Born: March 21, 1946 in Buffalo, NY
High School: Madison (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1965.
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Debut: September 8, 1969
Final Game: September 29, 1978
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| 1969 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 | 1969-09-25 | Walt Williams | CHW | KCR | tied 1-1 | b 10 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 47% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | |
| 1970 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1970-04-26 | Don Buford | BAL | @ | KCR | behind 7-9 | t 8 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 7 | 60% | 72% | Home Run; Dalrymple Scores; Crowley Scores | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1970-05-05 | Boog Powell | BAL | KCR | ahead 6-3 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3% | 97% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1970-05-16 | Carlos May | CHW | KCR | ahead 3-1 | b 7 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4% | 99% | Home Run; Aparicio Scores; Matias Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1970-05-18 | Harmon Killebrew | MIN | @ | KCR | ahead 6-5 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10% | 92% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1970-06-07 (2) | Rico Petrocelli | BOS | KCR | behind 1-2 | b 8 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 61% | 97% | Home Run; Andrews Scores; Yastrzemski Scores; Conigliaro Scores | ||
| 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1970-07-02 | Harmon Killebrew | MIN | KCR | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1970-07-02 | Leo Cardenas | MIN | KCR | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14% | 82% | Home Run; Reese Scores | ||
| 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1970-07-02 | Cesar Tovar | MIN | KCR | ahead 4-0 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3% | 96% | Home Run | ||
| 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1970-08-02 | Curt Motton | BAL | KCR | ahead 5-2 | b 4 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10% | 97% | Home Run; Blair Scores; Robinson Scores | ||
| 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1970-08-13 | Mike Andrews | BOS | KCR | behind 0-3 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9% | 35% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1970-08-13 | Tony Conigliaro | BOS | KCR | behind 1-7 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | ||
| 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1970-08-29 | Frank Howard | WSA | @ | KCR | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18% | 68% | Home Run; Unser Scores | |
| 14 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1970-09-04 | Don Mincher | OAK | KCR | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 23% | 75% | Home Run; Rudi Scores | ||
| 15 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1970-09-22 (2) | Rich McKinney | CHW | KCR | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21% | 63% | Home Run; Herrmann Scores | ||
| 1971 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1971-04-11 | Rick Monday | OAK | KCR | behind 0-5 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5% | 12% | Home Run | ||
| 17 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1971-04-11 | Dick Green | OAK | KCR | behind 1-8 | b 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2% | 4% | Home Run; Monday Scores | ||
| 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1971-04-19 | Harmon Killebrew | MIN | KCR | ahead 6-0 | b 3 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3% | 99% | Home Run; Tovar Scores; Thompson Scores | ||
| 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1971-08-25 | Gary Peters | BOS | @ | KCR | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 23% | 85% | Home Run; Lahoud Scores; Montgomery Scores | |
| 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1971-09-08 | Jose Cardenal | MIL | @ | KCR | ahead 1-0 | t 5 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19% | 95% | Home Run; Heise Scores; Harper Scores; Theobald Scores | |
| 21 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1971-09-25 (1) | Harmon Killebrew | MIN | @ | KCR | tied 2-2 | t 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 32% | 83% | Home Run; Braun Scores | |
| 1972 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1972-05-14 (1) | Willie Horton | DET | @ | KCR | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1972-05-14 (1) | Dick McAuliffe | DET | @ | KCR | behind 1-2 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 4 | 59% | 76% | Home Run; Freehan Scores | |
| 24 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1972-05-20 | Mike Epstein | OAK | @ | KCR | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21% | 86% | Home Run (CF-RF); Jackson Scores; Bando Scores | |
| 25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1972-06-14 | Danny Cater | BOS | KCR | ahead 5-0 | b 2 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5% | 99% | Home Run; Smith Scores; Petrocelli Scores | ||
| 26 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1972-06-14 | Carlton Fisk | BOS | KCR | ahead 9-0 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Griffin Scores | ||
| 27 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1972-06-29 (2) | Eric Soderholm | MIN | KCR | behind 2-9 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1% | 1% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1972-07-02 (1) | Hal King | TEX | @ | KCR | behind 4-5 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 24% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 29 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1972-07-27 (1) | Dick Allen | CHW | KCR | ahead 4-2 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5% | 96% | Home Run | ||
| 30 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1972-07-30 | Bob Oliver | CAL | KCR | tied 3-3 | b 11 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 39% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run | |
| 31 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 1972-08-06 (2) | Bob Oliver | CAL | @ | KCR | ahead 2-1 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13% | 88% | 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 | 1973-07-17 | Dick McAuliffe | DET | KCR | behind 0-3 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17% | 43% | Home Run; Sims Scores | ||
| 33 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1973-07-17 | Duke Sims | DET | KCR | behind 2-4 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13% | 35% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1973-08-03 | Steve Braun | MIN | KCR | behind 0-4 | b 6 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12% | 19% | Home Run; Oliva Scores | ||
| 35 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1973-09-18 | Steve Brye | MIN | @ | KCR | behind 0-3 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7% | 20% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 36 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 1973-09-27 | Buddy Bradford | CHW | KCR | tied 2-2 | b 10 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 36% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run | |
| 1974 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 37 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1974-05-08 | Mike Hargrove | TEX | KCR | behind 0-2 | b 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 10 | 32% | 58% | Home Run (CF-RF); Spencer Scores | ||
| 38 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1974-06-15 | Gary Sutherland | DET | KCR | behind 3-4 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 39 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1974-06-15 | Jim Northrup | DET | KCR | behind 4-5 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19% | 57% | Home Run | ||
| 40 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1974-06-20 | Dick Green | OAK | KCR | ahead 2-0 | b 8 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4% | 99% | Home Run; Washington Scores | ||
| 41 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1974-06-25 | Dick Allen | CHW | @ | KCR | behind 2-5 | t 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16% | 36% | Home Run; Orta Scores | |
| 42 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 1974-08-08 | Bobby Darwin | MIN | @ | KCR | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 43 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 1974-08-13 | Gary Sutherland | DET | KCR | behind 0-5 | b 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3% | 5% | Home Run; LeFlore Scores | ||
| 44 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1974-09-11 | Joe Lahoud | CAL | KCR | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 1975 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 45 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1975-04-15 | Joe Rudi | OAK | @ | KCR | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13% | 47% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 46 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 1975-05-09 | Hank Aaron | MIL | @ | KCR | tied 1-1 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 21% | 67% | Home Run | |
| 47 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 1975-05-13 | Nate Colbert | DET | KCR | behind 1-7 | b 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4% | 7% | Home Run; Horton Scores | ||
| 48 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 1975-05-17 | Bernie Carbo | BOS | KCR | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10% | 55% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 49 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 1975-05-17 | Fred Lynn | BOS | KCR | behind 2-5 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7% | 13% | Home Run | ||
| 50 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 1975-06-13 (1) | Bernie Carbo | BOS | @ | KCR | behind 2-4 | t 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 7 | 26% | 44% | Home Run; Lynn Scores | |
| 51 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 1975-06-22 (1) | Reggie Jackson | OAK | KCR | ahead 2-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11% | 82% | Home Run | ||
| 52 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 1975-07-12 | Bill Freehan | DET | @ | KCR | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 53 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 1975-07-17 | Cecil Cooper | BOS | KCR | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 54 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 1975-07-17 | Rick Burleson | BOS | KCR | ahead 2-0 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7% | 88% | Home Run | ||
| 55 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 1975-07-22 (2) | George Scott | MIL | KCR | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18% | 73% | Home Run; Money Scores/unER | ||
| 56 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 1975-07-22 (2) | Don Money | MIL | KCR | ahead 4-3 | b 7 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13% | 94% | Home Run; Johnson Scores | ||
| 57 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 1975-07-31 | Eric Soderholm | MIN | KCR | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11% | 64% | Home Run | ||
| 58 | 58 | 14 | 2 | 1975-07-31 | Tony Oliva | MIN | KCR | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10% | 79% | Home Run | ||
| 59 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 1975-07-31 | Phil Roof | MIN | KCR | ahead 2-0 | b 4 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16% | 94% | Home Run; Braun Scores; Briggs Scores | ||
| 60 | 60 | 16 | 1 | 1975-08-19 | Fred Lynn | BOS | @ | KCR | ahead 3-0 | t 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8% | 97% | Home Run; Yastrzemski Scores | |
| 1976 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 61 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1976-05-04 | Rico Petrocelli | BOS | KCR | behind 0-5 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10% | 17% | Home Run; Yastrzemski Scores/unER; Petrocelli Scores/unER | ||
| 62 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 1976-05-26 (2) | Tom Grieve | TEX | KCR | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20% | 79% | Home Run; Howell Scores | ||
| 63 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 1976-06-02 | Sal Bando | OAK | KCR | behind 1-2 | b 7 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 47% | 78% | Home Run; Baylor Scores | ||
| 64 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 1976-08-23 | Ray Fosse | CLE | KCR | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 13% | 55% | Home Run | ||
| 65 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 1976-08-28 | Fred Lynn | BOS | KCR | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15% | 72% | Home Run (LF-CF); Doyle Scores | ||
| 66 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 1976-09-13 (2) | Lamar Johnson | CHW | KCR | behind 1-3 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15% | 34% | Home Run | ||
| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 67 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 1977-05-08 | Oscar Gamble | CHW | @ | CLE | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19% | 78% | Home Run; Spencer Scores | |
| 68 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1977-05-31 | Bobby Bonds | CAL | @ | CLE | behind 5-6 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 69 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 1977-07-01 | Joe Zdeb | KCR | @ | CLE | ahead 4-2 | t 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17% | 93% | Home Run; Otis Scores; Mayberry Scores | |
| 70 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 1977-07-14 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | @ | CLE | behind 0-2 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11% | 37% | Home Run | |
| 71 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 1977-07-14 | Butch Hobson | BOS | @ | CLE | tied 4-4 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 17% | 67% | Home Run | |
| 72 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 1977-08-05 | Glenn Adams | MIN | CLE | behind 1-7 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3% | 9% | Home Run | ||
| 73 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 1977-08-14 (2) | Don Money | MIL | @ | CLE | behind 2-9 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1% | 1% | Home Run | |
| 74 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 1977-08-31 | Carlton Fisk | BOS | CLE | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 75 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 1977-09-09 | Lee May | BAL | CLE | ahead 2-1 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 76 | 76 | 10 | 1 | 1977-09-28 | Reggie Jackson | NYY | CLE | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16% | 87% | Home Run; Rivers Scores/unER; White Scores; Munson Scores | ||
| 77 | 77 | 11 | 2 | 1977-09-28 | Graig Nettles | NYY | CLE | ahead 4-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5% | 90% | Home Run | ||
| 78 | 78 | 12 | 3 | 1977-09-28 | Mickey Rivers | NYY | CLE | ahead 5-0 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4% | 98% | Home Run; Dent Scores | ||
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 79 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 1978-06-04 (2) | Sal Bando | MIL | CLE | ahead 6-4 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5% | 95% | Home Run | ||
| 80 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 1978-06-04 (2) | Paul Molitor | MIL | CLE | ahead 7-4 | b 8 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; Martinez Scores | ||
| 81 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 1978-06-14 | Dan Ford | MIN | CLE | ahead 6-1 | b 4 | 0 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2% | 98% | Home Run (Deep LF); Carew Scores | ||
| 82 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 1978-08-04 | Willie Norwood | MIN | @ | CAL | behind 1-2 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12% | 50% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 83 | 83 | 5 | 1 | 1978-08-27 | Fred Lynn | BOS | CAL | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14% | 51% | Home Run |
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