
Born: December 27, 1912 in Oakland, CA
High School: Roosevelt (Oakland, CA)
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Debut: April 30, 1937
Final Game: September 23, 1945
Died: May 19, 1969 in Oakland, CA
Relatives: Brother of Johnny Tobin
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| 1937 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1937-09-12 (2) | Augie Galan | CHC | @ | PIT | t 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 1938 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1938-04-20 | Don Gutteridge | STL | PIT | b 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Lead-Off | ||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1938-04-20 | Enos Slaughter | STL | PIT | b 9 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1938-05-25 | Heinie Mueller | PHI | PIT | b 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1938-06-19 (1) | Morrie Arnovich | PHI | PIT | b 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1938-06-19 (1) | Spud Davis | PHI | PIT | b 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1938-06-19 (1) | Hersh Martin | PHI | PIT | b 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1938-07-09 | Joe Medwick | STL | PIT | b 3 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1938-07-09 | Johnny Mize | STL | PIT | b 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1938-08-07 (1) | Mel Ott | NYG | PIT | b 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1938-08-12 | Stan Hack | CHC | @ | PIT | t 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1938-08-18 | Johnny Mize | STL | PIT | b 5 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1938-08-22 | Carl Reynolds | CHC | PIT | b 9 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1938-09-11 | Johnny Mize | STL | PIT | b 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 15 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1938-09-15 | George Myatt | NYG | PIT | b 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1938-09-30 (1) | Wally Berger | CIN | PIT | b 5 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 17 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1938-09-30 (1) | Ernie Lombardi | CIN | PIT | b 5 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 18 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1938-10-02 | Wally Berger | CIN | PIT | b 8 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 1939 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1939-05-26 | Carl Reynolds | CHC | PIT | b 5 | 1 | PH | |||||
| 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1939-05-26 | Dick Bartell | CHC | PIT | b 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 21 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1939-05-30 (1) | Johnny Mize | STL | PIT | b 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 22 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1939-06-15 | Max West | BSN | @ | PIT | t 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 23 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1939-07-09 (2) | Johnny Mize | STL | @ | PIT | t 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 24 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1939-07-21 | Tom Hafey | NYG | PIT | b 6 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 25 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1939-08-19 | Augie Galan | CHC | @ | PIT | t 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 1940 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1940-08-18 (1) | Dixie Walker | BRO | BSN | b 5 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 27 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1940-08-18 (1) | Dolph Camilli | BRO | BSN | b 7 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 28 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1940-08-23 | Ernie Lombardi | CIN | BSN | b 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 29 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1940-08-27 | Terry Moore | STL | BSN | b 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 30 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1940-08-27 | Marty Marion | STL | BSN | b 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 31 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1940-09-01 (1) | Bennie Warren | PHI | @ | BSN | t 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 32 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1940-09-12 (1) | Enos Slaughter | STL | @ | BSN | t 3 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| 33 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1940-09-12 (1) | Marty Marion | STL | @ | BSN | t 8 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 1941 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 34 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1941-04-18 | Pete Reiser | BRO | @ | BSN | t 2 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 35 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1941-04-22 | Danny Litwhiler | PHI | @ | BSN | t 4 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 36 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1941-05-07 | Vince DiMaggio | PIT | @ | BSN | t 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 37 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 1941-05-13 | Hank Leiber | CHC | BSN | b 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 38 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 1941-05-21 | Vince DiMaggio | PIT | BSN | b 3 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 39 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1941-05-30 (1) | Danny Litwhiler | PHI | BSN | b 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 40 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1941-06-03 | Arky Vaughan | PIT | @ | BSN | t 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 41 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1941-06-09 | Dom Dallessandro | CHC | @ | BSN | t 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 42 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1941-08-08 | Joe Medwick | BRO | BSN | b 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 43 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 1941-08-17 (1) | Dolph Camilli | BRO | @ | BSN | t 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 44 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 1941-09-17 (2) | Estel Crabtree | STL | BSN | tied 2-2 | b 9 | 1 | 7 | Walk-Off | |||
| 45 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 1941-09-21 (1) | Babe Young | NYG | BSN | b 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 1942 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 46 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1942-04-15 | Danny Litwhiler | PHI | BSN | b 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 47 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 1942-04-30 | Dom Dallessandro | CHC | BSN | b 9 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 48 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 1942-05-09 | Danny Litwhiler | PHI | @ | BSN | t 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 49 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1942-05-13 | Bill Nicholson | CHC | @ | BSN | t 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 50 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 1942-05-17 | Frank McCormick | CIN | @ | BSN | t 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 51 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 1942-05-17 | Bucky Walters | CIN | @ | BSN | t 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 52 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 1942-05-17 | Eddie Joost | CIN | @ | BSN | t 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 53 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 1942-05-22 | Bobby Bragan | PHI | BSN | b 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 54 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 1942-05-27 | Billy Herman | BRO | @ | BSN | t 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 55 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 1942-06-06 | Bert Haas | CIN | BSN | b 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 56 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 1942-06-06 | Bucky Walters | CIN | BSN | b 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 57 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 1942-06-06 | Frank McCormick | CIN | BSN | b 7 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 58 | 58 | 13 | 1 | 1942-06-24 (1) | Ken O'Dea | STL | @ | BSN | t 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 59 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 1942-07-05 (1) | Dolph Camilli | BRO | @ | BSN | t 8 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 60 | 60 | 15 | 1 | 1942-08-15 | Pete Reiser | BRO | BSN | b 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 61 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 1942-08-15 | Dolph Camilli | BRO | BSN | behind 3-4 | b 9 | 2 | 3 | Walk-Off | |||
| 62 | 62 | 17 | 1 | 1942-08-18 | Mel Ott | NYG | BSN | b 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 63 | 63 | 18 | 1 | 1942-08-27 | Elbie Fletcher | PIT | BSN | b 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| 64 | 64 | 19 | 2 | 1942-08-27 | Hank Gornicki | PIT | BSN | b 7 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 65 | 65 | 20 | 1 | 1942-09-16 | Enos Slaughter | STL | @ | BSN | t 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 1943 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 66 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1943-04-27 | Sid Gordon | NYG | BSN | b 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 67 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 1943-05-27 | Whitey Kurowski | STL | BSN | b 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 68 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 1943-06-20 (2) | Schoolboy Rowe | PHI | @ | BSN | t 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 69 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 1943-06-30 (2) | Clyde McCullough | CHC | @ | BSN | t 6 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 70 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 1943-08-22 (1) | Walker Cooper | STL | @ | BSN | t 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 71 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 1943-09-05 (1) | Buster Adams | PHI | BSN | b 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 72 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 1943-09-11 | Mel Ott | NYG | BSN | behind 1-3 | b 9 | 2 | PH | ||||
| 73 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 1943-09-11 | Mickey Witek | NYG | BSN | tied 3-3 | b 13 | 1 | 4 | Walk-Off | |||
| 74 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 1943-09-16 (1) | Ron Northey | PHI | @ | BSN | t 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 75 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 1943-09-16 (1) | Coaker Triplett | PHI | @ | BSN | t 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 76 | 76 | 11 | 1 | 1943-09-19 (1) | Ron Northey | PHI | @ | BSN | t 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 77 | 77 | 12 | 2 | 1943-09-19 (1) | Andy Seminick | PHI | @ | BSN | t 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 1944 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 78 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 1944-04-19 | Mel Ott | NYG | BSN | b 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 79 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 1944-05-15 | Chuck Aleno | CIN | BSN | b 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 80 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 1944-05-19 | Walker Cooper | STL | BSN | b 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 81 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 1944-05-28 (1) | Phil Cavarretta | CHC | @ | BSN | t 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 82 | 82 | 5 | 2 | 1944-05-28 (1) | Bill Nicholson | CHC | @ | BSN | t 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 83 | 83 | 6 | 1 | 1944-06-18 (1) | Phil Weintraub | NYG | @ | BSN | t 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 84 | 84 | 7 | 1 | 1944-06-25 (2) | Ernie Lombardi | NYG | BSN | b 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 85 | 85 | 8 | 1 | 1944-07-16 (1) | Augie Galan | BRO | @ | BSN | t 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 86 | 86 | 9 | 2 | 1944-07-16 (1) | Dixie Walker | BRO | @ | BSN | t 8 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 87 | 87 | 10 | 1 | 1944-07-24 | Johnny Hopp | STL | @ | BSN | t 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 88 | 88 | 11 | 1 | 1944-08-01 | Babe Dahlgren | PIT | @ | BSN | t 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 89 | 89 | 12 | 1 | 1944-08-13 (1) | Al Lopez | PIT | BSN | b 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 90 | 90 | 13 | 2 | 1944-08-13 (1) | Rip Sewell | PIT | BSN | b 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 91 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 1944-08-22 (1) | Marty Marion | STL | BSN | b 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| 92 | 92 | 15 | 2 | 1944-08-22 (1) | Stan Musial | STL | BSN | b 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 93 | 93 | 16 | 1 | 1944-08-25 (1) | Ron Northey | PHI | @ | BSN | t 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 94 | 94 | 17 | 1 | 1944-09-21 (2) | Stan Musial | STL | @ | BSN | t 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 95 | 95 | 18 | 2 | 1944-09-21 (2) | Walker Cooper | STL | @ | BSN | t 9 | 2 | PH | ||||
| 1945 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | R | BOP | Pos | Notes | ||
| 96 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 1945-04-19 (2) | Ernie Lombardi | NYG | @ | BSN | t 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 97 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 1945-05-05 (1) | Ernie Lombardi | NYG | BSN | b 6 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 98 | 98 | 3 | 1 | 1945-06-15 | Luis Olmo | BRO | @ | BSN | t 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 99 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 1945-06-19 | George Hausmann | NYG | BSN | b 6 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 100 | 100 | 5 | 2 | 1945-06-19 | Johnny Rucker | NYG | BSN | b 6 | 1 | 8 | IPHR | ||||
| 101 | 101 | 6 | 1 | 1945-06-28 | Steve Mesner | CIN | @ | BSN | t 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 102 | 102 | 7 | 1 | 1945-07-05 | Stan Hack | CHC | @ | BSN | t 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 103 | 103 | 8 | 1 | 1945-07-08 (2) | Pete Coscarart | PIT | @ | BSN | t 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Lead-Off | |
| 104 | 104 | 9 | 1 | 1945-08-03 (1) | Luis Olmo | BRO | @ | BSN | t 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 105 | 105 | 10 | 1 | 1945-08-08 (2) | Phil Cavarretta | CHC | @ | BSN | t 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 106 | 106 | 11 | 1 | 1945-08-15 | George Binks | WSH | @ | DET | ahead 2-0 | t 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 107 | 107 | 12 | 1 | 1945-09-06 (1) | Aaron Robinson | NYY | DET | b 3 | 3 | 2 |
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