Born: August 30, 1956 in Springfield, IL
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft.
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Debut: April 6, 1978
Final Game: September 26, 1983
Relatives: Nephew of Don Erickson
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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 | 1978-04-11 | Don Baylor | CAL | MIN | behind 0-6 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2% | 5% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1978-05-10 | Lamar Johnson | CHW | MIN | ahead 3-1 | b 3 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12% | 89% | Home Run (Deep LF); Kessinger Scores | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1978-05-10 | Bill Nahorodny | CHW | MIN | ahead 5-2 | b 7 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4% | 99% | Home Run (Deep LF); Soderholm Scores | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1978-05-19 | Hal McRae | KCR | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11% | 63% | Home Run (CF-RF) | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1978-06-07 | Jorge Orta | CHW | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10% | 68% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1978-06-10 | Johnny Grubb | CLE | MIN | behind 1-3 | b 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 27% | 57% | Home Run (Deep RF); Thornton Scores | ||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1978-06-25 (2) | Jorge Orta | CHW | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 4 | 24% | 84% | Home Run (Deep RF); Kessinger Scores; Bosley Scores | ||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1978-06-25 (2) | Bob Molinaro | CHW | MIN | behind 3-7 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7% | 18% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1978-07-16 (2) | Fred Lynn | BOS | MIN | tied 1-1 | b 6 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 26% | 82% | Home Run; Brohamer Scores | ||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1978-07-21 | Ken Singleton | BAL | @ | MIN | behind 0-3 | t 6 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 27% | 47% | Home Run; Harlow Scores; Dauer Scores | |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1978-07-21 | Pat Kelly | BAL | @ | MIN | tied 3-3 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1978-08-05 (1) | Danny Goodwin | CAL | MIN | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20% | 53% | Home Run (Deep RF); Rudi Scores | ||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1978-08-09 | Dan Meyer | SEA | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 22% | 82% | Home Run (Deep RF); Jones Scores; Roberts Scores | |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1978-09-01 | Bo Diaz | CLE | @ | MIN | ahead 2-0 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 2 | 9% | 83% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1978-09-01 | Bernie Carbo | CLE | @ | MIN | ahead 3-0 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6% | 91% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1978-09-05 | Claudell Washington | CHW | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 7 | 20% | 70% | Home Run (Deep RF); Nahorodny Scores | |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1978-09-15 | Cecil Cooper | MIL | MIN | behind 1-7 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3% | 8% | Home Run | ||
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1978-09-19 | Joe Rudi | CAL | @ | MIN | ahead 2-1 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9% | 93% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1978-09-23 | Clint Hurdle | KCR | @ | MIN | ahead 2-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8% | 79% | Home Run | |
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1979-04-07 | Mitchell Page | OAK | MIN | behind 0-1 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 10 | 23% | 59% | Home Run | ||
| 21 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1979-04-12 | Willie Aikens | CAL | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16% | 73% | Home Run; Rudi Scores | ||
| 22 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1979-04-24 | Bobby Bonds | CLE | MIN | ahead 5-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 23 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1979-05-08 | Otto Velez | TOR | @ | MIN | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10% | 46% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 24 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1979-05-20 | George Brett | KCR | MIN | ahead 4-0 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3% | 95% | Home Run | ||
| 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1979-05-25 | Darrell Porter | KCR | @ | MIN | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1979-06-04 | Gary Roenicke | BAL | MIN | behind 0-2 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12% | 43% | Home Run | ||
| 27 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1979-06-09 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | MIN | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14% | 77% | Home Run; Burleson Scores | ||
| 28 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1979-06-09 | Carlton Fisk | BOS | MIN | ahead 4-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 5% | 92% | Home Run | ||
| 29 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1979-06-09 | Jim Rice | BOS | MIN | ahead 5-0 | b 5 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2% | 99% | Home Run; Lynn Scores | ||
| 30 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 1979-06-17 | Lee May | BAL | @ | MIN | ahead 6-4 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8% | 86% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 31 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 1979-08-15 | Jim Rice | BOS | MIN | tied 2-2 | b 5 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 7 | 30% | 86% | Home Run; Fisk Scores/unER; Lynn Scores/unER; Rice Scores/unER | ||
| 32 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 1979-09-02 | Gary Roenicke | BAL | MIN | tied 1-1 | b 8 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 28% | 93% | Home Run; Singleton Scores | ||
| 33 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 1979-09-10 (1) | Pete LaCock | KCR | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 1979-09-16 | Willie Montanez | TEX | MIN | behind 0-6 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | ||
| 35 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 1979-09-22 | Sixto Lezcano | MIL | MIN | behind 1-6 | b 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3% | 4% | Home Run; Oglivie Scores | ||
| 36 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 1979-09-28 | Cecil Cooper | MIL | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12% | 62% | Home Run | |
| 1980 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 37 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1980-05-25 | Mark Brouhard | MIL | MIN | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 9 | 30% | 78% | Home Run; Oglivie Scores; Davis Scores | ||
| 38 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1980-05-30 | Gary Roenicke | BAL | @ | MIN | behind 0-1 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 7 | 14% | 45% | Home Run | |
| 39 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 1980-06-08 (1) | John Mayberry | TOR | @ | MIN | behind 0-5 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0% | 1% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 40 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1980-06-20 | Mike Hargrove | CLE | @ | MIN | ahead 2-1 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13% | 75% | Home Run | |
| 41 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1980-06-29 | Buddy Bell | TEX | MIN | behind 0-4 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13% | 23% | Home Run (Deep LF); Wills Scores | ||
| 42 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 1980-07-18 | Dave Stapleton | BOS | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 10 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 42% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run | |
| 43 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 1980-07-22 | Dan Graham | BAL | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18% | 81% | Home Run (CF-RF); Singleton Scores; Murray Scores | |
| 44 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1980-07-26 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | @ | MIN | ahead 4-0 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | |
| 45 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 1980-08-12 | Wayne Gross | OAK | @ | MIN | behind 1-2 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 25% | 42% | Home Run | |
| 46 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1980-08-21 (2) | Steve Kemp | DET | @ | MIN | ahead 2-1 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11% | 74% | Home Run | |
| 47 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 1980-08-21 (2) | Richie Hebner | DET | @ | MIN | ahead 3-1 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9% | 87% | Home Run | |
| 48 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 1980-08-30 | Roy Howell | TOR | MIN | behind 1-2 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 47% | 58% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | ||
| 49 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 1980-09-10 | Ben Oglivie | MIL | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17% | 65% | Home Run; Cooper Scores | |
| 1981 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 50 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1981-04-10 | Tony Armas | OAK | @ | MIN | ahead 4-3 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12% | 74% | Home Run | |
| 51 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1981-04-21 | Mitchell Page | OAK | MIN | behind 0-2 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 10 | 26% | 51% | Home Run; Revering Scores | ||
| 52 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1981-04-30 | Jim Rice | BOS | MIN | behind 2-8 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1% | 1% | Home Run | ||
| 53 | 53 | 4 | 2 | 1981-04-30 | Tony Perez | BOS | MIN | behind 3-8 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1% | 2% | Home Run | ||
| 54 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 1981-06-03 | Buddy Bell | TEX | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 55 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 1981-08-14 (2) | Jeff Burroughs | SEA | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22% | 82% | Home Run; Zisk Scores/unER; Meyer Scores/unER; Burroughs Scores/unER | |
| 56 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 1981-08-18 | Rick Leach | DET | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 6 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 32% | 91% | Home Run; Kemp Scores; Gibson Scores | ||
| 1982 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 57 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1982-04-07 | Richie Zisk | SEA | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 58 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 1982-04-07 | Jim Maler | SEA | @ | MIN | behind 2-7 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4% | 8% | Home Run | |
| 59 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 1982-04-18 | Don Baylor | CAL | MIN | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12% | 85% | Home Run; Grich Scores/unER; Baylor Scores/unER | ||
| 60 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 1982-04-18 | Don Baylor | CAL | MIN | ahead 4-2 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8% | 90% | Home Run | ||
| 61 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 1982-05-10 | Rich Gedman | BOS | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 62 | 62 | 6 | 2 | 1982-05-10 | Jim Rice | BOS | @ | MIN | ahead 6-0 | t 4 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3% | 98% | Home Run; Miller Scores | |
| 63 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 1982-06-22 | Cecil Cooper | MIL | NYY | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14% | 63% | Home Run; Yount Scores | ||
| 64 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 1982-07-07 | Jeff Burroughs | OAK | NYY | behind 2-5 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 7% | 15% | Home Run | ||
| 65 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 1982-07-16 | Jeff Burroughs | OAK | @ | NYY | behind 1-6 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2% | 3% | Home Run | |
| 66 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 1982-07-22 | Mickey Rivers | TEX | @ | NYY | behind 2-4 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11% | 26% | Home Run | |
| 67 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 1982-08-03 (2) | Harold Baines | CHW | @ | NYY | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19% | 78% | Home Run; Law Scores | |
| 1983 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 68 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 1983-09-18 (1) | Ron Hassey | CLE | NYY | ahead 6-3 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5% | 91% | Home Run |
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