Born: August 11, 1946 in Dallas, TX
High School: Arlington (Arlington, TX)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1964.
(All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1965
Final Game: September 30, 1972
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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 | 1969-04-28 | Rich Reese | MIN | KCR | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15% | 92% | Home Run; Killebrew Scores; Nettles Scores | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1969-05-10 | Boog Powell | BAL | KCR | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20% | 62% | Home Run; Blair Scores | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1969-05-20 | Jose Cardenal | CLE | KCR | ahead 1-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11% | 86% | Home Run | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1969-05-24 | Brant Alyea | WSA | KCR | behind 1-4 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 4% | 8% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1969-05-28 | Rico Petrocelli | BOS | @ | KCR | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18% | 61% | Home Run (Deep LF Line); Smith Scores | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1969-09-03 | Willie Horton | DET | @ | KCR | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1969-09-03 | Bill Freehan | DET | @ | KCR | tied 1-1 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1969-09-03 | Willie Horton | DET | @ | KCR | ahead 2-1 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19% | 87% | Home Run; Kaline Scores | |
| 1970 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1970-04-24 | Frank Robinson | BAL | @ | KCR | behind 4-5 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 21% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1970-04-24 | Boog Powell | BAL | @ | KCR | tied 5-5 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 22% | 68% | Home Run | |
| 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1970-04-29 | Elliott Maddox | DET | @ | KCR | ahead 6-1 | t 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Stanley Scores | |
| 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1970-05-09 | Willie Horton | DET | KCR | tied 4-4 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 30% | 89% | Home Run; McAuliffe Scores | ||
| 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1970-05-09 | Bill Freehan | DET | KCR | ahead 6-4 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1970-05-15 | Ken Berry | CHW | KCR | ahead 6-1 | b 5 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2% | 99% | Home Run; O'Brien Scores | ||
| 1971 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1971-04-08 | Andy Messersmith | CAL | KCR | behind 1-3 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13% | 35% | Home Run | ||
| 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1971-04-13 | Tony Oliva | MIN | @ | KCR | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11% | 58% | Home Run | |
| 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1971-05-07 | Dick McAuliffe | DET | KCR | ahead 2-1 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10% | 90% | Home Run (CF-RF) | ||
| 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1971-06-01 | George Scott | BOS | KCR | behind 0-4 | b 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1% | 1% | Home Run; Smith Scores | ||
| 19 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1971-06-09 | Frank Howard | WSA | @ | KCR | tied 2-2 | t 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 26% | 76% | Home Run (CF-RF); Mincher Scores | |
| 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1971-06-25 | Mike Epstein | OAK | KCR | ahead 4-0 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3% | 97% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 21 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1971-07-17 | Graig Nettles | CLE | @ | KCR | behind 1-5 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5% | 13% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1971-07-22 | Davey Johnson | BAL | @ | KCR | tied 0-0 | t 5 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19% | 78% | Home Run; Rettenmund Scores | |
| 23 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1971-07-22 | Merv Rettenmund | BAL | @ | KCR | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9% | 87% | Home Run | |
| 24 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1971-07-27 | Dick McAuliffe | DET | KCR | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11% | 55% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 25 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1971-08-28 | Ron Blomberg | NYY | @ | KCR | behind 0-2 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21% | 50% | Home Run; White Scores | |
| 26 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 1971-08-28 | Ron Blomberg | NYY | @ | KCR | tied 2-2 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19% | 66% | Home Run | |
| 27 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1971-09-17 | Leo Cardenas | MIN | KCR | behind 0-2 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13% | 29% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 1971-09-28 | Reggie Jackson | OAK | KCR | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15% | 68% | Home Run | ||
| 29 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 1971-09-28 | Mike Epstein | OAK | KCR | tied 1-1 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 23% | 81% | Home Run | ||
| 1972 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 30 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1972-04-18 | Mike Epstein | OAK | KCR | behind 1-2 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 31 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1972-04-18 | Dave Duncan | OAK | KCR | tied 2-2 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 26% | 81% | Home Run | ||
| 32 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1972-04-23 | Dick Allen | CHW | KCR | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 33 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1972-05-10 | Alex Johnson | CLE | KCR | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 7 | 31% | 85% | Home Run; Unser Scores; Brohamer Scores | ||
| 34 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1972-05-21 | Sal Bando | OAK | @ | KCR | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20% | 70% | Home Run (LF-CF); Rudi Scores | |
| 35 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1972-05-21 | Dave Duncan | OAK | @ | KCR | ahead 2-0 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15% | 90% | Home Run (LF-CF); Epstein Scores | |
| 36 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1972-07-09 (2) | Graig Nettles | CLE | KCR | behind 0-5 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5% | 14% | Home Run | ||
| 37 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1972-07-09 (2) | Buddy Bell | CLE | KCR | behind 1-5 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7% | 19% | Home Run | ||
| 38 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1972-08-22 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | @ | KCR | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17% | 83% | Home Run; Aparicio Scores | |
| 39 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 1972-09-02 | Reggie Smith | BOS | KCR | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10% | 73% | Home Run |
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