Born: May 4, 1936 in Monroe, NC
High School: Benton Heights (Benton Heights, NC)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1954.
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Debut: June 13, 1957
Final Game: April 24, 1968
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| 1959 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 | 1959-08-13 | Woodie Held | CLE | @ | KCA | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23% | 77% | Home Run (Deep LF); Baxes Scores; Nixon Scores | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1959-09-07 (2) | Ted Kluszewski | CHW | KCA | behind 2-4 | b 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19% | 53% | Home Run (Deep RF); Landis Scores | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1959-09-23 | Al Kaline | DET | KCA | ahead 2-1 | b 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16% | 83% | Home Run (Deep LF); Harris Scores | ||
| 1960 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1960-04-19 | Minnie Minoso | CHW | KCA | tied 9-9 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 37% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1960-07-23 | Harmon Killebrew | WSH | KCA | ahead 5-2 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7% | 96% | Home Run (Deep CF); Lemon Scores | ||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1960-08-19 | Minnie Minoso | CHW | @ | KCA | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6% | 86% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 1963 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1963-04-24 | Johnny Roseboro | LAD | CIN | ahead 2-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7% | 88% | Home Run (Line Drive) | ||
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1963-04-24 | Ron Fairly | LAD | CIN | ahead 3-0 | b 5 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6% | 97% | Home Run; Wills Scores | ||
| 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1963-04-24 | Frank Howard | LAD | CIN | ahead 5-0 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1963-05-29 | Ed Bailey | SFG | @ | CIN | ahead 2-1 | t 6 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 2 | 21% | 93% | Home Run; McCovey Scores; Cepeda Scores | |
| 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1963-06-09 (2) | Clay Dalrymple | PHI | CIN | behind 0-2 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13% | 35% | Home Run | ||
| 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1963-06-17 | Roy Sievers | PHI | @ | CIN | tied 0-0 | t 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 38% | 87% | Home Run; Taylor Scores; Covington Scores | |
| 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1963-06-17 | Don Demeter | PHI | @ | CIN | ahead 3-0 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6% | 92% | Home Run | |
| 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1963-07-07 (2) | Doug Camilli | LAD | CIN | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 18% | 87% | Home Run; McMullen Scores | ||
| 15 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1963-07-14 (1) | Joe Torre | MLN | @ | CIN | behind 0-4 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4% | 9% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 16 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1963-07-29 | Hank Aaron | MLN | CIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19% | 74% | Home Run (Deep LF); Mathews Scores | ||
| 17 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1963-07-29 | Lee Maye | MLN | CIN | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8% | 82% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | ||
| 18 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1963-08-08 | Roy Sievers | PHI | CIN | behind 0-6 | b 9 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1% | 1% | Home Run; Callison Scores; Gonzalez Scores | ||
| 19 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1963-08-14 | Willie Mays | SFG | @ | CIN | behind 1-3 | t 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 8 | 25% | 50% | Home Run; McCovey Scores | |
| 20 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 1963-08-14 | Willie McCovey | SFG | @ | CIN | tied 3-3 | t 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 36% | 82% | Home Run; Hiller Scores | |
| 21 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 1963-08-18 (2) | Billy Williams | CHC | @ | CIN | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 21% | 74% | Home Run; Brock Scores | |
| 22 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 1963-08-18 (2) | Lou Brock | CHC | @ | CIN | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9% | 87% | Home Run (Line Drive) | |
| 23 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 1963-09-01 | Willie Stargell | PIT | CIN | behind 0-3 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10% | 28% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 24 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 1963-09-10 | Hank Aaron | MLN | @ | CIN | behind 0-2 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11% | 38% | Home Run | |
| 25 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 1963-09-10 | Hank Aaron | MLN | @ | CIN | behind 2-4 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12% | 29% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 1963-09-15 | Billy Williams | CHC | CIN | behind 0-3 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3% | 4% | Home Run | ||
| 1964 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 27 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1964-04-24 | Willie McCovey | SFG | @ | CIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19% | 67% | Home Run; Mays Scores | |
| 28 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1964-05-08 | Wes Covington | PHI | CIN | ahead 3-2 | b 4 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 22% | 92% | Home Run; Allen Scores; Callison Scores | ||
| 29 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1964-05-19 | Rico Carty | MLN | @ | CIN | ahead 3-1 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4% | 97% | Home Run | |
| 30 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1964-06-11 | Bob Aspromonte | HOU | CIN | behind 1-2 | b 5 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 46% | 89% | Home Run; Fox Scores/unER; White Scores/unER; Roberts Scores/unER; Aspromonte Scores/unER | ||
| 31 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1964-06-16 | Orlando Cepeda | SFG | CIN | behind 0-8 | b 7 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2% | 2% | Home Run; Hiller Scores; Mays Scores | ||
| 32 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1964-06-22 | Willie McCovey | SFG | @ | CIN | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 37% | 87% | Home Run; Hiller Scores; Alou Scores; Mays Scores | |
| 33 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1964-06-28 (1) | Jerry Lynch | PIT | CIN | behind 0-6 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3% | 6% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1964-07-09 | Clay Dalrymple | PHI | CIN | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 35 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1964-07-14 (1) | John Bateman | HOU | @ | CIN | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11% | 48% | Home Run | |
| 36 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1964-07-18 | Costen Shockley | PHI | @ | CIN | behind 1-6 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4% | 11% | Home Run | |
| 37 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1964-07-18 | Clay Dalrymple | PHI | @ | CIN | behind 2-12 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 38 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 1964-07-22 | Larry Elliot | NYM | @ | CIN | behind 0-2 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11% | 32% | Home Run | |
| 39 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 1964-07-26 (2) | Willie Stargell | PIT | @ | CIN | ahead 2-1 | t 4 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13% | 89% | Home Run; Clemente Scores/unER; Lynch Scores | |
| 40 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 1964-08-05 | Eddie Mathews | MLN | @ | CIN | behind 1-2 | t 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 5 | 49% | 74% | Home Run; Kolb Scores | |
| 41 | 41 | 15 | 1 | 1964-08-09 | Willie Mays | SFG | @ | CIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16% | 70% | Home Run; Snider Scores | |
| 42 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 1964-08-09 | Willie McCovey | SFG | @ | CIN | ahead 2-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8% | 78% | Home Run | |
| 43 | 43 | 17 | 1 | 1964-09-03 | Billy Williams | CHC | @ | CIN | ahead 1-0 | t 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 19% | 84% | Home Run; Stewart Scores | |
| 44 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 1964-09-07 (2) | Lou Brock | STL | CIN | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 45 | 45 | 19 | 2 | 1964-09-07 (2) | Tim McCarver | STL | CIN | behind 1-2 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 23% | 59% | Home Run | ||
| 46 | 46 | 20 | 1 | 1964-09-12 | Gene Oliver | MLN | CIN | ahead 4-2 | b 6 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8% | 98% | Home Run; Carty Scores; Torre Scores | ||
| 1965 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 47 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1965-04-15 | Curt Flood | STL | CIN | behind 3-9 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1% | 2% | Home Run | ||
| 48 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1965-04-23 | Curt Flood | STL | @ | CIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 49 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1965-05-06 | Derrell Griffith | LAD | @ | CIN | tied 2-2 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 50 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 1965-05-16 (1) | Johnny Lewis | NYM | CIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17% | 74% | Home Run (LF-CF); McMillan Scores | ||
| 51 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 1965-05-16 (2) | Charley Smith | NYM | CIN | ahead 7-3 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3% | 97% | Home Run | ||
| 52 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 1965-05-23 | Johnny Callison | PHI | @ | CIN | ahead 2-0 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7% | 92% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 53 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 1965-05-28 | Dick Schofield | SFG | CIN | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11% | 55% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 54 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 1965-05-28 | Jim Ray Hart | SFG | CIN | behind 1-2 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12% | 55% | Home Run | ||
| 55 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 1965-06-10 | Bill White | STL | CIN | behind 5-8 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19% | 35% | Home Run; Groat Scores | ||
| 56 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 1965-06-16 | Charley Smith | NYM | @ | CIN | behind 3-8 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1% | 1% | Home Run | |
| 57 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 1965-06-27 (1) | Frank Bolling | MLN | CIN | behind 1-9 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1% | 2% | Home Run (LF-CF); Jones Scores | ||
| 58 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 1965-06-27 (1) | Joe Torre | MLN | CIN | behind 6-9 | b 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 2 | 38% | 52% | Home Run; de la Hoz Scores/unER; Aaron Scores/unER; Torre Scores/unER | ||
| 59 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 1965-06-30 | Ed Kranepool | NYM | CIN | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11% | 77% | Home Run | ||
| 60 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 1965-07-17 | Johnny Briggs | PHI | @ | CIN | behind 0-1 | t 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 19% | 62% | Home Run; Culp Scores | |
| 61 | 61 | 15 | 1 | 1965-07-21 | Willie McCovey | SFG | CIN | behind 1-4 | b 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11% | 19% | Home Run; Alou Scores | ||
| 62 | 62 | 16 | 1 | 1965-08-05 | Willie Mays | SFG | @ | CIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18% | 77% | Home Run (LF-CF); Schofield Scores; Alou Scores | |
| 63 | 63 | 17 | 1 | 1965-09-16 | Ron Hunt | NYM | CIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11% | 64% | Home Run | ||
| 64 | 64 | 18 | 2 | 1965-09-16 | John Stephenson | NYM | CIN | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 22% | 90% | Home Run; Kranepool Scores; Christopher Scores | ||
| 1967 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 65 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 1967-09-23 | Ernie Banks | CHC | CIN | ahead 4-1 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7% | 96% | Home Run; Beckert Scores | ||
| 1968 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 66 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1968-04-12 | Sonny Jackson | ATL | CIN | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 67 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 1968-04-12 | Phil Niekro | ATL | CIN | tied 1-1 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 24% | 81% | Home Run | ||
| 68 | 68 | 3 | 3 | 1968-04-12 | Bob Tillman | ATL | CIN | ahead 2-1 | b 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15% | 95% | Home Run; Aaron Scores | ||
| 69 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 1968-04-19 | Hank Aaron | ATL | @ | CIN | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 25% | 72% | Home Run; Jackson Scores | |
| 70 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 1968-04-19 | Sandy Valdespino | ATL | @ | CIN | ahead 2-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9% | 81% | Home Run | |
| 71 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 1968-04-24 | Mike Shannon | STL | CIN | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13% | 67% | Home Run |
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