Born: January 13, 1954 in Minneapolis, MN
High School: Minnetonka (Minnetonka, MN)
Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 1976.
(All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1978
Final Game: September 15, 1984
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| 1978 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 | 1978-07-23 | Gorman Thomas | MIL | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21% | 68% | Home Run; Bando Scores | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1978-08-28 | Alan Ashby | TOR | @ | TEX | behind 1-4 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8% | 24% | Home Run | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1978-08-28 | John Mayberry | TOR | @ | TEX | behind 2-4 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 27% | Home Run | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1978-09-06 (1) | Brian Downing | CAL | TEX | behind 1-3 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13% | 40% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1978-09-24 (1) | Ruppert Jones | SEA | @ | TEX | behind 1-5 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4% | 10% | Home Run | |
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1979-05-18 | Ruppert Jones | SEA | TEX | behind 0-3 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8% | 33% | Home Run | ||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1979-05-22 | Ron Jackson | MIN | @ | TEX | behind 2-3 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1979-06-06 | Gorman Thomas | MIL | TEX | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14% | 55% | Home Run; Oglivie Scores | ||
| 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1979-06-17 | Thurman Munson | NYY | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12% | 67% | Home Run; Randolph Scores | |
| 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1979-06-22 | Tony Armas | OAK | TEX | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1979-06-22 | Larry Murray | OAK | TEX | ahead 3-1 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 9 | 13% | 90% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; Armas Scores | |
| 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1979-06-27 | Carney Lansford | CAL | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10% | 58% | Home Run | |
| 13 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1979-07-22 | George Brett | KCR | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17% | 66% | Home Run; Wilson Scores | |
| 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1979-07-22 | George Brett | KCR | @ | TEX | tied 2-2 | t 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 24% | 72% | Home Run; Otis Scores | |
| 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1979-07-27 | Bob Watson | BOS | @ | TEX | behind 0-11 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Dwyer Scores | |
| 16 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1979-08-07 (1) | Jason Thompson | DET | TEX | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 17 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1979-08-12 | Ron Hassey | CLE | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10% | 58% | Home Run | |
| 18 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1979-08-12 | Mike Hargrove | CLE | @ | TEX | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17% | 75% | Home Run; Kuiper Scores | |
| 19 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1979-08-17 | Sixto Lezcano | MIL | TEX | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11% | 77% | Home Run | ||
| 20 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1979-08-26 | Gorman Thomas | MIL | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17% | 66% | Home Run; Bando Scores | |
| 21 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 1979-08-26 | Cecil Cooper | MIL | @ | TEX | ahead 3-2 | t 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20% | 81% | Home Run; Bando Scores | |
| 22 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 1979-08-31 | Tom Poquette | BOS | TEX | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 20% | 85% | Home Run; O'Berry Scores; Burleson Scores | ||
| 23 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 1979-08-31 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | TEX | ahead 4-0 | b 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5% | 95% | Home Run; Rice Scores | ||
| 24 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 1979-09-17 | Rickey Henderson | OAK | TEX | behind 0-2 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10% | 44% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 25 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 1979-09-22 | Bobby Grich | CAL | TEX | tied 1-1 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 4 | 20% | 79% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 26 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 1979-09-26 | Wayne Gross | OAK | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 27 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 1979-09-26 | Jeff Newman | OAK | @ | TEX | behind 1-5 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1% | 1% | Home Run | |
| 28 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 1979-09-30 | Carney Lansford | CAL | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15% | 69% | Home Run (Deep LF); Miller Scores | |
| 29 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 1979-09-30 | Don Baylor | CAL | @ | TEX | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7% | 85% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 1980 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 30 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1980-04-13 (1) | Jim Spencer | NYY | @ | TEX | ahead 2-1 | t 5 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 27% | 93% | Home Run; Jones Scores; Gamble Scores; Watson Scores | |
| 31 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1980-04-29 | Lance Parrish | DET | TEX | behind 0-7 | b 5 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6% | 12% | Home Run; Summers Scores; Thompson Scores | ||
| 32 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1980-05-04 | Ken Singleton | BAL | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17% | 68% | Home Run (CF-RF); Kelly Scores | |
| 33 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1980-05-21 | Larry Harlow | CAL | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 34 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 1980-05-21 | Todd Cruz | CAL | @ | TEX | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20% | 80% | Home Run; Garr Scores | |
| 1981 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 35 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1981-04-09 | Bobby Murcer | NYY | TEX | ahead 6-3 | b 7 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3% | 100% | Home Run; Watson Scores; Piniella Scores; Nettles Scores | ||
| 1982 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 36 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1982-05-25 | Gary Roenicke | BAL | @ | TEX | ahead 7-0 | t 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Lowenstein Scores | |
| 37 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1982-06-15 | Al Cowens | SEA | TEX | behind 1-3 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13% | 28% | Home Run | ||
| 38 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1982-08-09 | Jim Gantner | MIL | TEX | ahead 7-1 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 39 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1982-08-22 | Ken Singleton | BAL | @ | TEX | ahead 8-3 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 40 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1982-08-27 (2) | Ken Singleton | BAL | TEX | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10% | 61% | Home Run | ||
| 41 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 1982-08-27 (2) | Eddie Murray | BAL | TEX | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9% | 71% | Home Run | ||
| 42 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1982-09-02 | Greg Luzinski | CHW | TEX | behind 0-3 | b 3 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17% | 39% | Home Run; Baines Scores | ||
| 43 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 1982-09-02 | Harold Baines | CHW | TEX | behind 4-5 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 49% | 54% | Home Run | ||
| 44 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1982-09-07 | Randy Bush | MIN | @ | TEX | ahead 1-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12% | 76% | Home Run | |
| 45 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 1982-09-07 | Kent Hrbek | MIN | @ | TEX | ahead 4-0 | t 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6% | 96% | Home Run; Brunansky Scores | |
| 46 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 1982-09-19 | Orlando Mercado | SEA | TEX | ahead 5-1 | b 5 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6% | 99% | Home Run; Zisk Scores/unER; Gray Scores/Team unER; Brown Scores/Team unER; Mercado Scores/Team unER | ||
| 1984 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 47 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1984-05-27 (2) | Lloyd Moseby | TOR | CLE | tied 2-2 | b 5 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 23% | 79% | Home Run; Mulliniks Scores | ||
| 48 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1984-06-08 | Barry Bonnell | SEA | @ | CLE | behind 1-4 | t 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16% | 35% | Home Run; Henderson Scores | |
| 49 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1984-06-14 | Dave Kingman | OAK | CLE | behind 1-2 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19% | 63% | Home Run; Lopes Scores | ||
| 50 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 1984-06-14 | Carney Lansford | OAK | CLE | behind 3-6 | b 6 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18% | 34% | Home Run; Lopes Scores | ||
| 51 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 1984-07-21 | Ron Kittle | CHW | @ | CLE | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 52 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 1984-07-29 | Gary Roenicke | BAL | CLE | ahead 1-0 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11% | 84% | Home Run | ||
| 53 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 1984-08-10 (2) | Dave Winfield | NYY | @ | CLE | ahead 6-0 | t 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2% | 99% | Home Run; Meacham Scores | |
| 54 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 1984-09-09 | Dave Kingman | OAK | @ | CLE | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19% | 66% | Home Run; Lansford Scores | |
| 55 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 1984-09-09 | Donnie Hill | OAK | @ | CLE | ahead 2-0 | t 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 6 | 13% | 83% | Home Run; Essian Scores/unER | |
| 56 | 56 | 10 | 3 | 1984-09-09 | Carney Lansford | OAK | @ | CLE | ahead 4-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5% | 88% | Home Run; Lansford Scores/unER | |
| 57 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 1984-09-15 | Dwayne Murphy | OAK | CLE | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18% | 73% | Home Run; Lansford Scores |
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