Born: February 12, 1949 in Live Oak, FL
High School: Live Oak (Live Oak, FL)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1967.
(All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1971
Final Game: July 28, 1975
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| 1971 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 | 1971-05-22 | Reggie Jackson | OAK | MIN | ahead 3-1 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5% | 95% | Home Run | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1971-05-22 | Tommy Davis | OAK | MIN | ahead 4-1 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1971-05-29 | Davey Johnson | BAL | @ | MIN | tied 7-7 | t 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 4 | 36% | 81% | Home Run; Rettenmund Scores | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1971-06-02 | Dick McAuliffe | DET | @ | MIN | ahead 2-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9% | 82% | Home Run | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1971-06-13 | Ike Brown | DET | MIN | ahead 4-1 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6% | 90% | Home Run | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1971-06-17 | Bill Melton | CHW | @ | MIN | behind 1-2 | t 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 30% | 62% | Home Run; May Scores | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1971-06-25 | Johnny Briggs | MIL | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1971-06-25 | Tommy Harper | MIL | @ | MIN | tied 1-1 | t 8 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 5 | 32% | 87% | Home Run; Kubiak Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1971-06-29 | Dave Duncan | OAK | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18% | 77% | Home Run; Monday Scores | ||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1971-07-04 | Dave May | MIL | MIN | ahead 2-0 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7% | 98% | Home Run; Theobald Scores | ||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1971-07-06 | Ken McMullen | CAL | @ | MIN | behind 3-5 | t 8 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 31% | 45% | Home Run; Stephenson Scores | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1971-07-11 (2) | Cookie Rojas | KCR | @ | MIN | behind 0-4 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6% | 14% | Home Run | |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1971-08-01 | Bobby Murcer | NYY | @ | MIN | behind 2-8 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5% | 8% | Home Run (CF-RF); Kenney Scores | |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1971-08-01 | Ron Blomberg | NYY | @ | MIN | behind 4-8 | t 4 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12% | 21% | Home Run; White Scores | |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1971-08-10 | Merv Rettenmund | BAL | @ | MIN | tied 3-3 | t 10 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 35% | 85% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1971-08-28 | Vada Pinson | CLE | MIN | behind 6-8 | b 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 8 | 47% | 71% | Home Run; Ballinger Scores; Uhlaender Scores | ||
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1971-09-06 (1) | Steve Kealey | CHW | MIN | ahead 3-1 | b 8 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5% | 100% | Home Run; May Scores; Morales Scores | ||
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1971-09-12 | Reggie Jackson | OAK | MIN | behind 4-5 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 47% | 57% | Home Run | ||
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1971-09-20 | Andy Kosco | MIL | @ | MIN | ahead 2-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9% | 80% | Home Run | |
| 1972 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1972-05-27 | Ted Ford | TEX | @ | MIN | ahead 15-1 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 21 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1972-07-04 | Juan Beniquez | BOS | MIN | ahead 1-0 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 22 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1972-07-18 | Thurman Munson | NYY | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21% | 79% | Home Run; Kline Scores | ||
| 23 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1972-07-18 | Ron Blomberg | NYY | MIN | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13% | 95% | Home Run; Murcer Scores; White Scores | ||
| 24 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1972-07-29 | Reggie Jackson | OAK | MIN | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12% | 78% | Home Run | ||
| 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1972-08-06 (1) | Sal Bando | OAK | @ | MIN | behind 1-2 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 28% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1972-08-10 | Andy Kosco | CAL | MIN | tied 1-1 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13% | 68% | Home Run | ||
| 27 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1972-08-10 | Ken McMullen | CAL | MIN | ahead 2-1 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11% | 78% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1972-08-15 | Mickey Stanley | DET | MIN | behind 0-4 | b 6 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18% | 36% | Home Run; Freehan Scores; Northrup Scores | ||
| 29 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 1972-08-20 | Terry Crowley | BAL | MIN | behind 0-3 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9% | 24% | Home Run | ||
| 30 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 1972-09-08 (2) | John Mayberry | KCR | MIN | tied 1-1 | b 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 33% | 86% | Home Run; Hovley Scores | ||
| 31 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 1972-10-03 | Tom Egan | CHW | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12% | 62% | Home Run | |
| 1973 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 32 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1973-06-13 | Johnny Briggs | MIL | @ | MIN | behind 2-3 | t 8 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 36% | 73% | Home Run; May Scores/unER | |
| 33 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1973-07-28 | Bill Sharp | CHW | @ | MIN | behind 3-6 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | PH | 5% | 9% | Home Run; Bradford Scores | |
| 34 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1973-07-30 | Ken Henderson | CHW | @ | MIN | ahead 8-0 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 35 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1973-08-12 | Johnny Briggs | MIL | MIN | behind 7-8 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19% | 57% | Home Run | ||
| 36 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 1973-09-25 | Sal Bando | OAK | MIN | behind 1-9 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1% | 1% | Home Run | ||
| 37 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1973-09-25 | Gene Tenace | OAK | MIN | behind 2-9 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 38 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1973-09-25 | Rico Carty | OAK | MIN | behind 3-9 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | PH | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 1974 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 39 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1974-04-06 | Hal McRae | KCR | MIN | ahead 7-0 | b 2 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2% | 99% | Home Run (LF-CF); Mayberry Scores; Otis Scores | ||
| 40 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1974-04-13 | Paul Schaal | KCR | @ | MIN | behind 3-5 | t 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 5 | 28% | 46% | Home Run; Solaita Scores/unER | |
| 41 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1974-04-30 | Frank Duffy | CLE | @ | MIN | ahead 6-3 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3% | 97% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 42 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1974-05-27 | Bernie Carbo | BOS | MIN | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22% | 67% | Home Run; Yastrzemski Scores | ||
| 43 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 1974-06-03 | Carlton Fisk | BOS | @ | MIN | behind 0-3 | t 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16% | 35% | Home Run; Petrocelli Scores | |
| 44 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 1974-06-20 | Bill Sharp | CHW | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 45 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1974-08-01 | Bobby Valentine | CAL | @ | MIN | behind 2-3 | t 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 6 | 44% | 76% | Home Run; Lahoud Scores; Bochte Scores | |
| 46 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 1974-09-14 (2) | Tony Solaita | KCR | @ | MIN | ahead 6-1 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3% | 95% | Home Run | |
| 1975 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 47 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1975-04-19 | Reggie Jackson | OAK | MIN | ahead 2-1 | b 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18% | 91% | Home Run; Bando Scores | ||
| 48 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1975-05-10 | Don Baylor | BAL | MIN | ahead 2-1 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11% | 80% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1975-05-17 | Hank Aaron | MIL | @ | MIN | ahead 4-2 | t 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12% | 90% | Home Run; Scott Scores | |
| 50 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 1975-05-17 | Sixto Lezcano | MIL | @ | MIN | ahead 6-5 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14% | 80% | Home Run | |
| 51 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 1975-05-21 | Gene Michael | DET | @ | MIN | ahead 3-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6% | 85% | Home Run | |
| 52 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 1975-06-07 | Fred Lynn | BOS | MIN | behind 0-1 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18% | 54% | Home Run | ||
| 53 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 1975-06-15 | Don Baylor | BAL | @ | MIN | behind 3-5 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10% | 19% | Home Run | |
| 54 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 1975-06-20 | Ken Henderson | CHW | MIN | behind 0-4 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | ||
| 55 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 1975-06-30 | John Doherty | CAL | @ | MIN | ahead 3-0 | t 1 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10% | 92% | Home Run; Lahoud Scores; Stanton Scores | |
| 56 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 1975-07-04 (2) | Jeff Burroughs | TEX | @ | MIN | behind 0-2 | t 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 23% | 50% | Home Run; Howell Scores | |
| 57 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 1975-07-10 | Bobby Bonds | NYY | MIN | behind 0-3 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9% | 28% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 58 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 1975-07-20 (1) | Thurman Munson | NYY | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18% | 66% | Home Run; White Scores | |
| 59 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 1975-07-28 | Cookie Rojas | KCR | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10% | 58% | Home Run |
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