Born: September 16, 1953 in Cherry Point, NC
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.
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Debut: September 4, 1975
Final Game: October 5, 1980
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| 1976 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 | 1976-06-23 (2) | Bob Randall | MIN | CHW | behind 0-2 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 4 | 12% | 42% | Home Run | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1976-07-24 | Lyman Bostock | MIN | @ | CHW | ahead 6-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2% | 97% | Home Run | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1976-07-24 | Steve Braun | MIN | @ | CHW | ahead 8-2 | t 7 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Cubbage Scores; Terrell Scores | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1976-07-24 | Dan Ford | MIN | @ | CHW | ahead 12-2 | t 8 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Hisle Scores/unER; Cubbage Scores | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1976-10-01 | Jim Sundberg | TEX | CHW | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 9 | 2 | 22% | 63% | Home Run; Harrah Scores | ||
| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1977-04-24 (1) | Earl Williams | OAK | CHW | behind 1-6 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5% | 15% | Home Run | ||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1977-04-24 (1) | Dick Allen | OAK | CHW | behind 2-8 | b 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5% | 8% | Home Run; North Scores | ||
| 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1977-04-30 | Claudell Washington | TEX | @ | CHW | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 21% | 68% | Home Run; Campaneris Scores/unER; Washington Scores/unER | |
| 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1977-05-07 | Larvell Blanks | CLE | CHW | behind 0-2 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13% | 35% | Home Run | ||
| 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1977-05-07 | Buddy Bell | CLE | CHW | behind 1-2 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19% | 54% | Home Run | ||
| 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1977-05-18 | Darrell Porter | KCR | @ | CHW | behind 1-5 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4% | 10% | Home Run | |
| 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1977-05-25 | Sixto Lezcano | MIL | CHW | behind 0-3 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16% | 42% | Home Run; Money Scores; Lezcano Scores | ||
| 13 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1977-06-14 | George Scott | BOS | CHW | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1977-06-14 | Bernie Carbo | BOS | CHW | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13% | 64% | Home Run | ||
| 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1977-07-26 | Rusty Staub | DET | @ | CHW | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17% | 67% | Home Run; Fuentes Scores | |
| 16 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1977-07-31 (2) | George Brett | KCR | @ | CHW | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18% | 70% | Home Run; White Scores/unER | |
| 17 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1977-07-31 (2) | Hal McRae | KCR | @ | CHW | ahead 4-2 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9% | 88% | Home Run | |
| 18 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1977-07-31 (2) | Amos Otis | KCR | @ | CHW | ahead 5-2 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4% | 96% | Home Run | |
| 19 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1977-08-05 | Amos Otis | KCR | CHW | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18% | 73% | Home Run; Mayberry Scores | ||
| 20 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1977-08-05 | Darrell Porter | KCR | CHW | ahead 2-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8% | 81% | Home Run | ||
| 21 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 1977-09-21 | Wayne Gross | OAK | @ | CHW | behind 0-4 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6% | 20% | Home Run | |
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1978-04-14 | Wayne Gross | OAK | CAL | tied 1-1 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 24% | 79% | Home Run | ||
| 23 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1978-04-30 | Rico Carty | TOR | @ | CAL | ahead 4-0 | t 2 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8% | 93% | Home Run (Deep LF); Howell Scores | |
| 24 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1978-05-06 | Paul Dade | CLE | @ | CAL | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1978-05-29 | Thad Bosley | CHW | CAL | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 65% | Lead-Off | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 26 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1978-05-29 | Chet Lemon | CHW | CAL | ahead 3-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5% | 92% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 27 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1978-06-03 | Butch Hobson | BOS | @ | CAL | ahead 3-2 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13% | 82% | Home Run | |
| 28 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1978-06-08 | Mario Guerrero | OAK | CAL | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17% | 73% | Home Run; Thomasson Scores | ||
| 29 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1978-06-13 | George Scott | BOS | CAL | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 3 | 18% | 72% | Home Run; Fisk Scores | ||
| 30 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1978-06-13 | Butch Hobson | BOS | CAL | ahead 4-0 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 31 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 1978-06-23 (1) | Bobby Bonds | TEX | CAL | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 0 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10% | 92% | Home Run; Wills Scores; Zisk Scores | ||
| 32 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 1978-06-23 (1) | Bobby Bonds | TEX | CAL | ahead 4-0 | b 5 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5% | 99% | Home Run; Hargrove Scores; Wills Scores | ||
| 33 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 1978-07-08 (1) | Leon Roberts | SEA | @ | CAL | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 34 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 1978-07-08 (1) | Bruce Bochte | SEA | @ | CAL | ahead 2-1 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11% | 73% | Home Run | |
| 35 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 1978-08-12 (2) | Leon Roberts | SEA | CAL | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 29% | 84% | Home Run; Plummer Scores; Cruz Scores/unER; Reynolds Scores | ||
| 36 | 36 | 15 | 1 | 1978-08-18 | Eddie Murray | BAL | @ | CAL | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 37 | 37 | 16 | 2 | 1978-08-18 | Doug DeCinces | BAL | @ | CAL | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12% | 73% | Home Run | |
| 38 | 38 | 17 | 1 | 1978-08-23 | Graig Nettles | NYY | @ | CAL | behind 0-4 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5% | 13% | Home Run | |
| 39 | 39 | 18 | 1 | 1978-08-29 | Reggie Jackson | NYY | CAL | behind 0-2 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 34% | 55% | Home Run; Munson Scores | ||
| 40 | 40 | 19 | 1 | 1978-09-03 | Willie Horton | TOR | CAL | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 41 | 41 | 20 | 1 | 1978-09-08 | Hal McRae | KCR | @ | CAL | behind 0-1 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 10 | 18% | 47% | Home Run | |
| 42 | 42 | 21 | 2 | 1978-09-08 | Darrell Porter | KCR | @ | CAL | tied 1-1 | t 6 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 2 | 25% | 78% | Home Run; LaCock Scores | |
| 43 | 43 | 22 | 1 | 1978-09-13 | Bobby Bonds | TEX | CAL | behind 0-3 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10% | 24% | Home Run | ||
| 44 | 44 | 23 | 2 | 1978-09-13 | Toby Harrah | TEX | CAL | behind 1-3 | b 7 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 28% | 55% | Home Run; Wills Scores | ||
| 45 | 45 | 24 | 1 | 1978-09-23 | Eric Soderholm | CHW | CAL | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11% | 44% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 46 | 46 | 25 | 1 | 1978-09-30 | Claudell Washington | CHW | @ | CAL | behind 0-3 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7% | 15% | Home Run | |
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 47 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1979-04-18 | Roy Smalley | MIN | CAL | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 48 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1979-05-08 | Dwight Evans | BOS | CAL | behind 0-9 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1% | 2% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1979-05-13 | Graig Nettles | NYY | CAL | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14% | 81% | Home Run; Randolph Scores; Munson Scores | ||
| 50 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 1979-05-19 | Eric Soderholm | CHW | @ | CAL | behind 4-9 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1% | 1% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 51 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 1979-05-24 | Ben Oglivie | MIL | CAL | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7% | 95% | Home Run (Deep RF); Cooper Scores; Davis Scores; Oglivie Scores | ||
| 52 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 1979-05-24 | Sal Bando | MIL | CAL | ahead 6-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2% | 97% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF); Bando Scores | ||
| 53 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 1979-08-14 | Lance Parrish | DET | @ | CAL | ahead 4-3 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12% | 82% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 54 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 1979-09-22 | Willie Montanez | TEX | @ | CAL | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13% | 59% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 1980 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 55 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 1980-05-07 | Al Woods | TOR | @ | CAL | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16% | 68% | Home Run; Bosetti Scores | |
| 56 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 1980-05-07 | Otto Velez | TOR | @ | CAL | ahead 2-1 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19% | 78% | Home Run; Bosetti Scores | |
| 57 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 1980-05-14 | Toby Harrah | CLE | CAL | behind 4-11 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2% | 6% | Home Run | ||
| 58 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 1980-05-23 | Clint Hurdle | KCR | @ | CAL | ahead 10-3 | t 6 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1% | 100% | Home Run (Deep RF); Chalk Scores | |
| 59 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 1980-06-11 | Reggie Jackson | NYY | @ | CAL | ahead 5-1 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4% | 94% | Home Run (Deep CF) | |
| 60 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 1980-06-27 | Gorman Thomas | MIL | @ | CAL | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11% | 61% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 61 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 1980-06-27 | Ben Oglivie | MIL | @ | CAL | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 62 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 1980-06-30 | Wayne Nordhagen | CHW | CAL | tied 1-1 | b 1 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16% | 80% | Home Run (Deep LF); Baines Scores; Johnson Scores | ||
| 63 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 1980-07-05 | Cecil Cooper | MIL | CAL | ahead 2-1 | b 3 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12% | 85% | Home Run; Money Scores | ||
| 64 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 1980-07-11 | Tony Armas | OAK | CAL | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14% | 86% | Home Run; Gross Scores | ||
| 65 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 1980-07-17 | Gary Gray | CLE | @ | CAL | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8% | 87% | Home Run | |
| 66 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 1980-07-22 | Lance Parrish | DET | @ | CAL | behind 0-4 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6% | 16% | Home Run | |
| 67 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 1980-08-01 | Al Woods | TOR | CAL | behind 0-6 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7% | 13% | Home Run; Velez Scores | ||
| 68 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 1980-08-01 | Barry Bonnell | TOR | CAL | behind 2-6 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6% | 18% | Home Run | ||
| 69 | 69 | 15 | 1 | 1980-08-12 | Tom Paciorek | SEA | CAL | ahead 2-1 | b 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18% | 82% | Home Run; Meyer Scores | ||
| 70 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 1980-08-26 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | @ | CAL | ahead 3-1 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 96% | Home Run; Rice Scores | |
| 71 | 71 | 17 | 1 | 1980-08-31 | Ken Singleton | BAL | CAL | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13% | 69% | Home Run | ||
| 72 | 72 | 18 | 1 | 1980-10-01 | Charlie Moore | MIL | @ | CAL | tied 4-4 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 9 | 2 | 14% | 59% | Home Run |
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