Born: August 25, 1950 in Ellensburg, WA
High School: Moses Lake (Moses Lake, WA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary).
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Debut: April 14, 1975
Final Game: September 27, 1981
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| 1975 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 | 1975-05-17 | Ed Brinkman | STL | @ | SFG | ahead 14-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1975-06-09 | John Milner | NYM | @ | SFG | ahead 2-1 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10% | 92% | Home Run | |
| 1976 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1976-05-20 | George Foster | CIN | @ | SFG | behind 4-5 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 27% | 42% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1976-06-15 | Garry Maddox | PHI | SFG | ahead 5-0 | b 2 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5% | 98% | Home Run; Schmidt Scores; Johnstone Scores | ||
| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1977-05-10 | Mike Schmidt | PHI | SFG | ahead 2-0 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7% | 90% | Home Run | ||
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1977-05-15 | Champ Summers | CIN | SFG | ahead 5-2 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 3% | 97% | Home Run | ||
| 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1977-05-30 (2) | George Hendrick | SDP | @ | SFG | behind 5-7 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12% | 30% | Home Run | |
| 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1977-06-03 (1) | Gary Matthews | ATL | SFG | ahead 3-2 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16% | 87% | Home Run; Montanez Scores | ||
| 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1977-06-19 (2) | Dave Parker | PIT | @ | SFG | behind 4-5 | t 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 37% | 68% | Home Run (LF-CF); Robinson Scores | |
| 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1977-06-21 | Bill Buckner | CHC | @ | SFG | ahead 6-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2% | 97% | Home Run | |
| 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1977-06-21 | Steve Ontiveros | CHC | @ | SFG | ahead 7-0 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1% | 99% | Home Run (Line Drive) | |
| 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1977-06-27 | Ken Griffey | CIN | SFG | ahead 6-1 | b 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4% | 97% | Home Run; Billingham Scores | ||
| 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1977-07-17 | Willie Montanez | ATL | SFG | ahead 5-2 | b 7 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3% | 98% | Home Run; Matthews Scores | ||
| 14 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1977-07-25 | Del Unser | MON | @ | SFG | ahead 2-0 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | PH | 10% | 96% | Home Run; Garrett Scores | |
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1978-05-06 | Jason Thompson | DET | @ | OAK | ahead 3-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6% | 91% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1978-05-14 | Rusty Staub | DET | OAK | ahead 8-0 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 17 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1978-05-14 | Jason Thompson | DET | OAK | ahead 9-0 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1978-06-07 (1) | Ron Fairly | CAL | @ | OAK | ahead 3-0 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4% | 95% | Home Run | |
| 19 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1978-06-12 | Willie Randolph | NYY | OAK | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12% | 68% | Home Run | ||
| 20 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1978-06-12 | Graig Nettles | NYY | OAK | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10% | 80% | Home Run | ||
| 21 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1978-06-14 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | OAK | ahead 4-0 | b 2 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6% | 96% | Home Run; Remy Scores; Rice Scores/unER | ||
| 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1978-08-15 | Reggie Jackson | NYY | @ | OAK | ahead 4-0 | t 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6% | 97% | Home Run; Piniella Scores | |
| 23 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1978-08-23 | Ellie Hendricks | BAL | @ | OAK | ahead 10-0 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 24 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1978-08-25 | Mickey Rivers | NYY | OAK | ahead 5-1 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 25 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1978-08-27 | Graig Nettles | NYY | OAK | ahead 5-2 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1979-05-05 | Mickey Rivers | NYY | OAK | behind 2-4 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | PH | 41% | 53% | Home Run; Jackson Scores | ||
| 27 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1979-05-22 | Jorge Orta | CHW | OAK | behind 3-4 | b 8 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 10 | 48% | 85% | Home Run; Gates Scores; Orta Scores | ||
| 28 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1979-06-08 | John Mayberry | TOR | @ | OAK | tied 1-1 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 34% | 84% | Home Run | |
| 29 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1979-06-24 (2) | Pat Putnam | TEX | @ | OAK | ahead 1-0 | t 8 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | PH | 22% | 96% | Home Run; Sample Scores; Grubb Scores | |
| 30 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1979-07-04 | Don Baylor | CAL | OAK | behind 5-6 | b 7 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 10 | 37% | 77% | Home Run; Lansford Scores | ||
| 31 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1979-07-19 | Reggie Jackson | NYY | OAK | ahead 4-2 | b 6 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11% | 94% | Home Run; Chambliss Scores | ||
| 32 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1979-07-23 | Pat Kelly | BAL | OAK | behind 3-4 | b 8 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 8 | PH | 61% | 97% | Home Run; Singleton Scores; Murray Scores; DeCinces Scores | ||
| 1980 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 33 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1980-04-19 | Rob Wilfong | MIN | @ | SEA | ahead 7-1 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 34 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1980-05-24 | Claudell Washington | CHW | @ | SEA | behind 2-5 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4% | 7% | Home Run | |
| 35 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1980-06-01 | Dave Rosello | CLE | SEA | behind 6-7 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 30% | 61% | Home Run | ||
| 36 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1980-07-13 | Mike Cubbage | MIN | SEA | behind 3-5 | b 8 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 34% | 56% | Home Run; Sofield Scores | ||
| 37 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1980-08-12 | Bert Campaneris | CAL | @ | SEA | behind 3-5 | t 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 6 | 41% | 62% | Home Run; Thompson Scores; Grich Scores | |
| 38 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1980-08-13 | Bobby Grich | CAL | @ | SEA | ahead 7-4 | t 10 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; Baylor Scores; Thompson Scores | |
| 39 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1980-08-29 | Bob Watson | NYY | SEA | ahead 2-1 | b 7 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17% | 97% | Home Run (Deep LF); Randolph Scores; Murcer Scores | ||
| 40 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 1980-09-06 | Jim Rice | BOS | SEA | ahead 3-1 | b 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5% | 99% | Home Run; Yastrzemski Scores | ||
| 41 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 1980-09-25 | Pat Putnam | TEX | @ | SEA | tied 4-4 | t 11 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 42% | 92% | Home Run; Staub Scores |
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