[1] A sure-handed defensive player, at the time of his retirement in 1966, he had the third-highest career fielding percentage by a major league first baseman (.994).

[3] He was signed by the Cincinnati Reds, however All-Star slugger Ted Kluszewski had a firm hold on the team's first base slot.

His first season with the Milwaukee Braves was capped by a mammoth home run into the center-field bleachers at the Polo Grounds on April 29, 1953, a feat which had never been done before in an official MLB game and would only be accomplished twice more, by Hank Aaron and Lou Brock.

[citation needed] On July 31, 1954, Adcock Became only the seventh player in Major League Baseball history to hit four home runs in a game.

[4] He did so against the Brooklyn Dodgers at their home ballpark, Ebbets Field, also hitting a double off the top of the wall to set a record for most total bases in a game (18)[5][6] which stood for 48 years, until broken by Shawn Green in 2002.