
Born: August 17, 1950 in Syracuse, NY
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 16th round of the 1972 amateur draft.
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Debut: April 15, 1973
Final Game: September 27, 1980
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| 1974 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 | 1974-06-05 | Gene Tenace | OAK | @ | DET | ahead 4-1 | t 5 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9% | 98% | Home Run; Bando Scores; Rudi Scores; Johnson Scores | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1974-06-05 | Deron Johnson | OAK | @ | DET | ahead 8-1 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1974-06-29 | Johnny Briggs | MIL | @ | DET | ahead 5-0 | t 7 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Money Scores; Berry Scores | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1974-06-29 | Johnny Briggs | MIL | @ | DET | ahead 8-0 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1974-07-06 | Dick Allen | CHW | @ | DET | ahead 6-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1% | 98% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1974-07-06 | Bill Melton | CHW | @ | DET | ahead 7-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1% | 99% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1974-07-17 | Dick Allen | CHW | DET | ahead 4-1 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7% | 95% | Home Run; May Scores/unER | ||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1974-07-25 | Tommy Harper | BOS | @ | DET | ahead 11-3 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1974-08-06 | John Ellis | CLE | @ | DET | behind 0-3 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8% | 29% | Home Run | |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1974-08-11 | Dave Nelson | TEX | DET | tied 0-0 | b 5 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28% | 89% | Home Run; Harrah Scores; Sundberg Scores/unER | ||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1974-09-12 | Darrell Porter | MIL | @ | DET | ahead 5-3 | t 5 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14% | 90% | Home Run; Briggs Scores | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1974-09-27 | Danny Cater | BOS | @ | DET | ahead 7-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1% | 98% | Home Run | |
| 1975 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1975-04-30 | George Scott | MIL | DET | ahead 4-2 | b 8 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4% | 99% | Home Run; Yount Scores | ||
| 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1975-06-12 | Joe Lahoud | CAL | @ | DET | ahead 6-1 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1975-06-17 | Juan Beniquez | BOS | @ | DET | ahead 6-4 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7% | 92% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1975-07-22 (1) | Larry Haney | OAK | @ | DET | ahead 9-0 | t 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Alexander Scores | |
| 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1975-07-27 (1) | Jack Brohamer | CLE | @ | DET | ahead 4-2 | t 4 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12% | 92% | Home Run; Ashby Scores; Lowenstein Scores | |
| 18 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1975-07-27 (2) | Oscar Gamble | CLE | @ | DET | ahead 6-0 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | |
| 19 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1975-09-06 | Oscar Gamble | CLE | DET | ahead 2-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7% | 87% | Home Run | ||
| 20 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1975-09-18 | Boog Powell | CLE | @ | DET | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11% | 73% | Home Run | |
| 1976 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1976-06-29 | Chris Chambliss | NYY | @ | DET | ahead 4-3 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14% | 81% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1976-07-31 | Reggie Jackson | BAL | DET | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19% | 74% | Home Run; Bumbry Scores | ||
| 23 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1976-08-05 | Butch Hobson | BOS | @ | DET | tied 2-2 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 5 | 28% | 78% | Home Run; Miller Scores | |
| 24 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1976-08-14 | John Mayberry | KCR | DET | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 25% | 73% | Home Run (CF-RF); Otis Scores; Brett Scores | ||
| 25 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1976-08-20 (2) | Larry Hisle | MIN | @ | DET | behind 0-2 | t 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20% | 46% | Home Run; Cubbage Scores | |
| 26 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1976-09-08 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | DET | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 27 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1976-09-14 | Doug DeCinces | BAL | DET | behind 2-6 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 5 | 22% | 39% | Home Run; May Scores; Singleton Scores | ||
| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 28 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1977-04-09 | Oscar Gamble | CHW | @ | TOR | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 29 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1977-04-13 | Jason Thompson | DET | @ | TOR | tied 1-1 | t 5 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 32% | 81% | Home Run; Oglivie Scores; Staub Scores | |
| 30 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1977-04-13 | Ben Oglivie | DET | @ | TOR | behind 4-7 | t 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15% | 26% | Home Run; Fuentes Scores | |
| 31 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1977-05-06 | Larry Hisle | MIN | @ | TOR | ahead 3-2 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13% | 76% | Home Run | |
| 32 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1977-05-22 | Juan Beniquez | TEX | TOR | ahead 3-2 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 8 | 10% | 79% | Home Run | ||
| 33 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1977-05-29 | Bobby Bonds | CAL | @ | TOR | tied 1-1 | t 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 10 | 26% | 82% | Home Run (Deep LF); Rudi Scores | |
| 34 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1977-06-10 | Ruppert Jones | SEA | TOR | behind 1-4 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14% | 19% | Home Run (Deep CF); Baez Scores | ||
| 35 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1977-06-24 | Andres Mora | BAL | TOR | behind 2-4 | b 7 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 9 | PH | 34% | 52% | Home Run; Dempsey Scores | ||
| 36 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1977-06-28 (1) | George Zeber | NYY | @ | TOR | behind 1-2 | t 2 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 4 | 17% | 58% | Home Run; May Scores | |
| 37 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1977-06-28 (1) | Reggie Jackson | NYY | @ | TOR | behind 4-7 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5% | 10% | Home Run | |
| 38 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 1977-07-03 (1) | Willie Horton | TEX | @ | TOR | behind 0-2 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12% | 31% | Home Run | |
| 39 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 1977-07-17 (2) | Ron LeFlore | DET | @ | TOR | behind 0-2 | t 3 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 19% | 46% | Home Run; Mankowski Scores | |
| 40 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 1977-07-17 (2) | Milt May | DET | @ | TOR | tied 6-6 | t 11 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 38% | 82% | Home Run | |
| 41 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 1977-07-23 | Jack Brohamer | CHW | @ | TOR | behind 0-1 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 42 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 1977-07-23 | Alan Bannister | CHW | @ | TOR | tied 1-1 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12% | 57% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to LF |
| 43 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 1977-07-23 | Ralph Garr | CHW | @ | TOR | ahead 5-2 | t 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11% | 97% | Home Run; Lemon Scores; Brohamer Scores | |
| 44 | 44 | 17 | 1 | 1977-08-12 | Hal McRae | KCR | @ | TOR | ahead 7-6 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19% | 85% | Home Run; Poquette Scores | |
| 45 | 45 | 18 | 1 | 1977-08-22 | Willie Crawford | OAK | TOR | tied 2-2 | b 7 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 9 | PH | 34% | 94% | Home Run; Tyrone Scores; Hosley Scores | ||
| 46 | 46 | 19 | 1 | 1977-09-17 (2) | Rico Carty | CLE | TOR | behind 1-6 | b 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5% | 8% | Home Run; Bochte Scores/unER | ||
| 47 | 47 | 20 | 1 | 1977-09-22 | Lee May | BAL | TOR | ahead 4-0 | b 6 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4% | 99% | Home Run; Bumbry Scores/unER; Singleton Scores/unER; May Scores/unER | ||
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 48 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1978-04-07 | Milt May | DET | TOR | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10% | 40% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 1978-04-07 | Phil Mankowski | DET | TOR | tied 2-2 | b 4 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30% | 85% | Home Run; Whitaker Scores; Trammell Scores | ||
| 50 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 1978-04-12 | Jorge Orta | CHW | TOR | behind 0-2 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10% | 42% | Home Run | ||
| 51 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 1978-04-12 | Jorge Orta | CHW | TOR | behind 1-2 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14% | 56% | Home Run | ||
| 52 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 1978-04-12 | Wayne Nordhagen | CHW | TOR | tied 2-2 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 2 | 27% | 80% | Home Run; Kessinger Scores | ||
| 53 | 53 | 6 | 4 | 1978-04-12 | Ralph Garr | CHW | TOR | ahead 4-2 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8% | 88% | Home Run | ||
| 54 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 1978-04-18 | Amos Otis | KCR | @ | TOR | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 30% | 82% | Home Run; Wilson Scores; McRae Scores; Porter Scores | |
| 55 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 1978-04-29 | Ron Fairly | CAL | TOR | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18% | 72% | Home Run; Miller Scores | ||
| 56 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 1978-05-24 | Jack Brohamer | BOS | @ | TOR | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21% | 68% | Home Run; Lynn Scores | |
| 57 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 1978-05-24 | Carlton Fisk | BOS | @ | TOR | ahead 3-0 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8% | 95% | Home Run; Lynn Scores | |
| 58 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 1978-05-28 (2) | Mickey Rivers | NYY | TOR | behind 0-2 | b 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 23% | 51% | Home Run; Dent Scores | ||
| 59 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 1978-06-17 | Richie Zisk | TEX | TOR | ahead 5-1 | b 4 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6% | 98% | Home Run; Hargrove Scores; Lowenstein Scores | ||
| 60 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 1978-06-27 (1) | Eddie Murray | BAL | @ | TOR | behind 1-6 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3% | 6% | Home Run | |
| 61 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 1978-07-02 (1) | Gary Alexander | CLE | @ | TOR | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 62 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 1978-07-29 | Dave May | MIL | @ | TOR | behind 2-4 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10% | 19% | Home Run | |
| 63 | 63 | 16 | 1 | 1978-09-16 | Lee May | BAL | TOR | ahead 9-1 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Murray Scores | ||
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 64 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 1979-04-16 | Claudell Washington | CHW | @ | TOR | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10% | 57% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Washington Scores | |
| 65 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 1979-04-20 | Mark Wagner | DET | TOR | ahead 4-0 | b 6 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4% | 99% | Home Run; Gonzales Scores; Rodriguez Scores | ||
| 66 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 1979-04-29 (2) | Gorman Thomas | MIL | @ | TOR | ahead 2-1 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12% | 73% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 67 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 1979-05-05 | Ben Oglivie | MIL | TOR | ahead 5-0 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2% | 98% | Home Run (Deep RF); Oglivie Scores | ||
| 68 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 1979-05-12 | Jim Sundberg | TEX | @ | TOR | tied 1-1 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 24% | 74% | Home Run | |
| 69 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 1979-05-28 | Champ Summers | DET | @ | TOR | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 70 | 70 | 7 | 1 | 1979-06-16 | Dwayne Murphy | OAK | @ | TOR | behind 1-3 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12% | 26% | Home Run | |
| 71 | 71 | 8 | 1 | 1979-06-26 | Jim Spencer | NYY | @ | TOR | ahead 3-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12% | 86% | Home Run; Nettles Scores | |
| 72 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 1979-07-13 | Mike Cubbage | MIN | @ | TOR | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9% | 70% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 73 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 1979-07-22 | Glenn Adams | MIN | TOR | ahead 2-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8% | 84% | Home Run | ||
| 74 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 1979-08-05 | Jorge Orta | CHW | @ | TOR | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15% | 67% | Home Run (Deep RF); Bannister Scores; Orta Scores | |
| 75 | 75 | 12 | 1 | 1979-09-03 (2) | Pat Kelly | BAL | TOR | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11% | 66% | Home Run (CF-RF) | ||
| 1980 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 76 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 1980-04-20 | Ron Hassey | CLE | TOR | behind 0-4 | b 7 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20% | 36% | Home Run; Orta Scores; Charboneau Scores | ||
| 77 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 1980-05-06 | Carney Lansford | CAL | TOR | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 78 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 1980-05-23 | Joe Lefebvre | NYY | @ | TOR | ahead 5-1 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | PH | 4% | 95% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 79 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 1980-05-31 | Bobby Murcer | NYY | TOR | behind 5-6 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 23% | 59% | Home Run | ||
| 80 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 1980-06-19 | Reggie Jackson | NYY | CAL | behind 3-4 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 81 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 1980-06-25 | Chet Lemon | CHW | @ | CAL | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17% | 70% | Home Run (Deep LF); Nordhagen Scores | |
| 82 | 82 | 7 | 1 | 1980-07-03 | Wayne Nordhagen | CHW | CAL | behind 2-4 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14% | 39% | Home Run | ||
| 83 | 83 | 8 | 1 | 1980-07-12 | Tony Armas | OAK | @ | CAL | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 27% | 67% | Home Run; Gross Scores | |
| 84 | 84 | 9 | 1 | 1980-07-21 | Richie Hebner | DET | @ | CAL | ahead 9-3 | t 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; Trammell Scores/unER; Kemp Scores/unER; Hebner Scores/unER | |
| 85 | 85 | 10 | 2 | 1980-07-21 | Champ Summers | DET | @ | CAL | ahead 13-3 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 86 | 86 | 11 | 1 | 1980-08-12 | Jim Anderson | SEA | CAL | behind 5-6 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 6 | 19% | 54% | Home Run | ||
| 87 | 87 | 12 | 1 | 1980-08-18 | Bombo Rivera | MIN | CAL | ahead 7-1 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0% | 100% | Home Run |
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