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incomplete
(3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have
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completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the
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Summary of 51 Home Runs
- (For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)
0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 3 tying, 23 go ahead
| DET | 29 |
| NYG | 22 |
| vs RHP | 36 |
| vs LHP | 15 |
| Home | 30 |
| Away | 21 |
| 1 | 21 |
| 0 | 20 |
| 2 | 10 |
| BAL | 7 |
| CIN | 6 |
| PIT | 5 |
| PHI | 4 |
| KCA | 4 |
| Pedro Ramos | 2 |
| Jackie Collum | 2 |
| Robin Roberts | 2 |
| Milt Pappas | 1 |
| Red Witt | 1 |
| Tiger Stad (DET) | 17 |
| Polo Grounds (NYC) | 13 |
| Crosley Fld (CIN) | 3 |
| Munic. Stad (KAN) | 2 |
| ClevelandStd (CLE) | 2 |
| 9 | 34 |
| 89 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 |
General field
locations
when available.
when available.
| 1·HR gms | 45 |
| 2·HR gms | 3 |
Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.
are not shown.
| --- | 29 |
| 1-- | 12 |
| 12- | 6 |
| -2- | 2 |
| 1-3 | 2 |
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 |
| +4.. | 3 |
| +3 | 2 |
| +2 | 6 |
| +1 | 3 |
| Tied | 20 |
Before event,
for batter
for batter
| 1B | 49 |
| PH | 2 |
| 4th | 20 |
| 6th | 12 |
| 7th | 9 |
| 5th | 8 |
| 9th | 1 |
| High Lev | 9 |
| Medium Lev | 25 |
| Low Lev | 16 |
Play By Play
| 1955 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1955-06-08 | NYG | MLN | Lew Burdette | behind 1-2 | b 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0.354 | 70% | Home Run (Deep RF); H. Thompson Scores | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1955-06-10 | NYG | STL | Luis Arroyo | tied 1-1 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0.259 | 87% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1955-06-12 (1) | NYG | STL | Herb Moford | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.105 | 66% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1955-06-14 | NYG | @ | CHC | Sam Jones | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0.162 | 70% | Home Run (Deep RF); H. Thompson Scores | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1955-07-01 | NYG | @ | PHI | Robin Roberts | behind 2-4 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.100 | 20% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1955-07-07 | NYG | PHI | Ron Negray | ahead 7-5 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.040 | 97% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1955-07-19 (1) | NYG | STL | Willard Schmidt | behind 0-3 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.079 | 17% | Home Run | ||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1955-07-22 | NYG | CIN | Rudy Minarcin | tied 3-3 | b 14 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0.387 | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; W. Mays Scores; D. Mueller Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1955-08-07 (2) | NYG | @ | CIN | Jackie Collum | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0.096 | 68% | Home Run | |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1955-08-07 (2) | NYG | @ | CIN | Jackie Collum | tied 4-4 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0.281 | 70% | Home Run | |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1955-08-31 | NYG | CIN | Hersh Freeman | ahead 3-0 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0.025 | 99% | Home Run; D. Rhodes Scores | ||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1955-09-02 | NYG | @ | PHI | Robin Roberts | tied 1-1 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.130 | 60% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 1956 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1956-04-18 | NYG | PIT | Dick Littlefield | ahead 2-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| 1957 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1957-04-18 | NYG | PHI | Curt Simmons | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.156 | 87% | Home Run (Deep RF); W. Mays Scores; H. Sauer Scores | ||
| 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1957-05-02 | NYG | CIN | Don Gross | behind 6-7 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0.249 | 52% | Home Run | ||
| 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1957-05-11 | NYG | BRO | Roger Craig | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.113 | 55% | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) | ||
| 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1957-07-05 | NYG | PIT | Joe Trimble | behind 2-3 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.309 | 68% | Home Run (Deep RF); D. Mueller Scores | ||
| 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1957-07-07 (1) | NYG | PIT | Nelson King | behind 5-10 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.004 | 1% | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) | ||
| 19 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1957-08-04 (1) | NYG | @ | CIN | Joe Nuxhall | behind 0-2 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0.110 | 33% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 20 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1957-09-15 (2) | NYG | @ | CHC | Turk Lown | behind 5-7 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0.087 | 16% | Home Run | |
| 21 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1957-09-21 (2) | NYG | @ | PIT | Red Witt | ahead 3-1 | t 2 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.159 | 90% | Home Run; D. O'Connell Scores; R. Jablonski Scores | |
| 22 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1957-09-21 (2) | NYG | @ | PIT | Eddie O'Brien | ahead 6-1 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.029 | 95% | Home Run | |
| 1958 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 23 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1958-05-15 | DET | CLE | Ray Narleski | behind 0-4 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0.135 | 28% | Home Run (Deep RF); C. Maxwell Scores | ||
| 24 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1958-05-28 | DET | BOS | Willard Nixon | tied 2-2 | b 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | PH | 0.365 | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (Deep RF); R. Bertoia Scores | |
| 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1958-06-04 | DET | @ | BAL | Connie Johnson | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0.201 | 80% | Home Run (Deep RF); A. Kaline Scores; C. Maxwell Scores | |
| 26 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1958-06-23 | DET | BAL | Arnie Portocarrero | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.110 | 64% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | ||
| 27 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1958-06-24 | DET | BAL | Milt Pappas | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.110 | 64% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | ||
| 28 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1958-07-02 | DET | KCA | Ralph Terry | ahead 2-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.066 | 91% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 29 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1958-07-10 | DET | @ | WSH | Pedro Ramos | behind 0-2 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.112 | 37% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 30 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1958-07-13 (1) | DET | @ | BAL | Charlie Beamon | behind 1-3 | t 6 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.337 | 68% | Home Run (Deep RF); B. Martin Scores; B. Hazle Scores | |
| 31 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1958-07-24 | DET | NYY | Johnny Kucks | behind 5-10 | b 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.010 | 2% | Home Run (Deep RF); H. Kuenn Scores | ||
| 32 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 1958-08-01 | DET | BAL | Jack Harshman | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.186 | 71% | Home Run (Deep RF); A. Kaline Scores | ||
| 33 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 1958-08-09 | DET | CHW | Dick Donovan | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.135 | 56% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 34 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 1958-08-12 | DET | KCA | Dick Tomanek | tied 5-5 | b 7 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.193 | 89% | Home Run (Deep RF); A. Kaline Scores | ||
| 35 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 1958-08-13 (2) | DET | @ | CLE | Hoyt Wilhelm | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.224 | 73% | Home Run (Deep RF); R. Bertoia Scores | |
| 36 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 1958-08-27 (2) | DET | @ | BOS | Ike Delock | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.187 | 66% | Home Run (Deep RF); F. Bolling Scores | |
| 37 | 37 | 15 | 1 | 1958-09-02 | DET | @ | KCA | Bob Grim | ahead 3-1 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.063 | 93% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 38 | 38 | 16 | 1 | 1958-09-04 | DET | CHW | Ray Moore | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.134 | 80% | Home Run (Deep RF); A. Kaline Scores | ||
| 39 | 39 | 17 | 1 | 1958-09-13 | DET | BAL | Hal Brown | tied 1-1 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.104 | 61% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 40 | 40 | 18 | 2 | 1958-09-13 | DET | BAL | Ken Lehman | ahead 3-1 | b 3 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.082 | 94% | Home Run (Deep RF); C. Veal Scores; A. Kaline Scores | ||
| 41 | 41 | 19 | 1 | 1958-09-14 (2) | DET | BOS | Murray Wall | ahead 5-0 | b 5 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.026 | 99% | Home Run (Deep RF); C. Veal Scores; A. Kaline Scores/unER | ||
| 42 | 42 | 20 | 1 | 1958-09-25 | DET | @ | CHW | Tom Qualters | ahead 6-1 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.003 | 100% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 1959 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 43 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1959-04-14 | DET | @ | CLE | Herb Score | behind 0-4 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.036 | 7% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 44 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1959-04-22 | DET | CLE | Gary Bell | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0.108 | 64% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 45 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1959-05-20 | DET | @ | NYY | Bobby Shantz | tied 2-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0.170 | 67% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 46 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 1959-05-25 | DET | @ | KCA | Rip Coleman | ahead 2-1 | t 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0.191 | 89% | Home Run (Deep RF); R. Bridges Scores | |
| 47 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 1959-05-30 (1) | DET | @ | CHW | Billy Pierce | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0.233 | 77% | Home Run (Deep RF); R. Wilson Scores; R. Bridges Scores | |
| 48 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 1959-06-05 | DET | WSH | Camilo Pascual | tied 4-4 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0.113 | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 1959-06-21 (2) | DET | @ | WSH | Pedro Ramos | behind 4-7 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 0.021 | 3% | Home Run | |
| 50 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1959-07-31 | DET | BOS | Leo Kiely | behind 1-4 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.092 | 26% | Home Run | ||
| 51 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 1959-08-19 | DET | NYY | Bob Turley | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0.076 | 93% | Home Run (Deep RF); C. Maxwell Scores |
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