
Born: June 16, 1948 in Detroit, MI
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1973.
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Debut: August 1, 1974
Final Game: September 3, 1982
Relatives: Cousin of Todd Steverson
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| 1974 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1974-08-12 | DET | KCR | Nelson Briles | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15% | 84% | Home Run; Lamont Scores | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1974-08-26 | DET | CAL | Andy Hassler | ahead 4-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 1975 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1975-04-13 (2) | DET | @ | NYY | Rudy May | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11% | 61% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1975-04-27 | DET | BOS | Rick Wise | tied 2-2 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1975-04-29 | DET | @ | BAL | Ross Grimsley | ahead 3-2 | t 10 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9% | 93% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1975-05-27 | DET | MIN | Bert Blyleven | ahead 4-0 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3% | 96% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to CF | |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1975-07-01 | DET | @ | CLE | Tom Buskey | ahead 4-2 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 96% | Home Run; Rodriguez Scores | |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1975-07-06 (1) | DET | MIL | Ed Sprague | ahead 4-3 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 79% | Home Run | ||
| 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1975-07-08 | DET | CHW | Wilbur Wood | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13% | 69% | Home Run | ||
| 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1975-08-05 | DET | @ | CLE | Eric Raich | behind 0-5 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5% | 13% | Home Run | |
| 1976 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1976-05-26 (2) | DET | BAL | Ross Grimsley | ahead 2-1 | b 5 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15% | 89% | Home Run; Scrivener Scores | ||
| 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1976-06-23 | DET | @ | MIL | Jim Colborn | behind 0-8 | t 7 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1% | 1% | Home Run; Freehan Scores; Garcia Scores | |
| 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1976-07-20 | DET | @ | MIN | Bill Campbell | ahead 4-3 | t 7 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13% | 91% | Home Run; Kimm Scores | |
| 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1976-08-30 | DET | @ | CAL | Paul Hartzell | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14% | 64% | Home Run | |
| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1977-04-14 | DET | @ | TOR | Jerry Garvin | tied 2-2 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 25% | 75% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1977-05-10 | DET | MIN | Tom Burgmeier | behind 4-7 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1% | 2% | Home Run | ||
| 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1977-05-12 | DET | @ | MIL | Bill Travers | ahead 3-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6% | 90% | Home Run | |
| 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1977-06-16 | DET | TOR | Jerry Garvin | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1977-06-16 | DET | TOR | Jerry Garvin | tied 1-1 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1977-06-17 | DET | @ | CLE | Rick Waits | ahead 2-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9% | 76% | Home Run | |
| 21 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1977-07-03 (2) | DET | @ | NYY | Dick Tidrow | tied 6-6 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 34% | 84% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1977-07-05 (2) | DET | @ | BAL | Ross Grimsley | ahead 2-0 | t 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15% | 89% | Home Run; Scrivener Scores | |
| 23 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1977-07-14 | DET | @ | KCR | Larry Gura | behind 2-4 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | |
| 24 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1977-07-17 (2) | DET | @ | TOR | Dave Lemanczyk | behind 0-2 | t 3 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 19% | 46% | Home Run; Mankowski Scores | |
| 25 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1977-07-25 | DET | TOR | Mike Willis | ahead 4-0 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3% | 97% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to CF | |
| 26 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1977-08-05 (1) | DET | TEX | Gaylord Perry | behind 1-3 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 11% | 20% | Home Run | ||
| 27 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1977-08-06 | DET | TEX | Doyle Alexander | tied 5-5 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 20% | 79% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 1977-08-10 | DET | MIL | Jerry Augustine | behind 0-2 | b 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 18% | 53% | Home Run; Rodriguez Scores | ||
| 29 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 1977-08-15 | DET | SEA | Mike Kekich | ahead 9-0 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Veryzer Scores | ||
| 30 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 1977-08-23 | DET | @ | CAL | Wayne Simpson | ahead 2-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12% | 82% | Home Run | |
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 31 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1978-04-08 | DET | TOR | Jerry Garvin | behind 1-4 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8% | 17% | Home Run | ||
| 32 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1978-04-14 | DET | @ | TOR | Jerry Garvin | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 33 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1978-04-15 | DET | @ | TOR | Mike Willis | tied 3-3 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 20% | 70% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 34 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1978-05-17 | DET | @ | MIL | Jerry Augustine | tied 1-1 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12% | 62% | Home Run | |
| 35 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1978-05-28 (1) | DET | @ | BOS | Allen Ripley | behind 1-2 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14% | 47% | Home Run | |
| 36 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1978-06-22 | DET | NYY | Ron Guidry | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 65% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 37 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1978-08-14 | DET | KCR | Marty Pattin | ahead 10-2 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 38 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1978-08-25 | DET | MIL | Mike Caldwell | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19% | 88% | Home Run (Deep RF); Rodriguez Scores; Trammell Scores | ||
| 39 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1978-09-02 | DET | @ | KCR | Paul Splittorff | behind 0-6 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | |
| 40 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1978-09-03 | DET | @ | KCR | Larry Gura | tied 1-1 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 16% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 41 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 1978-09-12 | DET | NYY | Dick Tidrow | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5% | 90% | Home Run | ||
| 42 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 1978-09-27 | DET | @ | BOS | Luis Tiant | behind 1-4 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8% | 19% | Home Run | |
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 43 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1979-04-27 | DET | MIN | Jerry Koosman | behind 0-4 | b 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14% | 31% | Home Run (Deep RF); Machemer Scores | ||
| 44 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1979-05-06 | DET | @ | MIN | Jerry Koosman | behind 4-6 | t 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 26% | 46% | Home Run (Deep RF); Trammell Scores | |
| 45 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1979-08-03 (2) | DET | KCR | Paul Splittorff | tied 2-2 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 10 | 15% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 46 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 1979-09-03 | DET | @ | CLE | Rick Wise | behind 1-3 | t 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 23% | 45% | Home Run; Trammell Scores | |
| 47 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 1979-09-08 | DET | NYY | Ron Guidry | behind 3-5 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12% | 25% | Home Run | ||
| 48 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 1979-09-18 | DET | BAL | Mike Flanagan | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 1979-09-20 | DET | BAL | Steve Stone | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9% | 64% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 50 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1979-09-29 | DET | BOS | Steve Renko | ahead 2-1 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 74% | Home Run | ||
| 51 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 1979-09-30 | DET | BOS | Bob Stanley | ahead 3-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6% | 86% | Home Run | ||
| 1980 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 52 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1980-06-18 | MON | @ | LAD | Don Sutton | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11% | 61% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 53 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 1980-06-18 | MON | @ | LAD | Rick Sutcliffe | ahead 2-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9% | 79% | Home Run | |
| 54 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 1980-08-02 | MON | ATL | Doyle Alexander | ahead 3-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5% | 92% | Home Run | ||
| 55 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 1980-08-31 (2) | MON | @ | LAD | Don Sutton | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11% | 61% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 1982 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 56 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 1982-04-27 | CHW | @ | MIL | Jim Slaton | ahead 3-0 | t 2 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8% | 96% | Home Run; Baines Scores; Rodriguez Scores/unER; Almon Scores | |
| 57 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 1982-04-29 | CHW | DET | Larry Pashnick | ahead 1-0 | b 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14% | 89% | Home Run; Almon Scores | ||
| 58 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 1982-05-13 | CHW | MIL | Mike Caldwell | ahead 7-1 | b 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Almon Scores | ||
| 59 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 1982-06-22 | CHW | MIN | Terry Felton | tied 5-5 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 26% | 87% | Home Run |
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