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Chet Lemon
Chester Earl Lemon (The Jet)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 12, 1955 in Jackson, MS
High School: Fremont (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted
by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1975
Final Game: October 3, 1990
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Career Home Runs

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Chet Lemon: 215 Career Home Runs

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 15 tying, 67 go ahead
2 Tms
DET142
CHW73
 
vs RHP125
vs LHP90
 
Home119
Away96
 
Leverage
High Lev38
Medium Lev73
Low Lev104
14 Opps
MIL22
SEA21
BAL20
TOR19
CAL17
NYY17
TEX16
CLE16
OAK15
MIN14
BOS13
KCR11
CHW8
DET6
162 Pitchers
Frank Tanana6
Jimmy Key5
Curt Young4
Moose Haas4
Matt Young4
Jim Palmer3
Dennis Eckersley3
Bruce Hurst3
John Henry Johnson3
Mike Flanagan2
Dennis Martinez2
Chris Bosio2
Frank Viola2
Len Barker2
Chuck Finley2
Mike Caldwell2
Don Gullett2
Paul Mitchell2
Bill Travers2
Luis Leal2
16 Parks
Tiger Stad85
Comiskey Pk40
Memor. Stad11
County Stad10
Kingdome10
Angel Stad9
NetworkAssoc8
Exhibit Stad8
Fenway Pk8
Yankee Stad5
Arlington5
ClevelandStd5
KauffmanStad4
Metrodome3
SkyDome3
Metrop. Stad1
Where Hit
7116
Unk55
918
816
788
892
General field locations when available.
 
 
Pitches
Unk186
27
16
45
55
33
7+2
61
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms183
2·HR gms16
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
7th60
6th44
5th32
8th31
3rd25
1st10
2nd7
4th6
Outs
080
169
266
 
DefPos
CF169
RF43
DH3
Bases
---120
1--48
12-18
1-310
-2-9
-235
--34
1231
 
345 RBI
RISP47
0 on120
1 on61
2 on33
3 on1
Any on95
Inning
113
230
323
430
519
633
722
825
919
Extra1
 
1-366
4-682
7-end67
RelScore
+4..32
+320
+213
+127
Tied61
-112
-216
-312
-4..22
 
Ahead92
Tied61
Behind62
Before event, for batter
Count
Unk186
1-06
0-06
3-23
2-13
3-13
1-12
0-21
1-21
0-11
2-21
3-01
2-01

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1976 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1976-05-17 CHW CAL Frank Tanana behind 0-10 b 8 1 1-- 2 8 8 0% 0% Home Run; Stein Scores/unER
2 2 2 1 1976-07-15 CHW MIL Jim Slaton tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 8 11% 65% Lead-Off Home Run
3 3 3 1 1976-08-23 CHW @ DET Ray Bare behind 2-5 t 9 1 1-- 2 8 8 5% 8% Home Run; Hairston Scores
4 4 4 1 1976-09-30 CHW @ CAL Sid Monge behind 0-4 t 7 1 1-- 2 7 8 8% 12% Home Run; Dent Scores
1977 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
5 5 1 1 1977-04-24 (1) CHW @ OAK Doug Bair ahead 9-4 t 6 2 12- 3 8 8 4% 99% Home Run; Spencer Scores; Stillman Scores
6 6 2 1 1977-04-27 CHW @ DET Jim Crawford behind 7-8 t 6 0 --- 1 8 8 16% 50% Home Run
7 7 3 1 1977-05-01 CHW TEX Paul Lindblad ahead 9-1 b 2 0 1-3 3 8 8 1% 100% Home Run (LF-CF); Soderholm Scores; Gamble Scores
8 8 4 1 1977-05-04 CHW @ KCR Jim Colborn tied 2-2 t 8 1 1-- 2 7 8 35% 85% Home Run; Gamble Scores
9 9 5 1 1977-05-11 CHW @ TEX Doyle Alexander behind 1-3 t 4 1 --- 1 7 8 11% 35% Home Run
10 10 6 1 1977-05-19 CHW KCR Tom Hall ahead 7-2 b 6 0 --- 1 7 8 1% 99% Home Run
11 11 7 1 1977-06-04 CHW NYY Don Gullett behind 2-7 b 4 0 1-- 2 6 8 10% 21% Home Run; Johnson Scores
12 12 8 2 1977-06-04 CHW NYY Don Gullett behind 4-8 b 6 2 --- 1 6 8 5% 12% Home Run
13 13 9 1 1977-06-12 CHW @ BAL Ross Grimsley behind 2-4 t 6 1 1-- 2 2 8 25% 47% Home Run; Bannister Scores
14 14 10 1 1977-06-26 CHW @ MIN Tom Johnson behind 9-15 t 5 1 --- 1 2 8 2% 5% Home Run
15 15 11 1 1977-07-26 CHW DET Dave Roberts ahead 4-2 b 4 0 1-- 2 7 8 10% 91% Home Run; Spencer Scores
16 16 12 1 1977-07-29 CHW KCR Steve Mingori ahead 4-3 b 3 2 1-- 2 7 8 18% 82% Home Run; Johnson Scores
17 17 13 1 1977-07-31 (1) CHW KCR Marty Pattin behind 0-1 b 6 0 --- 1 7 8 18% 57% Home Run
18 18 14 2 1977-07-31 (1) CHW KCR Doug Bird behind 2-4 b 10 0 1-- 2 7 8 45% 64% Home Run; Spencer Scores
19 19 15 1 1977-08-03 CHW TEX Dock Ellis behind 1-3 b 2 0 --- 1 7 8 10% 44% Home Run
20 20 16 1 1977-08-09 CHW SEA Gary Wheelock tied 2-2 b 1 1 1-3 3 6 8 18% 80% Home Run; Johnson Scores; Gamble Scores
21 21 17 1 1977-08-21 (1) CHW @ MIL Moose Haas behind 0-7 t 8 1 --- 1 7 8 0% 0% Home Run
22 22 18 1 1977-08-27 CHW MIL Eduardo Rodriguez behind 4-6 b 8 1 12- 3 2 8 60% 85% Home Run; Downing Scores; Garr Scores
23 23 19 1 1977-09-22 CHW @ SEA Paul Mitchell tied 0-0 t 3 1 --- 1 2 8 12% 59% Home Run
1978 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
24 24 1 1 1978-04-21 CHW @ TOR Tom Underwood tied 0-0 t 1 1 --3 2 3 8 13% 68% Home Run; Moore Scores
25 25 2 1 1978-05-14 CHW MIL Mike Caldwell behind 2-3 b 4 2 --- 1 6 8 15% 51% Home Run
26 26 3 1 1978-05-29 CHW CAL Chris Knapp ahead 3-0 b 4 0 --- 1 5 10 5% 92% Home Run (Deep LF)
27 27 4 1 1978-05-30 CHW CAL Frank Tanana ahead 1-0 b 3 2 --- 1 3 8 11% 75% Home Run (Deep LF)
28 28 5 1 1978-05-31 CHW CAL Tom Griffin ahead 12-2 b 6 0 --- 1 5 8 0% 100% Home Run (Deep LF)
29 29 6 1 1978-06-18 (2) CHW KCR Marty Pattin ahead 6-0 b 7 0 1-- 2 3 8 0% 100% Home Run; Washington Scores
30 30 7 1 1978-06-26 CHW @ SEA Paul Mitchell behind 2-5 t 6 0 --- 1 5 8 8% 21% Home Run (Deep LF)
31 31 8 1 1978-06-27 CHW @ SEA Tom House ahead 7-1 t 7 1 --- 1 5 8 1% 99% Home Run
32 32 9 2 1978-06-27 CHW @ SEA Enrique Romo ahead 9-1 t 9 1 --- 1 5 8 0% 100% Home Run
33 33 10 1 1978-07-03 CHW TEX Len Barker behind 4-6 b 9 0 --- 1 2 8 11% 19% Home Run (Deep LF)
34 34 11 1 1978-09-14 CHW @ SEA Rick Honeycutt ahead 3-0 t 5 0 1-- 2 3 8 8% 94% Home Run (Deep LF); Torres Scores
35 35 12 1 1978-09-22 CHW CAL Frank Tanana tied 0-0 b 1 1 1-- 2 3 8 18% 73% Home Run (Deep LF); Chappas Scores
36 36 13 1 1978-09-25 CHW OAK John Henry Johnson tied 0-0 b 1 2 --- 1 3 8 11% 62% Home Run
1979 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
37 37 1 1 1979-04-13 CHW NYY Luis Tiant tied 2-2 b 3 0 -2- 2 3 8 14% 76% Home Run; Washington Scores/unER
38 38 2 1 1979-04-27 CHW TEX Doc Medich ahead 7-0 b 6 1 1-- 2 3 8 1% 100% Home Run (Deep CF); Washington Scores; Lemon Scores
39 39 3 1 1979-05-04 (1) CHW @ TEX Doyle Alexander tied 0-0 t 1 2 --- 1 3 8 10% 56% Home Run
40 40 4 1 1979-05-23 CHW OAK John Henry Johnson tied 1-1 b 5 1 12- 3 3 8 26% 87% Home Run; Moore Scores; Washington Scores; Lemon Scores
41 41 5 1 1979-06-02 CHW @ NYY Jim Beattie ahead 3-0 t 3 2 1-- 2 6 8 12% 89% Home Run; Johnson Scores; Lemon Scores
42 42 6 1 1979-06-09 CHW @ MIL Mike Caldwell ahead 3-2 t 9 0 1-- 2 3 8 11% 96% Home Run (Deep LF); Pryor Scores; Lemon Scores
43 43 7 1 1979-06-10 CHW @ MIL Reggie Cleveland ahead 8-1 t 5 2 -2- 2 3 8 2% 99% Home Run (Deep RF Line); Washington Scores/unER; Lemon Scores/Team unER
44 44 8 1 1979-06-13 CHW BAL Steve Stone ahead 3-0 b 3 0 1-- 2 3 8 7% 93% Home Run; Washington Scores/unER
45 45 9 1 1979-07-04 CHW @ CLE Rick Waits ahead 4-0 t 3 0 --- 1 3 8 5% 90% Home Run
46 46 10 1 1979-07-19 (2) CHW @ TEX Fergie Jenkins tied 3-3 t 6 2 --- 1 6 8 17% 62% Home Run (Deep RF); Lemon Scores
47 47 11 1 1979-07-20 CHW @ TEX John Henry Johnson tied 1-1 t 6 2 --- 1 3 8 17% 62% Home Run (Deep LF); Lemon Scores
48 48 12 1 1979-08-05 CHW @ TOR Balor Moore ahead 2-0 t 1 1 1-- 2 5 8 13% 81% Home Run (Deep RF); Johnson Scores; Lemon Scores
49 49 13 1 1979-08-07 CHW @ NYY Ron Davis tied 3-3 t 6 0 -2- 2 5 8 19% 78% Home Run (Deep LF); Johnson Scores; Lemon Scores
50 50 14 1 1979-08-26 (1) CHW BAL Mike Flanagan behind 6-12 b 8 1 --- 1 5 8 1% 1% Home Run
51 51 15 1 1979-08-31 CHW MIL Bill Travers tied 0-0 b 1 2 12- 3 5 8 24% 78% Home Run; Pryor Scores; Johnson Scores
52 52 16 2 1979-08-31 CHW MIL Bill Travers ahead 4-0 b 3 1 --- 1 5 8 4% 93% Home Run
53 53 17 1 1979-09-04 CHW @ CAL Dave LaRoche ahead 8-7 t 9 0 1-- 2 5 8 11% 97% Home Run (Deep LF); Squires Scores
1980 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
54 54 1 1 1980-04-18 CHW @ BAL Dave Ford behind 1-5 t 7 1 --- 1 5 8 4% 8% Home Run
55 55 2 1 1980-05-14 CHW @ MIL Moose Haas behind 0-2 t 6 0 --- 1 3 8 12% 33% Home Run
56 56 3 1 1980-05-15 CHW @ MIL Lary Sorensen tied 0-0 t 1 2 --- 1 3 8 10% 57% Home Run
57 57 4 1 1980-05-20 CHW MIN Doug Corbett ahead 3-2 b 8 1 --- 1 3 8 8% 93% Home Run
58 58 5 1 1980-06-20 CHW DET Dan Petry behind 1-3 b 9 1 1-- 2 6 8 47% 58% Home Run; Morrison Scores
59 59 6 1 1980-06-25 CHW @ CAL Dave Lemanczyk tied 0-0 t 2 0 1-- 2 6 8 17% 70% Home Run (Deep LF); Nordhagen Scores
60 60 7 1 1980-07-29 CHW MIL Moose Haas tied 0-0 b 2 1 --- 1 5 8 11% 64% Home Run
61 61 8 1 1980-08-31 (1) CHW @ CLE Victor Cruz behind 4-5 t 8 1 1-3 3 1 8 44% 85% Home Run; Kimm Scores; Molinaro Scores
62 62 9 1 1980-09-09 CHW SEA Rick Honeycutt behind 0-3 b 5 1 --- 1 1 10 9% 25% Home Run (Deep LF)
63 63 10 1 1980-09-13 CHW MIN Geoff Zahn behind 0-5 b 3 2 --- 1 1 8 5% 13% Home Run (Deep CF)
64 64 11 1 1980-09-16 CHW @ SEA Glenn Abbott tied 0-0 t 3 2 --- 1 1 8 12% 58% Home Run (Deep LF)
1981 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
65 65 1 1 1981-04-25 CHW @ DET Dave Rozema ahead 2-0 t 9 1 1-- 2 6 8 5% 99% Home Run; Squires Scores
66 66 2 1 1981-06-03 CHW OAK Brian Kingman behind 0-3 b 2 1 1-- 2 6 8 17% 40% Home Run; Baines Scores
67 67 3 1 1981-06-08 CHW TOR Mike Willis ahead 4-0 b 5 2 --- 1 6 8 3% 96% Home Run; Lemon Scores
68 68 4 1 1981-08-22 CHW @ TOR Jim Clancy ahead 1-0 t 7 0 --- 1 6 8 12% 82% Home Run
69 69 5 1 1981-09-02 CHW DET Jerry Ujdur behind 0-3 b 5 0 1-- 2 6 8 19% 40% Home Run; Baines Scores
70 70 6 1 1981-09-25 CHW @ OAK Mike Norris ahead 3-2 t 8 2 12- 3 6 8 21% 97% Home Run; Sutherland Scores; Fisk Scores
71 71 7 1 1981-09-27 (1) CHW @ OAK Rick Langford behind 3-5 t 6 0 1-- 2 6 8 25% 50% Home Run; Nordhagen Scores
72 72 8 1 1981-09-27 (2) CHW @ OAK Ed Figueroa ahead 6-1 t 5 2 --- 1 6 8 2% 97% Home Run
73 73 9 1 1981-10-02 CHW MIN Pete Redfern behind 1-3 b 6 1 --- 1 3 8 14% 34% Home Run
1982 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
74 74 1 1 1982-04-22 DET @ NYY Tommy John behind 0-1 t 3 0 1-- 2 1 9 19% 62% Home Run; Whitaker Scores/unER
75 75 2 1 1982-05-16 DET MIN Brad Havens tied 5-5 b 4 2 --- 1 1 9 14% 65% Home Run
76 76 3 1 1982-06-08 DET CLE Rick Sutcliffe behind 1-2 b 3 0 --- 1 1 9 12% 56% Home Run
77 77 4 2 1982-06-08 DET CLE Ed Glynn ahead 7-3 b 8 2 --- 1 1 9 1% 99% Home Run
78 78 5 1 1982-07-10 (2) DET @ TEX Paul Mirabella ahead 3-0 t 4 0 --- 1 6 8 6% 89% Home Run
79 79 6 1 1982-07-25 (1) DET TEX Dan Boitano ahead 6-2 b 8 2 --- 1 7 8 1% 99% Home Run
80 80 7 1 1982-08-03 DET @ KCR Derek Botelho tied 2-2 t 4 2 --- 1 7 9 13% 59% Home Run
81 81 8 1 1982-08-04 DET @ KCR Larry Gura ahead 4-0 t 9 2 12- 3 7 9 1% 100% Home Run; Herndon Scores; Ivie Scores
82 82 9 1 1982-08-06 DET TOR Dave Stieb ahead 3-0 b 7 0 --- 1 7 9 3% 97% Home Run
83 83 10 1 1982-08-16 DET SEA Floyd Bannister ahead 1-0 b 4 0 --- 1 7 9 10% 79% Home Run
84 84 11 1 1982-08-17 (2) DET SEA Bob Stoddard behind 0-2 b 2 0 -2- 2 5 9 15% 55% Home Run; Turner Scores
85 85 12 2 1982-08-17 (2) DET SEA Bob Stoddard tied 2-2 b 7 0 --- 1 5 9 20% 79% Home Run
86 86 13 1 1982-09-10 DET @ BOS Dennis Eckersley ahead 3-0 t 6 0 --- 1 5 9 6% 91% Home Run
87 87 14 1 1982-09-12 DET @ BOS Brian Denman tied 0-0 t 1 2 12- 3 5 9 24% 73% Home Run (LF-CF); Wilson Scores; Herndon Scores
88 88 15 1 1982-09-17 DET BOS Brian Denman ahead 3-0 b 6 2 1-- 2 5 9 7% 97% Home Run; Herndon Scores
89 89 16 1 1982-09-21 DET @ BAL Don Stanhouse ahead 8-1 t 4 2 --3 2 6 8 2% 99% Home Run; Herndon Scores
90 90 17 1 1982-09-24 DET CLE Dan Spillner behind 1-6 b 9 1 --- 1 5 8 0% 1% Home Run
91 91 18 1 1982-09-29 DET BAL Jim Palmer tied 1-1 b 4 0 --- 1 5 9 13% 69% Home Run
92 92 19 1 1982-09-30 DET BAL John Flinn ahead 4-1 b 6 0 --- 1 1 9 4% 95% Home Run (LF-CF)
1983 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
93 93 1 1 1983-04-10 DET CHW La Marr Hoyt behind 4-7 b 9 1 --- 1 6 8 3% 4% Home Run
94 94 2 1 1983-05-07 DET CAL Geoff Zahn behind 2-4 b 5 1 --- 1 2 8 13% 37% Home Run
95 95 3 1 1983-05-22 DET TEX John Butcher tied 3-3 b 4 0 --- 1 7 8 13% 69% Home Run
96 96 4 1 1983-05-28 DET MIN Albert Williams tied 1-1 b 6 1 --- 1 5 8 18% 73% Home Run
97 97 5 1 1983-06-10 DET CLE Bud Anderson ahead 5-1 b 6 0 --- 1 7 8 2% 98% Home Run
98 98 6 1 1983-06-12 (2) DET CLE Len Barker tied 0-0 b 2 1 --- 1 7 8 11% 64% Home Run
99 99 7 1 1983-06-15 DET BOS Dennis Eckersley tied 2-2 b 6 2 --- 1 7 8 19% 71% Home Run
100 100 8 1 1983-06-21 DET MIL Moose Haas behind 0-6 b 8 0 --- 1 7 8 1% 2% Home Run
101 101 9 1 1983-06-24 DET @ BAL Dennis Martinez ahead 3-0 t 4 0 1-- 2 7 8 9% 93% Home Run; Wilson Scores
102 102 10 1 1983-06-25 DET @ BAL Jim Palmer ahead 1-0 t 2 1 1-- 2 7 8 16% 77% Home Run; Herndon Scores
103 103 11 2 1983-06-25 DET @ BAL Jim Palmer ahead 4-3 t 8 1 1-3 3 7 8 14% 96% Home Run; Parrish Scores; Wilson Scores
104 104 12 1 1983-07-18 DET @ OAK Tim Conroy tied 0-0 t 2 1 --- 1 7 8 11% 59% Home Run
105 105 13 1 1983-07-26 DET SEA Matt Young tied 3-3 b 4 0 1-- 2 7 8 19% 79% Home Run; Wockenfuss Scores
106 106 14 1 1983-07-27 DET SEA Mike Moore behind 2-5 b 7 2 --- 1 7 8 7% 15% Home Run
107 107 15 1 1983-07-29 DET KCR Keith Creel ahead 5-0 b 3 1 12- 3 7 8 4% 99% Home Run; Wockenfuss Scores; Wilson Scores
108 108 16 1 1983-08-16 DET @ KCR Bud Black behind 0-2 t 2 1 1-- 2 8 8 17% 48% Home Run; Wockenfuss Scores
109 109 17 1 1983-08-19 DET @ MIN Bobby Castillo ahead 1-0 t 2 0 -23 3 7 8 11% 84% Home Run; Wockenfuss Scores; Leach Scores
110 110 18 1 1983-08-25 DET CHW Britt Burns ahead 4-0 b 4 0 --- 1 7 8 3% 95% Home Run
111 111 19 1 1983-08-28 DET TOR Joey McLaughlin behind 1-2 b 9 2 1-3 3 7 8 80% 100% Walk-Off Home Run; Parrish Scores; Leach Scores
112 112 20 1 1983-09-01 DET TEX Frank Tanana ahead 2-0 b 6 0 --- 1 7 8 6% 92% Home Run
113 113 21 1 1983-09-02 (2) DET @ TOR Jim Acker behind 3-8 t 6 2 --- 1 7 8 3% 6% Home Run
114 114 22 1 1983-09-03 DET @ TOR Jim Clancy ahead 3-0 t 4 2 --3 2 7 8 10% 91% Home Run; Cabell Scores
115 115 23 1 1983-09-10 DET @ MIL Tom Candiotti tied 0-0 t 2 1 --- 1 7 8 11% 59% Home Run
116 116 24 1 1983-09-17 DET @ BOS Dennis Eckersley tied 0-0 t 7 0 --- 1 7 8 19% 69% Home Run
1984 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
117 117 1 1 1984-04-07 DET @ CHW Floyd Bannister tied 0-0 t 2 2 1-- 2 7 8 19% 67% Home Run; Parrish Scores
118 118 2 1 1984-04-12 DET TEX Frank Tanana ahead 4-1 b 6 2 1-3 3 6 8 7% 99% Home Run; Garbey Scores/unER; Herndon Scores/unER; Lemon Scores/unER
119 119 3 1 1984-04-24 (1) DET MIN Albert Williams tied 0-0 b 3 0 --- 1 8 8 12% 67% Home Run
120 120 4 1 1984-04-28 DET CLE Rick Behenna ahead 3-2 b 4 1 --- 1 8 8 11% 77% Home Run
121 121 5 1 1984-05-01 DET BOS Oil Can Boyd ahead 6-2 b 7 1 --- 1 6 8 2% 99% Home Run
122 122 6 2 1984-05-01 DET BOS Oil Can Boyd ahead 8-2 b 8 2 1-3 3 6 8 0% 100% Home Run; Garbey Scores; Herndon Scores
123 123 7 1 1984-05-05 DET @ CLE Tom Waddell ahead 5-4 t 8 0 --- 1 6 8 12% 86% Home Run
124 124 8 1 1984-05-27 DET @ SEA Matt Young tied 0-0 t 2 1 --- 1 6 8 11% 59% Home Run
125 125 9 1 1984-05-29 DET @ OAK Bill Krueger behind 3-8 t 7 0 --- 1 7 8 2% 5% Home Run
126 126 10 1 1984-06-01 DET BAL Bill Swaggerty ahead 6-0 b 3 1 12- 3 7 8 2% 99% Home Run; Parrish Scores/unER; Evans Scores
127 127 11 1 1984-06-20 DET NYY Clay Christiansen tied 5-5 b 8 0 --- 1 5 8 26% 87% Home Run
128 128 12 1 1984-06-29 (2) DET MIN Mike Smithson ahead 2-0 b 2 0 --- 1 6 8 7% 83% Home Run
129 129 13 1 1984-07-20 DET TEX Frank Tanana ahead 2-1 b 4 0 --- 1 5 8 10% 79% Home Run
130 130 14 1 1984-07-27 (1) DET BOS Bruce Hurst tied 0-0 b 1 2 --- 1 3 8 11% 62% Home Run
131 131 15 1 1984-08-06 (1) DET @ BOS Bob Ojeda ahead 3-2 t 5 1 -23 3 3 8 16% 89% Home Run; Brookens Scores; Whitaker Scores
132 132 16 1 1984-08-20 DET OAK Curt Young ahead 4-1 b 3 0 --3 2 6 8 4% 94% Home Run; Herndon Scores
133 133 17 1 1984-08-24 DET @ CAL Mike Witt behind 0-4 t 2 2 --- 1 7 8 6% 18% Home Run
134 134 18 1 1984-08-26 DET @ CAL Curt Kaufman ahead 2-0 t 3 2 123 4 7 8 20% 94% Home Run; Gibson Scores; Parrish Scores; Herndon Scores
135 135 19 1 1984-09-22 DET NYY Dale Murray ahead 3-0 b 8 2 12- 3 8 8 3% 100% Home Run; Herndon Scores; Simmons Scores
136 136 20 1 1984-09-24 DET @ MIL Rick Waits ahead 4-3 t 8 2 --- 1 6 8 13% 85% Home Run
1985 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
137 137 1 1 1985-05-25 DET @ SEA Karl Best tied 1-1 t 7 2 1-- 2 5 8 34% 79% Home Run; Parrish Scores
138 138 2 1 1985-06-08 DET @ TOR Luis Leal ahead 5-0 t 3 2 -23 3 7 8 7% 97% Home Run; Evans Scores; Simmons Scores
139 139 3 1 1985-06-23 DET NYY Bob Shirley tied 0-0 b 5 0 1-- 2 8 8 20% 81% Home Run; Evans Scores
140 140 4 1 1985-06-29 DET TOR Luis Leal ahead 1-0 b 2 1 --- 1 8 8 9% 73% Home Run
141 141 5 1 1985-08-02 DET MIL Pete Vuckovich tied 1-1 b 5 0 --- 1 8 8 14% 71% Home Run
142 142 6 1 1985-08-12 DET @ MIL Rollie Fingers behind 2-4 t 9 0 --- 1 8 8 9% 16% Home Run
143 143 7 1 1985-08-18 DET CLE Ramon Romero ahead 1-0 b 2 1 --- 1 6 8 9% 73% Home Run
144 144 8 1 1985-08-24 DET @ CAL Kirk McCaskill ahead 4-2 t 6 2 12- 3 8 8 17% 95% Home Run; Evans Scores; Herndon Scores
145 145 9 1 1985-08-27 DET @ SEA Matt Young tied 0-0 t 5 1 --- 1 7 8 14% 62% Home Run
146 146 10 1 1985-09-01 DET OAK Chris Codiroli tied 0-0 b 3 1 --- 1 8 8 12% 65% Home Run
147 147 11 2 1985-09-01 DET OAK Curt Young ahead 4-0 b 7 1 --- 1 8 8 2% 98% Home Run
148 148 12 1 1985-09-03 DET CAL Dave Smith ahead 7-3 b 4 2 12- 3 6 8 7% 98% Home Run; Parrish Scores; Simmons Scores
149 149 13 1 1985-09-07 DET SEA Matt Young behind 2-8 b 5 2 12- 3 3 8 11% 15% Home Run; Sanchez Scores; Trammell Scores
150 150 14 1 1985-09-09 DET @ TOR Jimmy Key behind 1-5 t 9 1 1-- 2 5 8 2% 4% Home Run; Parrish Scores
151 151 15 1 1985-09-14 (2) DET BAL Mike Flanagan ahead 1-0 b 4 0 1-- 2 5 8 14% 86% Home Run; Parrish Scores
152 152 16 1 1985-09-20 DET @ BOS Bruce Hurst tied 1-1 t 4 0 --- 1 3 8 12% 62% Home Run
153 153 17 1 1985-10-06 DET @ BAL Dennis Martinez tied 0-0 t 2 2 1-- 2 7 8 20% 67% Home Run; Simmons Scores
154 154 18 2 1985-10-06 DET @ BAL Sammy Stewart ahead 6-3 t 6 0 --- 1 7 8 5% 92% Home Run
1986 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
155 155 1 1 1986-04-19 DET CLE Neal Heaton behind 0-3 b 2 1 -2- 2 6 8 15% 42% Home Run; Parrish Scores
156 156 2 2 1986-04-19 DET CLE Scott Bailes behind 5-8 b 8 0 --- 1 6 8 8% 17% Home Run
157 157 3 1 1986-05-14 DET TEX Bobby Witt tied 0-0 b 2 2 1-- 2 8 8 19% 72% Home Run; Bergman Scores
158 158 4 1 1986-08-12 DET CHW Steve Carlton ahead 3-0 b 3 2 1-3 3 7 8 11% 95% Home Run; Heath Scores; Evans Scores
159 159 5 1 1986-08-13 DET CHW Joe Cowley tied 0-0 b 2 1 --- 1 8 8 11% 64% Home Run
160 160 6 1 1986-08-17 DET @ BOS Bruce Hurst behind 0-1 t 2 0 --- 1 7 8 10% 50% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
161 161 7 1 1986-08-29 DET @ CAL Vern Ruhle ahead 8-3 t 7 1 -23 3 8 8 2% 100% Home Run; Evans Scores; Coles Scores/unER
162 162 8 1 1986-09-05 DET @ OAK Jose Rijo behind 0-3 t 2 2 1-- 2 8 8 16% 35% Home Run; Coles Scores
163 163 9 1 1986-09-07 DET @ OAK Curt Young behind 2-7 t 7 0 1-- 2 7 8 5% 10% Home Run; Evans Scores
164 164 10 1 1986-09-10 DET MIL Chris Bosio tied 5-5 b 4 0 --- 1 8 8 12% 69% Home Run
165 165 11 1 1986-09-19 DET NYY Dennis Rasmussen ahead 3-1 b 4 2 --- 1 6 8 8% 84% Home Run
166 166 12 1 1986-09-26 DET @ NYY Ron Guidry ahead 2-1 t 9 1 --- 1 6 8 10% 92% Home Run
1987 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
167 167 1 1 1987-04-09 DET NYY Bob Tewksbury tied 1-1 b 2 2 --- 1 8 8 11% 62% Home Run
168 168 2 1 1987-04-10 DET @ CHW Joel McKeon ahead 6-0 t 4 1 --- 1 8 8 2% 96% Home Run
169 169 3 1 1987-05-16 DET CLE Ed Vande Berg ahead 4-2 b 6 2 --- 1 7 8 8% 90% Home Run
170 170 4 1 1987-05-31 (2) DET MIN Allan Anderson behind 0-3 b 2 2 1-- 2 8 8 17% 40% Home Run; Herndon Scores
171 171 5 1 1987-06-03 DET @ CLE Mike Armstrong ahead 12-3 t 8 2 -23 3 8 8 0% 100% Home Run; Nokes Scores; Heath Scores
172 172 6 1 1987-06-07 DET @ BOS Joe Sambito ahead 9-5 t 7 0 -2- 2 8 8 3% 98% Home Run; Evans Scores
173 173 7 1 1987-06-11 DET MIL Bill Wegman ahead 3-2 b 4 2 --- 1 8 8 11% 76% Home Run
174 174 8 1 1987-06-21 DET @ BAL Ken Dixon ahead 4-1 t 4 0 --- 1 8 8 6% 87% Home Run
175 175 9 2 1987-06-21 DET @ BAL John Habyan ahead 5-2 t 8 0 --- 1 8 8 4% 96% Home Run
176 176 10 1 1987-07-05 DET @ SEA Mark Langston ahead 5-2 t 5 1 --- 1 3 8 7% 87% Home Run
177 177 11 1 1987-07-10 DET @ CAL Chuck Finley ahead 5-3 t 4 1 1-- 2 8 8 14% 86% Home Run; Evans Scores
178 178 12 1 1987-07-18 DET SEA Jerry Reed behind 3-6 b 3 1 12- 3 6 8 25% 53% Home Run; Trammell Scores; Herndon Scores
179 179 13 1 1987-07-24 DET CAL Don Sutton ahead 1-0 b 5 0 -2- 2 7 8 12% 88% Home Run (CF-RF); Bergman Scores
180 180 14 1 1987-08-01 DET @ NYY Charles Hudson ahead 9-1 t 7 0 --- 1 7 8 0% 100% Home Run
181 181 15 1 1987-08-26 DET @ MIN Frank Viola behind 3-5 t 6 0 --- 1 6 8 12% 35% Home Run
182 182 16 2 1987-08-26 DET @ MIN Jeff Reardon ahead 7-6 t 9 2 1-3 3 6 8 16% 98% Home Run (LF-CF); Trammell Scores; Nokes Scores
183 183 17 1 1987-08-29 DET TEX Bobby Witt ahead 2-1 b 6 0 --- 1 6 8 10% 84% Home Run
184 184 18 1 1987-09-19 DET MIL Chris Bosio ahead 1-0 b 4 1 --- 1 7 8 11% 77% Home Run
185 185 19 1 1987-09-29 DET BAL Eric Bell ahead 2-0 b 4 0 12- 3 7 8 10% 94% Home Run; Herndon Scores; Evans Scores
186 186 20 1 1987-09-30 DET BAL Jose Mesa behind 2-7 b 9 2 --- 1 7 8 0% 0% Home Run
1988 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
187 187 1 1 1988-05-17 DET @ MIL Odell Jones ahead 6-3 t 7 2 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 5 9 8% 97% Home Run; Salazar Scores
188 188 2 1 1988-05-21 DET @ CHW Jeff Bittiger ahead 1-0 t 5 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 6 9 12% 76% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
189 189 3 1 1988-06-10 DET @ CLE Greg Swindell tied 0-0 t 5 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 9 14% 64% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
190 190 4 1 1988-06-17 DET TOR David Wells tied 5-5 b 7 0 -2- 2,(1-0)  2 5 9 20% 89% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Trammell Scores
191 191 5 1 1988-07-04 DET SEA Mike Moore tied 2-2 b 7 2 --- 5,(3-1)  1 7 9 25% 76% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
192 192 6 1 1988-07-06 DET SEA Mike Jackson tied 3-3 b 8 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 4 9 33% 94% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Salazar Scores
193 193 7 1 1988-07-07 DET OAK Curt Young tied 0-0 b 2 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 4 9 11% 66% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
194 194 8 1 1988-07-26 DET KCR Charlie Leibrandt behind 0-1 b 9 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 9 47% 58% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
195 195 9 1 1988-08-14 DET @ BOS Roger Clemens ahead 1-0 t 1 2 1-3 4,(3-0)  3 6 9 21% 81% Home Run; Trammell Scores; Nokes Scores
196 196 10 1 1988-09-06 DET TOR Jimmy Key behind 0-5 b 4 2 --- 7,(3-2)  1 4 9 4% 10% Home Run
197 197 11 2 1988-09-06 DET TOR Jimmy Key behind 1-5 b 7 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 4 9 5% 12% Home Run
198 198 12 1 1988-09-12 DET @ TOR Jimmy Key tied 1-1 t 6 2 12- 5,(2-2)  3 4 9 36% 85% Home Run; Salazar Scores; Trammell Scores
199 199 13 1 1988-09-17 DET BAL Doug Sisk ahead 4-2 b 8 1 12- 4,(2-1)  3 7 9 4% 100% Home Run; Lynn Scores; Lusader Scores
200 200 14 1 1988-09-20 DET CLE Scott Bailes tied 1-1 b 9 1 1-- 5,(3-1)  2 7 9 37% 100% Walk-Off Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Lusader Scores
201 201 15 1 1988-09-30 DET NYY Rick Rhoden tied 2-2 b 6 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 6 9 19% 73% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
202 202 16 2 1988-09-30 DET NYY Hipolito Pena ahead 4-2 b 7 2 -2- 7,(3-2)  2 6 9 8% 97% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Evans Scores
203 203 17 1 1988-10-01 DET NYY Neil Allen tied 5-5 b 8 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 4 9 27% 87% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1989 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
204 204 1 1 1989-05-15 DET CHW Bill Long tied 1-1 b 3 2 1-- 5,(0-2)  2 2 9 22% 75% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Pettis Scores
205 205 2 1 1989-06-30 DET @ BAL Bob Milacki behind 3-5 t 6 2 12- 2,(0-1)  3 7 9 43% 63% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Moreland Scores; Lynn Scores
206 206 3 1 1989-07-08 DET TOR John Cerutti behind 0-1 b 2 2 --- 1,(0-0)  1 6 9 12% 51% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
207 207 4 1 1989-07-20 DET @ CAL Chuck Finley behind 0-1 t 2 0 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 6 9 18% 61% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Jones Scores
208 208 5 1 1989-07-28 (1) DET MIN Frank Viola tied 2-2 b 3 2 1-- 3,(1-1)  2 5 9 22% 75% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Moreland Scores
209 209 6 1 1989-08-18 DET NYY Chuck Cary tied 0-0 b 1 1 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 3 10 18% 73% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Trammell Scores
210 210 7 1 1989-08-24 DET @ TOR David Wells behind 2-11 t 9 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 6 9 0% 0% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1990 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
211 211 1 1 1990-04-28 DET MIL Tony Fossas ahead 11-5 b 8 1 --- 6,(3-2)  1 7 9 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
212 212 2 1 1990-05-06 DET @ TOR Jimmy Key tied 0-0 t 2 1 --- 4,(1-2)  1 7 9 11% 58% Home Run (Fly Ball)
213 213 3 2 1990-05-06 DET @ TOR Tom Henke behind 6-11 t 8 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 7 9 2% 4% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
214 214 4 1 1990-05-07 DET @ MIL Mark Knudson behind 1-2 t 5 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 8 9 15% 50% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
215 215 5 1 1990-09-28 DET MIN Allan Anderson tied 1-1 b 6 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 5 9 18% 73% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1954 to 2009, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.