Scores | |
| 29 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 1963-08-17 | Frank Howard | LAD | @ | NYM | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12% | 59% | Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF) | |
| 30 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 1963-08-17 | Johnny Roseboro | LAD | @ | NYM | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11% | 74% | Home Run (Line Drive) | |
| 31 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 1963-08-17 | Wally Moon | LAD | @ | NYM | ahead 2-0 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9% | 85% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | |
| 32 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 1963-08-23 | Billy Williams | CHC | NYM | tied 1-1 | b 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19% | 76% | Home Run; Santo Scores | ||
| 33 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 1963-09-03 | Marty Keough | CIN | @ | NYM | tied 0-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16% | 66% | Home Run | |
| 34 | 34 | 19 | 1 | 1963-09-12 | Felipe Alou | SFG | @ | NYM | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11% | 61% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 35 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 1963-09-12 | Juan Marichal | SFG | @ | NYM | ahead 2-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9% | 86% | Home Run | |
| 36 | 36 | 21 | 1 | 1963-09-17 | Johnny Callison | PHI | @ | NYM | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11% | 71% | Home Run; Taylor Scores | |
| 37 | 37 | 22 | 2 | 1963-09-17 | Cookie Rojas | PHI | @ | NYM | ahead 2-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9% | 79% | Home Run | |
| 38 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 1963-09-17 | Johnny Callison | PHI | @ | NYM | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6% | 88% | Home Run | |
| 1964 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 39 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1964-04-15 | Tony Gonzalez | PHI | NYM | tied 1-1 | b 8 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 37% | 97% | Home Run; Wine Scores/unER; Allen Scores/unER; Gonzalez Scores/unER | ||
| 40 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1964-05-01 | Gordy Coleman | CIN | NYM | behind 1-3 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14% | 35% | Home Run | ||
| 41 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 1964-05-01 | Marty Keough | CIN | NYM | behind 2-3 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 8 | 43% | 78% | Home Run; Edwards Scores | ||
| 42 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1964-06-07 (1) | Don Drysdale | LAD | @ | NYM | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11% | 73% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | |
| 43 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 1964-06-07 (1) | Wally Moon | LAD | @ | NYM | ahead 2-1 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8% | 94% | Home Run (Line Drive) | |
| 44 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 1964-06-12 | Dick Allen | PHI | NYM | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 45 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1964-06-17 | Willie Stargell | PIT | NYM | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16% | 81% | Home Run; Lynch Scores | ||
| 46 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 1964-06-21 (1) | Johnny Callison | PHI | @ | NYM | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8% | 88% | Home Run | |
| 47 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1964-06-26 | Wade Blasingame | MLN | NYM | behind 0-8 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2% | 3% | Home Run; Carty Scores | ||
| 48 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 1964-06-26 | Rico Carty | MLN | NYM | behind 2-8 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2% | 4% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 49 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 1964-06-26 | Eddie Mathews | MLN | NYM | behind 3-8 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3% | 6% | Home Run | ||
| 50 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 1964-07-01 | Walt Bond | HOU | NYM | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12% | 55% | Home Run | ||
| 51 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 1964-07-01 | Bob Aspromonte | HOU | NYM | tied 1-1 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13% | 64% | Home Run | ||
| 52 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 1964-07-01 | Walt Bond | HOU | NYM | behind 2-4 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 7 | 31% | 66% | Home Run; Kasko Scores; White Scores | ||
| 53 | 53 | 15 | 1 | 1964-08-09 | Frank Thomas | PHI | NYM | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15% | 88% | Home Run; Dalrymple Scores | ||
| 54 | 54 | 16 | 1 | 1964-08-14 (2) | Tony Taylor | PHI | @ | NYM | ahead 3-1 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8% | 84% | Home Run | |
| 55 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 1964-08-19 | Bill Virdon | PIT | @ | NYM | behind 0-4 | t 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4% | 6% | Home Run; Bailey Scores | |
| 56 | 56 | 18 | 1 | 1964-08-26 | Don Pavletich | CIN | NYM | behind 0-3 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7% | 14% | Home Run | ||
| 57 | 57 | 19 | 1 | 1964-09-02 | Tom Haller | SFG | @ | NYM | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12% | 72% | Home Run | |
| 58 | 58 | 20 | 1 | 1964-09-06 | Jim Gilliam | LAD | @ | NYM | ahead 2-1 | t 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 21% | 90% | Home Run; Wills Scores | |
| 1965 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 59 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1965-04-14 | Ron Santo | CHC | STL | ahead 5-1 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 60 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 1965-04-24 | Frank Robinson | CIN | STL | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14% | 56% | Home Run | ||
| 61 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 1965-04-24 | Frank Robinson | CIN | STL | tied 1-1 | b 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 25% | 80% | Home Run; Rose Scores | ||
| 62 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 1965-05-01 | Willie Stargell | PIT | @ | STL | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13% | 45% | Home Run | |
| 63 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 1965-05-05 | Chuck Hiller | SFG | @ | STL | behind 3-5 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 12% | 30% | Home Run | |
| 64 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 1965-05-19 | Tony Gonzalez | PHI | @ | STL | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 65 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 1965-05-29 | Al Spangler | HOU | STL | behind 1-3 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 9 | 13% | 27% | Home Run | ||
| 66 | 66 | 8 | 1 | 1965-06-05 | Bob Aspromonte | HOU | @ | STL | behind 2-3 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 34% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 67 | 67 | 9 | 1 | 1965-06-09 | Deron Johnson | CIN | @ | STL | behind 3-6 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4% | 7% | Home Run | |
| 68 | 68 | 10 | 1 | 1965-06-15 | Ozzie Virgil | PIT | @ | STL | behind 4-5 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 20% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 69 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 1965-06-15 | Donn Clendenon | PIT | @ | STL | tied 5-5 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 25% | 75% | Home Run | |
| 70 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 1965-06-19 | Mack Jones | MLN | STL | ahead 5-2 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4% | 96% | Home Run | ||
| 71 | 71 | 13 | 1 | 1965-06-24 | Johnny Edwards | CIN | STL | behind 1-11 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 72 | 72 | 14 | 2 | 1965-06-24 | Vada Pinson | CIN | STL | behind 2-11 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 73 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 1965-07-09 | Ron Santo | CHC | STL | behind 0-1 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 26% | 52% | Home Run | ||
| 74 | 74 | 16 | 1 | 1965-07-18 | Johnny Callison | PHI | @ | STL | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10% | 56% | Home Run | |
| 75 | 75 | 17 | 1 | 1965-08-02 | Lou Johnson | LAD | @ | STL | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 76 | 76 | 18 | 2 | 1965-08-02 | Johnny Roseboro | LAD | @ | STL | ahead 3-1 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9% | 85% | Home Run | |
| 77 | 77 | 19 | 1 | 1965-08-07 | Willie McCovey | SFG | @ | STL | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19% | 78% | Home Run; Mays Scores | |
| 78 | 78 | 20 | 2 | 1965-08-07 | Willie Mays | SFG | @ | STL | tied 3-3 | t 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 24% | 74% | Home Run (LF-CF); Schofield Scores/unER | |
| 79 | 79 | 21 | 1 | 1965-08-12 | Joe Torre | MLN | STL | behind 1-2 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 80 | 80 | 22 | 2 | 1965-08-12 | Mack Jones | MLN | STL | behind 2-4 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12% | 22% | Home Run | ||
| 81 | 81 | 23 | 1 | 1965-08-17 | Hank Aaron | MLN | @ | STL | ahead 2-0 | t 5 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12% | 89% | Home Run; Alou Scores | |
| 82 | 82 | 24 | 1 | 1965-09-11 | Wes Covington | PHI | STL | tied 1-1 | b 6 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 25% | 85% | Home Run; Callison Scores | ||
| 83 | 83 | 25 | 1 | 1965-09-27 | Tom Haller | SFG | STL | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | -23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13% | 83% | Home Run; Hart Scores; Alou Scores | ||
| 1966 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 84 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 1966-05-07 | Jim Ray Hart | SFG | @ | STL | ahead 11-0 | t 3 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Mays Scores | |
| 85 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 1966-05-08 | Willie McCovey | SFG | @ | STL | tied 5-5 | t 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 8 | PH | 37% | 86% | Home Run; Hart Scores; Cepeda Scores | |
| 86 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 1966-05-12 | Felipe Alou | ATL | @ | STL | tied 2-2 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 26% | 76% | Home Run | |
| 87 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 1966-06-04 (2) | Mack Jones | ATL | STL | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17% | 80% | Home Run; Alou Scores | ||
| 88 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 1966-06-14 | Ed Kranepool | NYM | STL | behind 0-9 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0% | 0% | Home Run (CF-RF) | ||
| 89 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 1966-07-14 (2) | Gordy Coleman | CIN | STL | behind 2-7 | b 5 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15% | 23% | Home Run; Rose Scores; Pinson Scores | ||
| 90 | 90 | 7 | 2 | 1966-07-14 (2) | Art Shamsky | CIN | STL | behind 5-7 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12% | 35% | Home Run | ||
| 91 | 91 | 8 | 1 | 1966-07-19 | Joe Torre | ATL | @ | STL | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18% | 85% | Home Run; Alou Scores; Mathews Scores; Aaron Scores | |
| 92 | 92 | 9 | 1 | 1966-07-24 (1) | Ron Santo | CHC | STL | ahead 8-6 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6% | 92% | Home Run |
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