He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1955 and from 1957–1964 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Colt .45s and Boston Red Sox.

Listed as standing 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighing 175 pounds (79 kg), he threw and batted right-handed.

He spent his entire rookie campaign of 1955 on the Pittsburgh roster, appearing in 71 games, 39 as a starting outfielder.

On November 26, he was traded to the Red Sox for defending American League batting champion Pete Runnels.

He then was assigned to the Red Sox' Triple-A Toronto Maple Leafs affiliate, where he was a playing coach in 1965 before decamping for Japan, where he batted .288 with no home runs in 30 games in 1966, his last professional season.