Born: November 17, 1929 in Royal Oak, MI
High School: Kimball (Royal Oak, MI)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948.
(All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1951
Final Game: May 2, 1959
Died: January 31, 1999 in Birmingham, AL
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| 1955 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 | 1955-04-26 | BOS | @ | KCA | Arnie Portocarrero | behind 2-3 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1955-05-27 | BOS | WSH | Bob Porterfield | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16% | 78% | Home Run; Stephens Scores | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1955-05-27 | BOS | WSH | Dean Stone | ahead 5-0 | b 2 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6% | 98% | Home Run; Brewer Scores/unER; Stephens Scores/unER; Jensen Scores/unER; Zauchin Scores/unER | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1955-05-27 | BOS | WSH | Ted Abernathy | ahead 12-0 | b 5 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Goodman Scores; Jensen Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1955-05-30 (1) | BOS | BAL | Harry Byrd | behind 4-6 | b 8 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 36% | 56% | Home Run; Jensen Scores | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1955-06-03 | BOS | @ | KCA | Johnny Sain | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1955-06-04 | BOS | @ | KCA | Art Ditmar | ahead 1-0 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 19% | 86% | Home Run; Jensen Scores | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1955-06-05 (2) | BOS | @ | KCA | Ray Herbert | behind 1-2 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1955-06-14 | BOS | KCA | Art Ditmar | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 23% | 82% | Home Run; Klaus Scores; Williams Scores | ||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1955-06-16 | BOS | KCA | Cloyd Boyer | behind 4-6 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14% | 32% | Home Run | ||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1955-06-19 | BOS | CLE | Herb Score | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13% | 56% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1955-06-22 | BOS | DET | Frank Lary | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17% | 85% | Home Run; Williams Scores; Jensen Scores | ||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1955-06-23 | BOS | DET | Duke Maas | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20% | 73% | Home Run (LF-CF); Williams Scores | ||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1955-06-26 (1) | BOS | CHW | Virgil Trucks | tied 1-1 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10% | 65% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1955-06-28 (2) | BOS | @ | WSH | Bob Porterfield | behind 0-2 | t 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 36% | 50% | Home Run (Deep LF); Jensen Scores | |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1955-07-01 | BOS | @ | BAL | Harry Dorish | tied 3-3 | t 13 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 39% | 83% | Home Run | |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1955-07-04 (2) | BOS | @ | NYY | Jim Konstanty | ahead 7-5 | t 9 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7% | 99% | Home Run (Deep LF); Goodman Scores/unER; Jensen Scores/unER; Zauchin Scores/unER | |
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1955-07-07 | BOS | WSH | Bob Porterfield | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 23% | 78% | Home Run (Deep LF); Goodman Scores; Williams Scores | ||
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1955-07-19 | BOS | @ | KCA | Art Ditmar | ahead 4-2 | t 6 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14% | 91% | Home Run; Williams Scores | |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1955-07-22 | BOS | @ | CHW | Mike Fornieles | behind 3-10 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1% | 2% | Home Run | |
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1955-08-04 | BOS | CHW | Billy Pierce | behind 1-2 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1955-08-07 | BOS | KCA | Art Ditmar | behind 1-2 | b 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 22% | 71% | Home Run; Williams Scores; Jensen Scores | ||
| 23 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 1955-08-14 (1) | BOS | WSH | Spec Shea | behind 2-5 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 19% | 36% | Home Run; Jensen Scores | ||
| 24 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 1955-08-14 (1) | BOS | WSH | Dean Stone | ahead 7-5 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6% | 98% | Home Run; Jensen Scores | ||
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1955-08-31 | BOS | @ | CHW | Bob Keegan | behind 0-4 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4% | 10% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 1955-09-10 | BOS | CLE | Art Houtteman | tied 4-4 | b 5 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15% | 88% | Home Run; Williams Scores; Jensen Scores | ||
| 27 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 1955-09-11 (1) | BOS | CHW | Harry Byrd | ahead 5-1 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 1956 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 28 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1956-05-04 | BOS | DET | Paul Foytack | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 29 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1956-05-07 | BOS | CLE | Art Houtteman | ahead 4-0 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 1957 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 30 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1957-06-01 | BOS | @ | WSH | Evelio Hernandez | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 95% | Home Run; Williams Scores; Jensen Scores | |
| 31 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1957-07-26 | BOS | CLE | Don Mossi | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9% | 75% | Home Run | ||
| 32 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1957-08-26 | BOS | @ | KCA | Tom Morgan | t 7 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1958 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 33 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1958-04-20 | WSH | BOS | George Susce | ahead 4-2 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8% | 83% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1958-04-23 | WSH | NYY | Johnny Kucks | behind 2-4 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14% | 38% | Home Run | ||
| 35 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1958-05-09 | WSH | @ | NYY | Bob Turley | behind 2-3 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 22% | 63% | Home Run; Lemon Scores | |
| 36 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1958-05-21 | WSH | @ | KCA | Ralph Terry | ahead 2-1 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13% | 81% | Home Run | |
| 37 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1958-06-23 | WSH | @ | KCA | Murry Dickson | behind 0-5 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2% | 5% | Home Run | |
| 38 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1958-06-28 | WSH | @ | CHW | Jim Wilson | ahead 2-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9% | 81% | Home Run | |
| 39 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1958-06-29 (1) | WSH | @ | CHW | Bob Keegan | ahead 10-0 | t 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Bridges Scores/unER; Zauchin Scores/unER | |
| 40 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 1958-07-01 | WSH | @ | BOS | Ike Delock | behind 2-10 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0% | 1% | Home Run | |
| 41 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 1958-07-20 (1) | WSH | CHW | Dick Donovan | behind 1-4 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9% | 24% | Home Run | ||
| 42 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1958-07-22 (1) | WSH | @ | CLE | Cal McLish | tied 2-2 | t 12 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 39% | 83% | Home Run | |
| 43 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 1958-07-27 (1) | WSH | @ | DET | Frank Lary | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18% | 68% | Home Run; Courtney Scores | |
| 44 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 1958-08-27 | WSH | CHW | Billy Pierce | behind 0-2 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13% | 30% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 45 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 1958-08-31 | WSH | NYY | Johnny Kucks | behind 3-7 | b 9 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7% | 10% | Home Run; Sievers Scores; Courtney Scores | ||
| 46 | 46 | 14 | 1 | 1958-09-03 | WSH | BAL | Arnie Portocarrero | behind 0-2 | b 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 3 | 36% | 52% | Home Run; Plews Scores | ||
| 47 | 47 | 15 | 1 | 1958-09-13 | WSH | @ | KCA | Tom Gorman | ahead 7-5 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7% | 92% | Home Run | |
| 1959 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 48 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1959-04-14 | WSH | @ | BOS | Murray Wall | behind 2-7 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1% | 1% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 49 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1959-04-16 | WSH | @ | BOS | Herb Moford | ahead 3-2 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11% | 71% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 50 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 1959-04-30 | WSH | @ | DET | Paul Foytack | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16% | 80% | Home Run; Killebrew Scores |
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