
Born: January 6, 1933 in San Diego, CA
High School: Pasadena (Pasadena, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1951.
(All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1952
Final Game: October 4, 1964
Died: October 11, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA
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| 1952 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1952-08-10 (2) | PIT | CHC | Paul Minner | b 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1952-08-17 (2) | PIT | @ | CHC | Dutch Leonard | t 9 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1956-05-13 (2) | PIT | PHI | Saul Rogovin | behind 0-5 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4% | 10% | Home Run | ||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1956-05-19 | PIT | CHC | Sam Jones | b 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1956-05-30 (2) | PIT | NYG | Don Liddle | behind 0-2 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12% | 42% | Home Run | ||
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1956-06-01 | PIT | @ | MLN | Warren Spahn | t 8 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1956-06-10 (1) | PIT | @ | STL | Willard Schmidt | behind 1-3 | t 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21% | 47% | Home Run; Long Scores | |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1956-06-16 | PIT | STL | Herm Wehmeier | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17% | 76% | Home Run; Thomas Scores | ||
| 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1956-06-29 | PIT | NYG | Windy McCall | b 8 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1956-07-01 (2) | PIT | NYG | Dick Littlefield | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1956-07-22 (1) | PIT | @ | CIN | Joe Black | ahead 4-2 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9% | 80% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1956-09-07 | PIT | @ | PHI | Robin Roberts | t 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |||||||
| 13 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1956-09-30 | PIT | @ | BRO | Don Newcombe | behind 5-7 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10% | 20% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1957-06-23 (2) | CHC | NYG | Curt Barclay | behind 0-5 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3% | 7% | Home Run (CF-RF) | ||
| 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1957-07-02 | CHC | CIN | Don Gross | behind 0-5 | b 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10% | 22% | Home Run; Kindall Scores | ||
| 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1957-07-19 (1) | CHC | @ | BRO | Sandy Koufax | tied 1-1 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20% | 66% | Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) | |
| 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1957-07-19 (1) | CHC | @ | BRO | Clem Labine | tied 2-2 | t 10 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 33% | 83% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | |
| 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1957-07-21 (1) | CHC | @ | BRO | Carl Erskine | ahead 3-1 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10% | 81% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | |
| 19 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1957-07-30 (2) | CHC | BRO | Don Newcombe | tied 2-2 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16% | 69% | Home Run (Line Drive) | ||
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1958-04-23 | CHC | @ | LAD | Carl Erskine | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10% | 58% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | |
| 21 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1958-04-24 | CHC | @ | LAD | Don Drysdale | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13% | 69% | Home Run (Fly Ball); Taylor Scores | |
| 22 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1958-04-24 | CHC | @ | LAD | Roger Craig | ahead 8-0 | t 5 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1% | 100% | Home Run (Fly Ball); Tappe Scores; Fodge Scores | |
| 23 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1958-04-24 | CHC | @ | LAD | Ron Negray | ahead 11-0 | t 7 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (Fly Ball); Goryl Scores; Taylor Scores | |
| 24 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1958-04-26 | CHC | @ | SFG | Johnny Antonelli | behind 0-2 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10% | 19% | Home Run | |
| 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1958-04-29 | CHC | MLN | Warren Spahn | behind 1-4 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8% | 19% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 26 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1958-04-29 | CHC | MLN | Warren Spahn | behind 2-8 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0% | 1% | Home Run | ||
| 27 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1958-04-30 | CHC | MLN | Joey Jay | ahead 6-1 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1958-05-01 | CHC | MLN | Lew Burdette | ahead 1-0 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11% | 84% | Home Run | ||
| 29 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 1958-05-13 | CHC | STL | Sam Jones | tied 1-1 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13% | 64% | Home Run | ||
| 30 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 1958-05-14 | CHC | LAD | Don Bessent | ahead 3-2 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11% | 88% | Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF) | ||
| 31 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 1958-05-23 | CHC | @ | PHI | Warren Hacker | ahead 9-4 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 32 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 1958-05-30 (1) | CHC | LAD | Johnny Podres | behind 0-2 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7% | 11% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | ||
| 33 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 1958-06-04 | CHC | PHI | Robin Roberts | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 1958-06-11 | CHC | MLN | Bob Rush | behind 0-5 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10% | 20% | Home Run; Dark Scores | ||
| 35 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 1958-07-02 | CHC | SFG | Stu Miller | tied 1-1 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 36 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 1958-07-04 (1) | CHC | @ | SFG | Al Worthington | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 37 | 37 | 18 | 1 | 1958-07-10 | CHC | PIT | Vern Law | tied 1-1 | b 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18% | 76% | Home Run; Dark Scores/unER | ||
| 38 | 38 | 19 | 1 | 1958-07-13 (1) | CHC | PHI | Jack Meyer | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14% | 53% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 39 | 39 | 20 | 1 | 1958-07-14 | CHC | PHI | Don Cardwell | behind 0-4 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13% | 32% | Home Run (LF-CF); Taylor Scores | ||
| 40 | 40 | 21 | 1 | 1958-07-16 (1) | CHC | CIN | Harvey Haddix | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 41 | 41 | 22 | 1 | 1958-08-12 | CHC | @ | LAD | Babe Birrer | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 0 | --3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5% | 91% | Home Run (Line Drive); Bolger Scores | |
| 42 | 42 | 23 | 2 | 1958-08-12 | CHC | @ | LAD | Carl Erskine | ahead 8-2 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | |
| 43 | 43 | 24 | 1 | 1958-09-07 (1) | CHC | SFG | Mike McCormick | tied 3-3 | b 8 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 9 | 30% | 97% | Home Run; Taylor Scores; Bolger Scores | ||
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 44 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1959-04-17 | CHC | @ | LAD | Stan Williams | behind 0-2 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11% | 31% | Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) | |
| 45 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 1959-04-18 | CHC | @ | LAD | Danny McDevitt | behind 0-3 | t 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15% | 36% | Home Run (Fly Ball); Taylor Scores | |
| 46 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 1959-06-12 | CHC | MLN | Lew Burdette | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11% | 62% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | ||
| 47 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 1959-06-17 | CHC | PIT | Harvey Haddix | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11% | 62% | Home Run (Deep LF Line) | ||
| 48 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 1959-07-14 | CHC | MLN | Juan Pizarro | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18% | 63% | Home Run (Deep LF Line); Taylor Scores | ||
| 49 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 1959-08-16 | CHC | SFG | Johnny Antonelli | tied 2-2 | b 4 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 29% | 85% | Home Run; Banks Scores; Averill Scores | ||
| 50 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 1959-09-10 (2) | CHC | CIN | Jim Bailey | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11% | 62% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 51 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 1959-09-23 | CHC | SFG | Johnny Antonelli | behind 2-3 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 1960 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 52 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1960-04-16 | CIN | @ | PIT | Paul Giel | ahead 8-1 | t 8 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (Deep LF); Bell Scores; Robinson Scores | |
| 53 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1960-08-09 (1) | PHI | STL | Bob Grim | behind 3-4 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 25% | 55% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 54 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 1960-08-24 | PHI | @ | STL | Larry Jackson | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11% | 58% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 55 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 1960-08-26 | PHI | @ | CHC | Bob Anderson | behind 0-2 | t 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 5 | 43% | 63% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Deep LF); Callison Scores; Gonzalez Scores |
| 1961 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 56 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 1961-05-31 | PHI | CHC | Dick Drott | behind 1-3 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 28% | 54% | Home Run (Deep LF); Taylor Scores | ||
| 57 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 1961-06-11 | PHI | @ | LAD | Sandy Koufax | behind 0-1 | t 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 5 | 25% | 69% | Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); Amaro Scores; Taylor Scores | |
| 58 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 1961-07-17 | PHI | @ | SFG | Billy O'Dell | behind 0-2 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10% | 39% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 59 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 1961-07-19 (1) | PHI | MLN | Bob Buhl | behind 0-6 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5% | 10% | Home Run (Deep LF); Gonzalez Scores | ||
| 60 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 1961-07-27 | PHI | LAD | Stan Williams | tied 2-2 | b 3 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 5 | 28% | 82% | Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); Covington Scores; Gonzalez Scores | ||
| 61 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 1961-09-11 | PHI | @ | LAD | Johnny Podres | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10% | 58% | Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) | |
| 62 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 1961-09-11 | PHI | @ | LAD | Johnny Podres | behind 1-5 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6% | 17% | Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) | |
| 63 | 63 | 8 | 1 | 1961-09-22 | PHI | PIT | Tom Sturdivant | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8% | 82% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 1963 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 64 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 1963-05-05 | LAD | @ | PIT | Harvey Haddix | tied 3-3 | t 9 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 8 | PH | 39% | 97% | Home Run; Roseboro Scores; Skowron Scores | |
| 65 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 1963-07-27 | LAD | PHI | Dennis Bennett | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 66 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 1963-09-26 | LAD | NYM | Carl Willey | behind 1-4 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8% | 17% | Home Run |
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