Born: June 20, 1958 in Freeport, TX
High School: Brazoswood (Lake Jackson, TX)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft.
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Debut: April 10, 1979
Final Game: October 3, 1985
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| 1979 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 | 1979-04-27 | Gorman Thomas | MIL | @ | TOR | tied 2-2 | t 2 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 8 | 26% | 75% | Home Run; Gantner Scores/unER; Yount Scores/unER; Thomas Scores/unER | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1979-05-02 | Ron Jackson | MIN | @ | TOR | behind 2-4 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10% | 35% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1979-05-18 | Ken Singleton | BAL | @ | TOR | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1979-05-30 | Rusty Staub | DET | @ | TOR | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10% | 68% | Home Run | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1979-05-30 | Lance Parrish | DET | @ | TOR | ahead 4-2 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7% | 93% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1979-06-04 | Bobby Grich | CAL | TOR | behind 0-2 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11% | 41% | Home Run | ||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1979-06-04 | Merv Rettenmund | CAL | TOR | behind 1-2 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16% | 54% | Home Run | ||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1979-06-14 | Willie Aikens | CAL | @ | TOR | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22% | 81% | Home Run; Lansford Scores; Ford Scores; Baylor Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1979-06-19 | Graig Nettles | NYY | TOR | behind 1-2 | b 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 21% | 65% | Home Run; Munson Scores | ||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1979-06-24 | Fred Lynn | BOS | TOR | behind 0-2 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16% | 53% | Home Run; Poquette Scores | ||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1979-06-24 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | TOR | ahead 6-2 | b 5 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3% | 97% | Home Run; Lynn Scores | ||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1979-06-29 (2) | Pat Kelly | BAL | TOR | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1979-06-29 (2) | John Lowenstein | BAL | TOR | ahead 2-0 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7% | 90% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1979-07-05 | Champ Summers | DET | TOR | ahead 2-1 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1979-07-21 (1) | Roy Smalley | MIN | TOR | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1979-07-27 | Tom Brookens | DET | @ | TOR | behind 0-1 | t 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 25% | 61% | Home Run; Greene Scores | |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1979-08-14 | Dwayne Murphy | OAK | TOR | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15% | 74% | Home Run; Henderson Scores | ||
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1979-08-21 | Tom Paciorek | SEA | TOR | behind 1-3 | b 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 37% | 67% | Home Run; Bochte Scores/unER; Meyer Scores/unER; Paciorek Scores/unER | ||
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1979-09-01 | Willie Horton | SEA | @ | TOR | behind 0-2 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6% | 9% | Home Run | |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1979-09-07 | Toby Harrah | CLE | TOR | behind 3-8 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1% | 2% | Home Run | ||
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1979-09-13 | Pat Kelly | BAL | @ | TOR | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 1979-09-13 | Doug DeCinces | BAL | @ | TOR | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14% | 78% | Home Run; Crowley Scores | |
| 23 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 1979-09-13 | Eddie Murray | BAL | @ | TOR | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 0 | -23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6% | 94% | Home Run; Garcia Scores; Singleton Scores | |
| 24 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 1979-09-18 | Dwight Evans | BOS | @ | TOR | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18% | 86% | Home Run; Hobson Scores; Dwyer Scores | |
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1979-09-29 | Jim Spencer | NYY | TOR | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9% | 89% | Home Run; Nettles Scores | ||
| 1985 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1985-10-03 (2) | Dwight Evans | BOS | @ | BAL | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13% | 47% | Home Run |
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