Born: March 8, 1957 in Glendale, CA
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (June Secondary).
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Debut: September 8, 1980
Final Game: September 9, 1986
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| 1980 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1980-09-13 | Jason Thompson | CAL | TEX | ahead 5-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3% | 96% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1980-09-13 | John Harris | CAL | TEX | ahead 6-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2% | 98% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 1982 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1982-06-20 | Gary Ward | MIN | TEX | ahead 3-1 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4% | 97% | Home Run | ||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1982-07-17 | Lloyd Moseby | TOR | TEX | ahead 5-3 | b 2 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12% | 85% | Home Run; Griffin Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1982-07-22 | Oscar Gamble | NYY | TEX | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1982-08-14 | Von Hayes | CLE | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 24% | 71% | Home Run; Thornton Scores | |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1982-08-20 | Eddie Murray | BAL | @ | TEX | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 25% | 59% | Home Run; Singleton Scores | |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1982-08-25 | John Wathan | KCR | @ | TEX | tied 1-1 | t 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 2 | 22% | 76% | Home Run; White Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1982-08-30 | George Brett | KCR | TEX | ahead 4-1 | b 3 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6% | 94% | Home Run; Washington Scores/unER | ||
| 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1982-09-25 | Don Baylor | CAL | @ | TEX | behind 1-3 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12% | 33% | Home Run | |
| 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1982-09-25 | Rod Carew | CAL | @ | TEX | behind 2-5 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8% | 17% | Home Run | |
| 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1982-10-01 | Fred Lynn | CAL | TEX | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10% | 61% | Home Run | ||
| 1983 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1983-05-17 | Andre Thornton | CLE | @ | TEX | behind 4-5 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 25% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1983-05-22 | Chet Lemon | DET | TEX | tied 3-3 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13% | 69% | Home Run | ||
| 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1983-05-22 | Glenn Wilson | DET | TEX | ahead 6-5 | b 7 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15% | 97% | Home Run; Leach Scores; Parrish Scores | ||
| 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1983-06-05 | Kirk Gibson | DET | @ | TEX | tied 4-4 | t 10 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 10 | 34% | 84% | Home Run | |
| 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1983-06-10 | Dave Engle | MIN | TEX | behind 1-4 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5% | 9% | Home Run | ||
| 18 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1983-07-25 | Don Baylor | NYY | @ | TEX | ahead 3-2 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13% | 86% | Home Run | |
| 19 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1983-08-21 | Carlton Fisk | CHW | @ | TEX | behind 0-1 | t 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26% | 62% | Home Run; Law Scores | |
| 20 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1983-09-05 | Tom Brunansky | MIN | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19% | 69% | Home Run; Engle Scores | |
| 1984 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1984-04-07 | Wayne Gross | BAL | @ | MIN | behind 0-7 | t 7 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1% | 2% | Home Run; Lowenstein Scores | |
| 22 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1984-04-22 | Cal Ripken | BAL | MIN | behind 0-6 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 23 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1984-05-09 | Fred Lynn | CAL | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 24 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1984-05-30 | Jim Rice | BOS | MIN | ahead 1-0 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11% | 87% | Home Run | ||
| 25 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1984-06-21 | Brett Butler | CLE | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 69% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1984-06-21 | Jerry Willard | CLE | @ | MIN | ahead 2-0 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12% | 88% | Home Run; Hall Scores | |
| 27 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1984-06-27 | Andre Thornton | CLE | MIN | behind 0-3 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9% | 22% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1984-07-07 | Oscar Gamble | NYY | @ | MIN | ahead 3-1 | t 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12% | 86% | Home Run; Winfield Scores | |
| 29 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1984-07-13 | Johnny Grubb | DET | @ | MIN | tied 2-2 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 24% | 74% | Home Run | |
| 30 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1984-08-03 | Daryl Sconiers | CAL | MIN | behind 1-4 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 3% | 4% | Home Run | ||
| 31 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 1984-08-08 | Mike Heath | OAK | MIN | ahead 1-0 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11% | 82% | Home Run | ||
| 32 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 1984-08-18 (1) | Rich Gedman | BOS | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 33 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 1984-08-18 (1) | Rich Gedman | BOS | MIN | behind 1-3 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14% | 37% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 1984-08-24 | George Bell | TOR | @ | MIN | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 35 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 1984-09-08 | Curtis Wilkerson | TEX | @ | MIN | ahead 3-1 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9% | 88% | Home Run | |
| 36 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 1984-09-17 | Harold Baines | CHW | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10% | 56% | Home Run | |
| 37 | 37 | 17 | 2 | 1984-09-17 | Harold Baines | CHW | @ | MIN | ahead 3-1 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8% | 84% | Home Run | |
| 38 | 38 | 18 | 1 | 1984-09-21 | Jerry Willard | CLE | @ | MIN | behind 0-7 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0% | 1% | Home Run | |
| 1985 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 39 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1985-04-25 | Dwayne Murphy | OAK | @ | MIN | behind 1-3 | t 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 8 | 25% | 44% | Home Run; Bochte Scores | |
| 40 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1985-05-05 | Jim Dwyer | BAL | @ | MIN | ahead 3-2 | t 4 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 9 | 18% | 78% | Home Run; Dauer Scores | |
| 41 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1985-05-10 | Mike Young | BAL | MIN | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19% | 53% | Home Run; Sheets Scores | ||
| 42 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1985-05-15 | Darrell Evans | DET | @ | MIN | behind 0-3 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16% | 31% | Home Run; Simmons Scores | |
| 43 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 1985-05-15 | Kirk Gibson | DET | @ | MIN | behind 2-4 | t 9 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 35% | 39% | Home Run; Whitaker Scores | |
| 44 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 1985-05-26 | Robin Yount | MIL | MIN | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9% | 93% | Home Run; Cooper Scores | ||
| 45 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1985-06-08 | Greg Walker | CHW | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17% | 65% | Home Run; Baines Scores | |
| 46 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 1985-06-08 | Ron Kittle | CHW | @ | MIN | ahead 2-1 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11% | 71% | Home Run | |
| 47 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1985-06-25 | Jim Sundberg | KCR | @ | MIN | ahead 2-0 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9% | 87% | Home Run | |
| 48 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 1985-06-30 | Carlton Fisk | CHW | MIN | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 1985-07-12 | Kirk Gibson | DET | MIN | behind 1-2 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16% | 54% | Home Run | ||
| 50 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 1985-07-19 | Mike Pagliarulo | NYY | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18% | 66% | Home Run; Randolph Scores | |
| 51 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 1985-07-19 | Don Baylor | NYY | @ | MIN | ahead 4-2 | t 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14% | 88% | Home Run; Winfield Scores | |
| 52 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 1985-07-23 | Larry Sheets | BAL | @ | MIN | behind 1-5 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 10 | 4% | 9% | Home Run | |
| 53 | 53 | 15 | 1 | 1985-07-27 | Darrell Evans | DET | @ | MIN | tied 2-2 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 25% | 75% | Home Run; Gibson Scores | |
| 54 | 54 | 16 | 1 | 1985-07-31 | Gorman Thomas | SEA | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17% | 71% | Home Run; Ramos Scores | ||
| 55 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 1985-08-15 | Phil Bradley | SEA | @ | MIN | behind 0-14 | t 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Perconte Scores | |
| 56 | 56 | 18 | 2 | 1985-08-15 | Ken Phelps | SEA | @ | MIN | behind 2-14 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 57 | 57 | 19 | 1 | 1985-08-30 | Dwight Evans | BOS | @ | MIN | behind 0-1 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 58 | 58 | 20 | 2 | 1985-08-30 | Rich Gedman | BOS | @ | MIN | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 2 | 31% | 61% | Home Run; Easler Scores/unER; Gedman Scores/unER | |
| 59 | 59 | 21 | 1 | 1985-09-04 | Cecil Cooper | MIL | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12% | 66% | Home Run; Molitor Scores | |
| 60 | 60 | 22 | 1 | 1985-09-14 (1) | Joe Carter | CLE | MIN | behind 1-2 | b 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19% | 67% | Home Run; Butler Scores/unER | ||
| 61 | 61 | 23 | 1 | 1985-09-18 | Don Slaught | TEX | @ | MIN | behind 1-4 | t 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15% | 27% | Home Run; Ward Scores | |
| 62 | 62 | 24 | 1 | 1985-09-24 | Pete O'Brien | TEX | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15% | 72% | Home Run; Tolleson Scores | ||
| 1986 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 63 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 1986-04-10 | Jose Canseco | OAK | MIN | ahead 1-0 | b 7 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10% | 95% | Home Run; Lansford Scores | ||
| 64 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 1986-04-19 | Dick Schofield | CAL | MIN | tied 2-2 | b 4 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 6 | 29% | 84% | Home Run; Jones Scores; Wilfong Scores | ||
| 65 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 1986-04-23 | Alvin Davis | SEA | MIN | behind 1-2 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 24% | 52% | Home Run | ||
| 66 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 1986-04-29 | Mike Pagliarulo | NYY | MIN | behind 0-4 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7% | 23% | Home Run | ||
| 67 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 1986-04-29 | Ken Griffey | NYY | MIN | behind 3-6 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9% | 23% | Home Run | ||
| 68 | 68 | 6 | 3 | 1986-04-29 | Mike Easler | NYY | MIN | behind 4-6 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14% | 40% | Home Run | ||
| 69 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 1986-05-03 | Darrell Evans | DET | MIN | behind 0-3 | b 4 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 33% | 66% | Home Run; Coles Scores; Whitaker Scores; Parrish Scores | ||
| 70 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 1986-05-03 | Pat Sheridan | DET | MIN | ahead 4-3 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10% | 81% | Home Run | ||
| 71 | 71 | 9 | 3 | 1986-05-03 | Darnell Coles | DET | MIN | ahead 5-3 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11% | 93% | Home Run; Collins Scores | ||
| 72 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 1986-05-19 | Bill Buckner | BOS | MIN | behind 0-2 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9% | 41% | Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF) | ||
| 73 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 1986-06-03 | Lloyd Moseby | TOR | MIN | behind 1-4 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 8 | 25% | 53% | Home Run; Fernandez Scores; Mulliniks Scores | ||
| 74 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 1986-06-25 | Phil Bradley | SEA | CLE | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 75 | 75 | 13 | 2 | 1986-06-25 | Danny Tartabull | SEA | CLE | ahead 1-0 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12% | 82% | Home Run | ||
| 76 | 76 | 14 | 1 | 1986-07-07 | Harold Baines | CHW | CLE | ahead 2-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10% | 81% | Home Run | ||
| 77 | 77 | 15 | 1 | 1986-08-05 (2) | Lou Whitaker | DET | CLE | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10% | 55% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 78 | 78 | 16 | 2 | 1986-08-05 (2) | Alan Trammell | DET | CLE | tied 1-1 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 79 | 79 | 17 | 1 | 1986-08-14 | Larry Sheets | BAL | @ | CLE | ahead 9-1 | t 8 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Ripken Scores |
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