
Born: February 12, 1939 in Ada, OK
High School: Byng (Byng, OK)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1957.
(All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1957
Final Game: September 25, 1964
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| 1957 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 | 1957-08-28 | Rocky Colavito | CLE | BAL | behind 4-19 | b 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Strickland Scores | ||
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1958-04-19 | Gil McDougald | NYY | BAL | ahead 2-0 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3% | 98% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1958-09-09 | Preston Ward | KCA | BAL | ahead 6-2 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4% | 95% | Home Run | ||
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1959-05-01 | Joe DeMaestri | KCA | BAL | behind 0-3 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9% | 25% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | ||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1959-05-07 | Reno Bertoia | WSH | BAL | behind 0-10 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0% | 0% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1959-05-15 | Lou Berberet | DET | @ | BAL | tied 0-0 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 20% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1959-05-24 (2) | Norm Siebern | NYY | @ | BAL | behind 0-2 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10% | 22% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1959-05-30 (2) | Dick Gernert | BOS | BAL | behind 0-3 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10% | 29% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1959-05-30 (2) | Ted Williams | BOS | BAL | behind 2-3 | b 7 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 43% | 76% | Home Run (Deep RF); Runnels Scores | ||
| 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1959-06-04 | Earl Torgeson | CHW | BAL | tied 5-5 | b 17 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 3 | 47% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1959-06-10 | Minnie Minoso | CLE | @ | BAL | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 7 | 26% | 75% | Home Run (Deep LF); Francona Scores; Colavito Scores | |
| 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1959-06-10 | Billy Martin | CLE | @ | BAL | ahead 3-1 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9% | 78% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1959-06-10 | Rocky Colavito | CLE | @ | BAL | ahead 4-3 | t 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17% | 79% | Home Run (Deep LF); Power Scores | |
| 14 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1959-07-02 | Hector Lopez | NYY | @ | BAL | behind 0-3 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8% | 21% | Home Run | |
| 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1959-07-22 | Dick Williams | KCA | BAL | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14% | 53% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 16 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1959-09-06 | Yogi Berra | NYY | BAL | behind 1-4 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8% | 19% | Home Run | ||
| 1960 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1960-04-26 | Jim Lemon | WSH | BAL | behind 0-5 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5% | 16% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1960-04-26 | Dan Dobbek | WSH | BAL | behind 1-5 | b 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14% | 29% | Home Run (Deep RF); Abernathy Scores | ||
| 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1960-06-05 | Jose Valdivielso | WSH | BAL | behind 0-2 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13% | 41% | Home Run (Deep CF) | ||
| 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1960-06-05 | Billy Gardner | WSH | BAL | behind 1-2 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16% | 54% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1960-06-11 | Norm Siebern | KCA | @ | BAL | behind 1-4 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9% | 26% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 22 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1960-06-11 | Danny Kravitz | KCA | @ | BAL | behind 2-4 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11% | 34% | Home Run | |
| 23 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1960-06-23 | Jim Landis | CHW | BAL | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 8 | 12% | 67% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 24 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1960-06-23 | Roy Sievers | CHW | BAL | behind 1-3 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3% | 5% | Home Run (Deep CF) | ||
| 25 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1960-06-23 | Al Smith | CHW | BAL | behind 2-3 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 49% | 53% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 26 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1960-07-10 | Dan Dobbek | WSH | @ | BAL | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12% | 58% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 27 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 1960-07-10 | Jim Lemon | WSH | @ | BAL | tied 1-1 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 42% | 81% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 28 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1960-07-23 (1) | Frank Bolling | DET | @ | BAL | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19% | 69% | Home Run; Cash Scores | |
| 29 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 1960-08-10 | Norm Cash | DET | BAL | behind 0-3 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18% | 31% | Home Run; Kaline Scores | ||
| 30 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 1960-08-15 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | BAL | behind 0-2 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 22% | 56% | Home Run (Deep RF); Lopez Scores | ||
| 31 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 1960-08-18 | Harmon Killebrew | WSH | @ | BAL | behind 5-10 | t 9 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2% | 3% | Home Run (Deep LF); Gardner Scores; Green Scores | |
| 1961 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 32 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1961-04-17 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19% | 71% | Home Run (Deep RF); Berra Scores | ||
| 33 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1961-05-13 | Floyd Robinson | CHW | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10% | 65% | Lead-Off | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 34 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1961-05-13 | Minnie Minoso | CHW | KCA | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9% | 72% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 35 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1961-06-11 (1) | Willie Kirkland | CLE | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11% | 64% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 36 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1961-06-11 (1) | Chuck Essegian | CLE | KCA | behind 2-3 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 41% | 77% | Home Run (Deep LF); Temple Scores | ||
| 37 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1961-06-23 | Pete Runnels | BOS | @ | KCA | ahead 3-1 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 3 | 11% | 96% | Home Run (Deep RF Line); Buddin Scores | |
| 38 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1961-06-27 (2) | Jim Gentile | BAL | @ | KCA | ahead 5-2 | t 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3% | 99% | Home Run (Deep LF); Brandt Scores | |
| 39 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1961-07-16 (2) | Rocky Colavito | DET | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15% | 79% | Home Run (Deep LF); Kaline Scores | ||
| 40 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1961-07-16 (2) | Norm Cash | DET | KCA | ahead 2-0 | b 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9% | 95% | Home Run (Deep RF); Colavito Scores | ||
| 41 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 1961-07-16 (2) | Dick McAuliffe | DET | KCA | ahead 4-0 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3% | 97% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 42 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 1961-07-25 | Willie Kirkland | CLE | @ | KCA | ahead 1-0 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12% | 86% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 43 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 1961-07-30 | Gene Green | WSA | @ | KCA | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11% | 57% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 44 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 1961-08-05 | Don Buddin | BOS | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19% | 72% | Home Run (Deep LF); Hardy Scores | ||
| 45 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 1961-08-14 | Harmon Killebrew | MIN | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10% | 61% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 46 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 1961-08-14 | Billy Martin | MIN | KCA | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18% | 88% | Home Run (Deep LF); Kaat Scores/unER; Green Scores | ||
| 47 | 47 | 16 | 1 | 1961-08-26 | Tony Kubek | NYY | @ | KCA | ahead 3-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5% | 92% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 48 | 48 | 17 | 2 | 1961-08-26 | Roger Maris | NYY | @ | KCA | ahead 4-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4% | 95% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 49 | 49 | 18 | 1 | 1961-08-31 (1) | Leon Wagner | LAA | KCA | behind 0-6 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3% | 9% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 50 | 50 | 19 | 1 | 1961-09-12 | Dick Brown | DET | KCA | behind 0-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15% | 57% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 51 | 51 | 20 | 1 | 1961-09-16 | Ken Retzer | WSA | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13% | 69% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 52 | 52 | 21 | 1 | 1961-09-22 | Willie Kirkland | CLE | @ | KCA | behind 0-4 | t 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10% | 19% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Power Scores | |
| 53 | 53 | 22 | 1 | 1961-09-27 | Bubba Morton | DET | @ | KCA | ahead 2-1 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12% | 78% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 54 | 54 | 23 | 2 | 1961-09-27 | Rocky Colavito | DET | @ | KCA | ahead 3-1 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8% | 86% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 1962 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 55 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 1962-04-14 | Sherm Lollar | CHW | @ | KCA | behind 0-5 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5% | 14% | Home Run | |
| 56 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 1962-04-14 | Floyd Robinson | CHW | @ | KCA | behind 1-6 | t 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5% | 7% | Home Run; Cunningham Scores | |
| 57 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 1962-05-01 | Al Kaline | DET | @ | KCA | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12% | 62% | Home Run | |
| 58 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 1962-05-05 (1) | Bubba Phillips | CLE | @ | KCA | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10% | 68% | Home Run | |
| 59 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 1962-05-10 | Jim Gentile | BAL | KCA | behind 0-2 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20% | 51% | Home Run; Robinson Scores | ||
| 60 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 1962-05-10 | Charley Lau | BAL | KCA | tied 2-2 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 61 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 1962-05-16 | Willie Kirkland | CLE | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19% | 71% | Home Run; Luplow Scores | ||
| 62 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 1962-05-16 | Chuck Essegian | CLE | KCA | behind 2-3 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 63 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 1962-05-21 | Eddie Bressoud | BOS | KCA | behind 4-10 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 64 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 1962-05-26 | Lee Thomas | LAA | @ | KCA | behind 2-5 | t 5 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 27% | 45% | Home Run; Moran Scores; Wagner Scores | |
| 65 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 1962-05-26 | Lee Thomas | LAA | @ | KCA | behind 5-7 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11% | 23% | Home Run | |
| 66 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 1962-06-10 (1) | Earl Averill | LAA | KCA | behind 1-2 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12% | 55% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 67 | 67 | 13 | 2 | 1962-06-10 (1) | Billy Moran | LAA | KCA | tied 2-2 | b 2 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25% | 81% | Home Run (Deep LF); Torres Scores; McBride Scores | ||
| 68 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 1962-06-15 | Harmon Killebrew | MIN | @ | KCA | behind 0-2 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11% | 38% | Home Run | |
| 69 | 69 | 15 | 1 | 1962-06-20 | Buck Rodgers | LAA | @ | KCA | t 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 70 | 70 | 16 | 2 | 1962-06-20 | Leon Wagner | LAA | @ | KCA | t 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||||||
| 71 | 71 | 17 | 1 | 1962-07-03 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | KCA | behind 0-4 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13% | 22% | Home Run; Maris Scores | ||
| 72 | 72 | 18 | 2 | 1962-07-03 | Bobby Richardson | NYY | KCA | behind 2-7 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2% | 5% | Home Run | ||
| 73 | 73 | 19 | 3 | 1962-07-03 | Roger Maris | NYY | KCA | behind 3-7 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4% | 9% | Home Run | ||
| 74 | 74 | 20 | 1 | 1962-07-07 | Bud Zipfel | WSA | @ | KCA | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11% | 58% | Home Run | |
| 75 | 75 | 21 | 2 | 1962-07-07 | Jim King | WSA | @ | KCA | ahead 3-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8% | 89% | Home Run | |
| 76 | 76 | 22 | 1 | 1962-07-13 | Lou Clinton | BOS | @ | KCA | behind 3-9 | t 5 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9% | 12% | Home Run; Hardy Scores; Runnels Scores | |
| 77 | 77 | 23 | 1 | 1962-07-15 (1) | Yogi Berra | NYY | @ | KCA | tied 6-6 | t 10 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 2 | 42% | 92% | Home Run; Mantle Scores | |
| 78 | 78 | 24 | 1 | 1962-07-20 | Dick McAuliffe | DET | @ | KCA | ahead 5-1 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3% | 96% | Home Run | |
| 79 | 79 | 25 | 1 | 1962-08-19 | Mickey Mantle | NYY | @ | KCA | ahead 6-1 | t 4 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6% | 99% | Home Run; Terry Scores; Tresh Scores; Maris Scores | |
| 80 | 80 | 26 | 2 | 1962-08-19 | Elston Howard | NYY | @ | KCA | ahead 11-1 | t 6 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Maris Scores; Mantle Scores | |
| 81 | 81 | 27 | 1 | 1962-08-23 | Eddie Bressoud | BOS | @ | KCA | ahead 6-0 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Geiger Scores | |
| 1963 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 82 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 1963-04-28 | Joe Pepitone | NYY | CLE | ahead 4-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 83 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 1963-05-17 | Bob Allison | MIN | @ | CLE | ahead 8-3 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | |
| 84 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 1963-05-30 (1) | Ron Hansen | CHW | CLE | tied 4-4 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18% | 75% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 85 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 1963-06-24 | Gary Geiger | BOS | CLE | tied 5-5 | b 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 44% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Mejias Scores | |
| 86 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 1963-07-03 | Bob Tillman | BOS | @ | CLE | ahead 3-2 | t 9 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14% | 99% | Home Run; Geiger Scores; Malzone Scores | |
| 87 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 1963-07-06 | Roger Maris | NYY | @ | CLE | ahead 9-2 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Richardson Scores | |
| 88 | 88 | 7 | 1 | 1963-07-21 (1) | Harry Bright | NYY | CLE | ahead 3-0 | b 8 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; Richardson Scores | ||
| 89 | 89 | 8 | 1 | 1963-07-24 (1) | Don Mincher | MIN | @ | CLE | ahead 6-0 | t 7 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Versalles Scores | |
| 90 | 90 | 9 | 1 | 1963-07-29 | Felix Torres | LAA | @ | CLE | ahead 4-0 | t 3 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7% | 98% | Home Run; Wagner Scores; Rodgers Scores; Hunt Scores | |
| 91 | 91 | 10 | 1 | 1963-08-02 | Rocky Colavito | DET | CLE | ahead 6-2 | b 7 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; McAuliffe Scores; Kaline Scores | ||
| 92 | 92 | 11 | 1 | 1963-08-16 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | CLE | ahead 4-1 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4% | 96% | Home Run | ||
| 93 | 93 | 12 | 1 | 1963-08-28 (1) | Nellie Fox | CHW | @ | CLE | ahead 5-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3% | 95% | Home Run | |
| 94 | 94 | 13 | 1 | 1963-09-02 (2) | Ed Hobaugh | WSA | @ | CLE | ahead 5-3 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9% | 81% | Home Run | |
| 95 | 95 | 14 | 1 | 1963-09-10 | Bob Allison | MIN | CLE | behind 3-4 | b 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 30% | 68% | Home Run; Killebrew Scores | ||
| 96 | 96 | 15 | 1 | 1963-09-27 | Ed Charles | KCA | CLE | ahead 2-1 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 1964 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 97 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 1964-05-10 (1) | Roger Maris | NYY | @ | CLE | ahead 5-0 | t 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5% | 96% | Home Run; Richardson Scores |
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