Born: April 25, 1943 in Aurora, IL
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1964.
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Debut: September 19, 1969
Final Game: June 5, 1977
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| 1970 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 | 1970-05-02 | Graig Nettles | CLE | @ | KCR | behind 1-2 | t 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 49% | 74% | Home Run; Ford Scores/unER | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1970-05-08 | Dalton Jones | DET | KCR | behind 1-8 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1970-05-08 | Bill Freehan | DET | KCR | behind 2-8 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2% | 3% | Home Run | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1970-05-20 | Rod Carew | MIN | @ | KCR | behind 0-1 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1970-05-20 | Paul Ratliff | MIN | @ | KCR | behind 1-3 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 26% | 47% | Home Run; Holt Scores | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1970-05-20 | Leo Cardenas | MIN | @ | KCR | behind 3-4 | t 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 51% | 81% | Home Run; Reese Scores; Holt Scores | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1970-06-13 | Roy White | NYY | @ | KCR | tied 1-1 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13% | 63% | Home Run | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1970-06-16 | Mike Andrews | BOS | @ | KCR | tied 2-2 | t 9 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 27% | 99% | Home Run; Scott Scores; Conigliaro Scores; Schofield Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1970-06-30 | Rick Renick | MIN | KCR | behind 2-5 | b 6 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 9 | PH | 44% | 73% | Home Run; Holt Scores; Cardenas Scores; Mitterwald Scores | ||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1970-07-03 (2) | Tommy Harper | MIL | KCR | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11% | 55% | Lead-Off | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1970-07-25 | Ted Uhlaender | CLE | KCR | behind 3-4 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19% | 57% | Home Run | ||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1970-07-30 | Norm Cash | DET | KCR | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 22% | 69% | Home Run (CF-RF); Brown Scores | ||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1970-08-12 (2) | Reggie Smith | BOS | KCR | behind 0-3 | b 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19% | 39% | Home Run; Schofield Scores | ||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1970-08-17 | Frank Howard | WSA | KCR | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14% | 73% | Home Run; Stroud Scores | ||
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1970-08-17 | Mike Epstein | WSA | KCR | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8% | 81% | Home Run | ||
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1970-08-23 | Tony Conigliaro | BOS | @ | KCR | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 27% | 73% | Home Run; Smith Scores/unER; Conigliaro Scores; Conigliaro Scores | |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1970-09-12 | Reggie Jackson | OAK | @ | KCR | behind 1-2 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 54% | 72% | Home Run; Davis Scores | |
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1970-10-01 | Jim Kaat | MIN | KCR | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 9 | 1 | 16% | 81% | Home Run; Thompson Scores | ||
| 1971 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1971-04-12 | Don Money | PHI | PIT | behind 0-2 | b 3 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 5 | 26% | 68% | Home Run; Wise Scores; Bowa Scores/unER | ||
| 20 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1971-04-30 | Ollie Brown | SDP | @ | PIT | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 9 | 27% | 82% | Home Run; Mason Scores; Colbert Scores | |
| 21 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1971-05-23 | Bob Bailey | MON | PIT | ahead 1-0 | b 8 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9% | 99% | Home Run; Gosger Scores; Staub Scores | ||
| 22 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1971-05-29 | Jim Hickman | CHC | @ | PIT | behind 0-2 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10% | 39% | Home Run | |
| 23 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1971-06-18 | John Bateman | MON | @ | PIT | tied 2-2 | t 7 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 41% | 95% | Home Run; Hunt Scores; Mashore Scores; Bailey Scores | |
| 24 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1971-06-27 (1) | Roger Freed | PHI | PIT | behind 3-4 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 25% | 58% | Home Run | ||
| 25 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1971-07-03 | Don Kessinger | CHC | PIT | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10% | 77% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to LF | |
| 26 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1971-07-07 | Bernie Carbo | CIN | @ | PIT | behind 0-5 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4% | 12% | Home Run | |
| 27 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1971-07-07 | Lee May | CIN | @ | PIT | behind 1-5 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4% | 8% | Home Run | |
| 28 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1971-07-07 | Lee May | CIN | @ | PIT | behind 2-9 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 29 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 1971-07-16 | Nate Colbert | SDP | @ | PIT | behind 0-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 21% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 30 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 1971-07-21 | Al Gallagher | SFG | @ | PIT | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 31 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 1971-07-25 (1) | Leron Lee | SDP | PIT | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 32 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 1971-07-31 | Ken Henderson | SFG | PIT | behind 0-3 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8% | 29% | Home Run | ||
| 33 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 1971-08-14 | Joe Hague | STL | @ | PIT | ahead 2-0 | t 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16% | 89% | Home Run; Torre Scores; Simmons Scores | |
| 34 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 1971-08-19 | Lee May | CIN | PIT | behind 0-5 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1% | 1% | Home Run | ||
| 35 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 1971-08-24 | Mike Lum | ATL | PIT | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 9 | 26% | 80% | Home Run; Aaron Scores; Evans Scores | ||
| 36 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 1971-09-14 | Frank Fernandez | CHC | PIT | behind 0-2 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11% | 43% | Home Run | ||
| 37 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 1971-09-14 | Fergie Jenkins | CHC | PIT | behind 1-2 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 1 | 26% | 65% | Home Run; Fernandez Scores | ||
| 1972 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 38 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1972-04-25 | Johnny Bench | CIN | @ | PIT | behind 1-2 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 39 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 1972-04-30 | Orlando Cepeda | ATL | @ | PIT | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 40 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1972-04-30 | Ralph Garr | ATL | @ | PIT | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12% | 71% | Home Run | |
| 41 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 1972-05-05 | Johnny Bench | CIN | PIT | ahead 2-0 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6% | 92% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 42 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1972-05-27 | Willie Montanez | PHI | @ | PIT | tied 0-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 18% | 68% | Home Run | |
| 43 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 1972-06-02 | Dave Kingman | SFG | PIT | tied 1-1 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 44 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 1972-06-02 | Bobby Bonds | SFG | PIT | ahead 4-2 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7% | 88% | Home Run | ||
| 45 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 1972-06-07 (1) | Jerry Morales | SDP | PIT | behind 4-12 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | PH | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 46 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1972-06-17 | Nate Colbert | SDP | @ | PIT | ahead 3-0 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6% | 91% | Home Run | |
| 47 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 1972-07-18 | Earl Williams | ATL | @ | PIT | ahead 3-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7% | 91% | Home Run | |
| 48 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 1972-08-02 | Bernie Carbo | STL | PIT | ahead 6-5 | b 4 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22% | 92% | Home Run; Torre Scores/unER; Simmons Scores/unER; Carbo Scores/Team unER | ||
| 49 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 1972-08-06 (2) | Tim McCarver | MON | PIT | behind 1-7 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2% | 3% | Home Run | ||
| 50 | 50 | 13 | 1 | 1972-08-15 | Willie Davis | LAD | PIT | tied 6-6 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 28% | 85% | Home Run (CF-RF); Buckner Scores | ||
| 51 | 51 | 14 | 1 | 1972-09-08 (1) | Mike Jorgensen | MON | PIT | behind 0-7 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1% | 1% | Home Run | ||
| 1973 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 52 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1973-05-22 | Willie Montanez | PHI | PIT | ahead 5-2 | b 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; Bowa Scores | ||
| 53 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1973-06-19 (1) | Rick Monday | CHC | @ | PIT | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 54 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 1973-06-25 (1) | Boots Day | MON | PIT | behind 0-4 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7% | 20% | Home Run | ||
| 55 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 1973-07-01 (1) | Hal Breeden | MON | @ | PIT | behind 1-6 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1% | 2% | Home Run | |
| 56 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 1973-07-15 | Willie McCovey | SFG | PIT | ahead 3-0 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 57 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 1973-08-04 (1) | Bill Robinson | PHI | PIT | ahead 5-3 | b 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8% | 96% | Home Run; Luzinski Scores | ||
| 58 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 1973-08-11 | Dusty Baker | ATL | @ | PIT | ahead 3-0 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5% | 92% | Home Run | |
| 59 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 1973-08-17 | Gary Thomasson | SFG | @ | PIT | ahead 3-0 | t 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7% | 97% | Home Run; Fuentes Scores | |
| 60 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 1973-09-03 (2) | Bernie Carbo | STL | @ | PIT | ahead 6-1 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | |
| 61 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 1973-09-07 | Denny Doyle | PHI | PIT | tied 4-4 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27% | 87% | Home Run | ||
| 62 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 1973-09-09 | Willie Montanez | PHI | PIT | tied 7-7 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 37% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run | |
| 63 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 1973-09-21 | Wayne Garrett | NYM | PIT | ahead 6-2 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 1974 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 64 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 1974-04-08 | Graig Nettles | NYY | CLE | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 65 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 1974-04-14 (1) | Thurman Munson | NYY | @ | CLE | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11% | 57% | Home Run (LF Line) | |
| 66 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 1974-04-14 (1) | Ron Blomberg | NYY | @ | CLE | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10% | 71% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 67 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 1974-05-05 (2) | Sal Bando | OAK | CLE | behind 1-5 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13% | 21% | Home Run; Haney Scores | ||
| 68 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 1974-06-05 | Jim Spencer | TEX | @ | CLE | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 69 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 1974-06-18 | Dick Allen | CHW | @ | CLE | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 70 | 70 | 7 | 2 | 1974-06-18 | Jorge Orta | CHW | @ | CLE | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 71 | 71 | 8 | 3 | 1974-06-18 | Jorge Orta | CHW | @ | CLE | ahead 2-0 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9% | 84% | Home Run | |
| 72 | 72 | 9 | 4 | 1974-06-18 | Carlos May | CHW | @ | CLE | ahead 3-0 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6% | 90% | Home Run | |
| 73 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 1974-06-23 | Rico Petrocelli | BOS | CLE | ahead 5-0 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 74 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 1974-06-29 | Juan Beniquez | BOS | @ | CLE | ahead 6-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2% | 97% | Home Run | |
| 75 | 75 | 12 | 2 | 1974-06-29 | Danny Cater | BOS | @ | CLE | ahead 7-1 | t 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2% | 99% | Home Run; Guerrero Scores | |
| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 76 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 1977-04-08 | Joe Ferguson | HOU | ATL | tied 2-2 | b 11 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 37% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run | |
| 77 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 1977-04-18 | Gene Tenace | SDP | @ | ATL | ahead 6-1 | t 5 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4% | 99% | Home Run; Almon Scores; Turner Scores; Hendrick Scores | |
| 78 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 1977-04-24 | Dusty Baker | LAD | @ | ATL | ahead 12-6 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Garvey Scores/Team unER; Baker Scores/Team unER | |
| 79 | 79 | 4 | 2 | 1977-04-24 | Lee Lacy | LAD | @ | ATL | ahead 14-6 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 80 | 80 | 5 | 3 | 1977-04-24 | Charlie Hough | LAD | @ | ATL | ahead 15-6 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 81 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 1977-04-26 | Dan Driessen | CIN | @ | ATL | ahead 6-1 | t 9 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Griffey Scores; Morgan Scores | |
| 82 | 82 | 7 | 1 | 1977-05-02 | Fernando Gonzalez | PIT | @ | ATL | ahead 9-1 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Stennett Scores |
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