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Brian Harper
Brian David Harper
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 16, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: San Pedro (San Pedro, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1979
Final Game: April 29, 1995
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Career Home Runs

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Brian Harper: 63 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 16 go ahead
3 Tms
MIN48
PIT11
MIL4
 
vs RHP35
vs LHP28
 
Away37
Home26
 
Leverage
High Lev15
Medium Lev25
Low Lev23
21 Opps
MIL7
DET6
OAK5
SEA5
BAL5
TOR5
TEX4
NYY3
KCR3
CHW3
SFG2
STL2
CAL2
PHI2
BOS2
CLE2
SDP1
CHC1
CIN1
NYM1
56 Pitchers
Dan Plesac3
Bob Welch2
Todd Stottlemyre2
Dave LaPoint2
Mark Davis2
Mike Moore2
Jimmy Jones1
Mike Jeffcoat1
Jesse Orosco1
Erik Hanson1
Scott Bailes1
Chris Haney1
Dennis Powell1
John Kiely1
Juan Guzman1
John Martin1
Edwin Nunez1
Steve Carlton1
Roger Pavlik1
Mark Gubicza1
20 Parks
Metrodome18
County Stad6
3 Rivers Std6
NetworkAssoc5
Kingdome4
Tiger Stad3
SkyDome3
Memor. Stad2
US Cellular2
Yankee Stad2
Arlington2
ClevelandStd2
VeteransStad1
Shea Stad1
Exhibit Stad1
Camden Yards1
Candlestick1
Angel Stad1
Busch Stad1
Qualcomm St1
Where Hit
748
Unk9
784
82
General field locations when available.
 
 
Pitches
220
314
Unk11
17
47
53
7+1
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms63
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
6th25
5th17
8th9
7th7
9th2
2nd2
1st1
Outs
030
218
115
 
DefPos
C49
LF8
PH4
DH2
Bases
---37
1--12
12-5
-2-4
1232
--31
-231
1-31
 
100 RBI
RISP14
0 on37
1 on17
2 on7
3 on2
Any on26
Inning
12
29
35
47
512
69
75
87
97
 
1-316
4-628
7-end19
RelScore
+4..8
+33
+22
+117
Tied9
-19
-26
-32
-4..7
 
Ahead30
Tied9
Behind24
Before event, for batter
Count
Unk11
1-011
1-110
0-19
0-07
2-16
0-23
2-23
2-02
3-11

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1982 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1982-08-30 PIT @ SDP Dave Dravecky behind 0-1 t 9 0 --- 1 9 PH 35% 50% Home Run
2 2 2 1 1982-09-17 PIT @ PHI Steve Carlton ahead 1-0 t 5 0 12- 3 2 7 17% 91% Home Run; Rhoden Scores; Lacy Scores
1983 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
3 3 1 1 1983-04-12 PIT STL Dave LaPoint ahead 1-0 b 5 0 --- 1 6 7 11% 82% Home Run
4 4 2 1 1983-04-17 PIT CHC Steve Trout ahead 1-0 b 4 0 --- 1 6 7 10% 80% Home Run
5 5 3 1 1983-06-18 PIT PHI Al Holland behind 2-6 b 9 1 1-- 2 1 PH 2% 4% Home Run; Nicosia Scores
6 6 4 1 1983-06-24 PIT @ STL John Martin ahead 7-2 t 7 1 --- 1 6 7 1% 99% Home Run
7 7 5 1 1983-07-13 PIT @ SFG Mark Davis tied 0-0 t 1 0 --3 2 2 7 11% 70% Home Run; Lacy Scores
8 8 6 1 1983-07-19 (1) PIT LAD Jerry Reuss ahead 3-0 b 5 2 --- 1 5 7 5% 93% Home Run
9 9 7 1 1983-07-24 (2) PIT SFG Mark Davis ahead 1-0 b 2 0 --- 1 5 7 9% 76% Home Run
1984 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
10 10 1 1 1984-08-11 PIT @ NYM Jesse Orosco behind 0-3 t 8 0 --- 1 9 PH 6% 12% Home Run
11 11 2 1 1984-08-26 PIT CIN Joe Price ahead 3-1 b 3 2 1-- 2 7 7 13% 89% Home Run; Ray Scores
1988 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
12 12 1 1 1988-06-29 MIN @ CAL Chuck Finley behind 0-2 t 7 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 7 2 11% 25% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
13 13 2 1 1988-07-04 MIN @ MIL Don August ahead 2-1 t 9 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 7 2 10% 91% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
14 14 3 1 1988-08-02 MIN @ TOR Jim Clancy behind 0-5 t 3 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 7 2 5% 13% Home Run
1989 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
15 15 1 1 1989-04-05 MIN NYY Lance McCullers ahead 7-2 b 5 2 12- 1,(0-0)  3 8 2 3% 99% Home Run; Bush Scores; Larkin Scores
16 16 2 1 1989-04-21 MIN @ BAL Jose Bautista ahead 2-1 t 5 0 1-- 5,(2-2)  2 8 2 17% 85% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Larkin Scores
17 17 3 1 1989-05-04 MIN MIL Dan Plesac behind 1-3 b 9 2 --- 8,(2-2)  1 8 2 3% 5% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
18 18 4 1 1989-05-15 MIN KCR Floyd Bannister behind 0-2 b 3 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 8 2 11% 44% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
19 19 5 1 1989-08-09 MIN @ BAL Brian Holton ahead 6-0 t 5 2 --- 3,(1-1)  1 8 2 2% 98% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20 20 6 1 1989-08-24 MIN CHW Melido Perez behind 3-4 b 7 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 7 2 22% 59% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
21 21 7 1 1989-09-04 MIN @ TEX Mike Jeffcoat ahead 1-0 t 1 2 -2- 2,(0-1)  2 5 2 16% 75% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Gladden Scores/unER; Harper Scores/unER
22 22 8 1 1989-09-29 MIN @ SEA Scott Bankhead behind 0-1 t 2 0 1-- 3,(1-1)  2 5 2 17% 61% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Hrbek Scores
1990 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
23 23 1 1 1990-04-20 MIN CAL Scott Bailes ahead 11-0 b 6 0 --- 3,(0-2)  1 5 2 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24 24 2 1 1990-05-02 MIN @ DET Edwin Nunez ahead 7-2 t 9 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 8 2 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25 25 3 1 1990-05-05 MIN @ MIL Dan Plesac tied 5-5 t 8 1 123 2,(1-0)  4 8 2 28% 96% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Gaetti Scores; Manrique Scores; Mack Scores
26 26 4 1 1990-05-17 MIN @ NYY Dave LaPoint ahead 1-0 t 2 2 --- 2,(0-1)  1 8 2 10% 68% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
27 27 5 1 1990-07-07 MIN @ NYY Jimmy Jones ahead 1-0 t 2 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 6 2 10% 71% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
28 28 6 1 1990-08-03 MIN @ SEA Matt Young behind 0-1 t 6 2 -2- 2,(0-1)  2 5 10 31% 62% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Liriano Scores
1991 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
29 29 1 1 1991-04-10 MIN @ OAK Bob Welch tied 0-0 t 2 0 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 6 2 17% 71% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Davis Scores; Harper Scores
30 30 2 1 1991-04-27 MIN SEA Brian Holman ahead 2-1 b 5 2 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 6 2 19% 87% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Davis Scores; Harper Scores
31 31 3 1 1991-05-03 MIN @ MIL Jaime Navarro behind 0-1 t 2 0 1-- 2,(0-1)  2 6 2 17% 61% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Davis Scores; Harper Scores
32 32 4 1 1991-07-06 MIN @ CHW Ramon Garcia behind 0-4 t 7 2 12- 4,(0-2)  3 6 2 18% 23% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Bush Scores; Davis Scores; Harper Scores
33 33 5 1 1991-07-16 MIN @ MIL Dan Plesac behind 1-2 t 9 0 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 6 2 57% 84% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Brown Scores; Harper Scores
34 34 6 1 1991-08-03 MIN @ OAK Kevin Campbell behind 4-5 t 8 1 12- 2,(0-1)  3 6 2 53% 86% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Hrbek Scores; Davis Scores; Harper Scores
35 35 7 1 1991-08-26 MIN @ CLE Dave Otto ahead 1-0 t 6 2 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 5 2 21% 85% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Puckett Scores; Harper Scores
36 36 8 1 1991-08-30 MIN BAL Bob Milacki behind 0-10 b 6 1 -2- 4,(2-1)  2 6 2 0% 1% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Davis Scores; Harper Scores
37 37 9 1 1991-09-01 MIN BAL Anthony Telford ahead 7-0 b 5 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 5 2 0% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Harper Scores
38 38 10 1 1991-09-16 MIN KCR Mark Gubicza ahead 5-0 b 5 2 12- 2,(1-0)  3 6 2 3% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Hrbek Scores; Davis Scores; Harper Scores
1992 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
39 39 1 1 1992-04-22 MIN @ SEA Erik Hanson tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 2 11% 61% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Harper Scores
40 40 2 1 1992-06-05 MIN @ TEX Jose Guzman behind 1-3 t 6 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 5 2 12% 29% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Harper Scores
41 41 3 1 1992-06-25 MIN @ OAK Bob Welch behind 0-4 t 5 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 2 6% 15% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Harper Scores
42 42 4 1 1992-06-26 MIN @ OAK Mike Moore behind 1-2 t 4 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 2 13% 50% Home Run (Fly Ball); Harper Scores
43 43 5 1 1992-08-01 MIN MIL Doug Henry ahead 5-2 b 8 0 123 3,(1-1)  4 6 2 1% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Hrbek Scores; Puckett Scores; Davis Scores; Harper Scores
44 44 6 1 1992-08-05 MIN @ CHW Charlie Hough behind 4-9 t 8 2 --- 5,(3-1)  1 6 2 1% 1% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Harper Scores
45 45 7 1 1992-08-26 MIN DET John Kiely tied 0-0 b 9 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 6 2 42% 100% Walk-Off Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Harper Scores
46 46 8 1 1992-09-06 MIN @ TOR Todd Stottlemyre tied 0-0 t 2 1 1-- 5,(2-2)  2 6 2 18% 68% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Mack Scores; Harper Scores
47 47 9 1 1992-09-27 MIN KCR Chris Haney ahead 3-0 b 6 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 6 2 4% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Harper Scores
1993 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
48 48 1 1 1993-05-02 MIN @ DET Mike Moore behind 2-3 t 7 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 6 2 19% 50% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49 49 2 1 1993-05-07 MIN @ SEA Dennis Powell ahead 3-2 t 6 2 --- 1,(0-0)  1 5 2 13% 74% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
50 50 3 1 1993-05-14 MIN BOS Frank Viola ahead 3-1 b 3 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 2 8% 83% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
51 51 4 1 1993-06-01 MIN TEX Brian Bohanon behind 3-5 b 8 1 -23 2,(1-0)  3 8 PH 50% 85% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Larkin Scores; Mack Scores
52 52 5 1 1993-06-02 MIN TEX Roger Pavlik ahead 3-2 b 6 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 5 2 10% 84% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53 53 6 1 1993-06-05 MIN @ CLE Cliff Young ahead 4-3 t 8 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 2 12% 86% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54 54 7 1 1993-06-15 MIN TOR Juan Guzman behind 0-3 b 4 0 1-- 2,(0-1)  2 5 2 17% 43% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Puckett Scores
55 55 8 1 1993-07-02 MIN MIL Cal Eldred ahead 4-3 b 5 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 6 2 11% 80% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
56 56 9 1 1993-07-05 MIN DET David Wells ahead 4-3 b 3 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 2 10% 76% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
57 57 10 1 1993-07-15 MIN @ BAL Ben McDonald tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 2 10% 60% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58 58 11 1 1993-08-10 MIN @ TOR Dave Stewart tied 1-1 t 4 2 1-- 3,(2-0)  2 6 2 23% 69% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Winfield Scores
59 59 12 1 1993-08-15 MIN @ OAK John Briscoe ahead 9-2 t 5 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 6 2 1% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1994 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
60 60 1 1 1994-05-07 MIL @ TOR Todd Stottlemyre tied 0-0 t 4 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 7 10 12% 59% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
61 61 2 1 1994-05-20 MIL @ DET John Doherty behind 0-2 t 4 2 1-3 2,(0-1)  3 7 2 29% 57% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Nilsson Scores; Jaha Scores
62 62 3 1 1994-06-14 MIL DET Bill Gullickson behind 1-5 b 4 2 -2- 3,(0-2)  2 6 2 13% 28% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Nilsson Scores
63 63 4 1 1994-06-25 MIL BOS Joe Hesketh ahead 3-2 b 6 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 5 2 11% 81% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)

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