Born: August 9, 1941 in Chanute, KS
High School: Chanute (Chanute, KS)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1963.
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Debut: September 15, 1965
Final Game: October 1, 1978
Died: January 1, 2006 in Arlington, TX
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| 1965 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 | 1965-09-22 | Ed Brinkman | WSA | @ | KCA | tied 1-1 | t 5 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19% | 76% | Home Run; Lock Scores | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1965-10-02 | Johnny Romano | CHW | KCA | ahead 4-0 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4% | 95% | Home Run | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1965-10-02 | Tommy McCraw | CHW | KCA | ahead 8-0 | b 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Berry Scores | ||
| 1966 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1966-04-13 | Tony Oliva | MIN | KCA | behind 2-3 | b 8 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 9 | 66% | 94% | Home Run; Versalles Scores; Valdespino Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1966-05-18 (2) | Rick Reichardt | CAL | @ | KCA | behind 3-6 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6% | 11% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1966-06-09 | Tony Oliva | MIN | KCA | ahead 6-4 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1966-06-09 | Don Mincher | MIN | KCA | ahead 7-4 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3% | 97% | Home Run | ||
| 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1966-06-25 | Max Alvis | CLE | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1966-07-02 | Dick McAuliffe | DET | KCA | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11% | 55% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1966-07-02 | Willie Horton | DET | KCA | tied 2-2 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 28% | 81% | Home Run; Kaline Scores | ||
| 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1966-07-16 | Joe Pepitone | NYY | @ | KCA | tied 1-1 | t 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 22% | 72% | Home Run (CF-RF); White Scores | |
| 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1966-07-16 | Tom Tresh | NYY | @ | KCA | tied 3-3 | t 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 8 | 25% | 81% | Home Run; Howard Scores | |
| 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1966-07-24 (1) | Ken McMullen | WSA | KCA | ahead 4-1 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1966-07-24 (1) | Fred Valentine | WSA | KCA | ahead 5-1 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1966-08-12 | Harmon Killebrew | MIN | KCA | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15% | 81% | Home Run; Oliva Scores | ||
| 16 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1966-08-25 (2) | Tony Conigliaro | BOS | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19% | 71% | Home Run; Foy Scores | ||
| 17 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1966-09-13 | Fred Whitfield | CLE | KCA | behind 0-1 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 32% | 60% | Home Run | ||
| 1967 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1967-04-23 (2) | Luis Aparicio | BAL | KCA | behind 3-4 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 25% | 58% | Home Run | ||
| 19 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1967-06-07 | Al Kaline | DET | @ | KCA | behind 1-3 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9% | 17% | Home Run | |
| 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1967-06-11 (2) | Rocky Colavito | CLE | @ | KCA | tied 2-2 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 21% | 66% | Home Run | |
| 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1967-06-21 | Frank Robinson | BAL | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21% | 81% | Home Run; Blair Scores | ||
| 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1967-06-26 | Tom Tresh | NYY | @ | KCA | tied 0-0 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 24% | 71% | Home Run | |
| 23 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1967-07-07 (1) | Paul Schaal | CAL | KCA | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12% | 64% | Home Run | ||
| 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1967-07-07 (1) | Rick Reichardt | CAL | KCA | tied 1-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17% | 73% | Home Run | ||
| 25 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1967-07-07 (1) | Don Mincher | CAL | KCA | ahead 2-1 | b 6 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17% | 96% | Home Run; Cardenal Scores/unER; Fregosi Scores | ||
| 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1967-07-07 (1) | Rick Reichardt | CAL | KCA | ahead 5-1 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2% | 99% | Home Run; Repoz Scores | ||
| 27 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 1967-07-23 (1) | Tommie Agee | CHW | @ | KCA | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16% | 81% | Home Run; Hansen Scores | |
| 28 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 1967-07-27 | Cap Peterson | WSA | KCA | ahead 3-0 | b 1 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6% | 93% | Home Run; Valentine Scores | ||
| 29 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 1967-07-31 | Steve Whitaker | NYY | KCA | behind 3-6 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12% | 16% | Home Run; Robinson Scores | ||
| 30 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 1967-08-18 | Tim Cullen | WSA | KCA | behind 4-6 | b 9 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 6 | 83% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Casanova Scores; McMullen Scores | |
| 31 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 1967-09-06 (2) | Earl Wilson | DET | KCA | tied 2-2 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 1 | 31% | 89% | Home Run; Wert Scores | ||
| 32 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 1967-09-06 (2) | Mickey Stanley | DET | KCA | ahead 4-2 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 1968 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 33 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1968-04-14 | Frank Howard | WSA | OAK | ahead 7-1 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1968-04-28 | Rick Reichardt | CAL | OAK | ahead 3-0 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 35 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1968-06-08 | Davey Johnson | BAL | OAK | ahead 6-1 | b 8 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Robinson Scores | ||
| 36 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1968-08-09 (2) | Ken McMullen | WSA | OAK | tied 2-2 | b 10 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 44% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run | |
| 37 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1968-08-18 | Andy Kosco | NYY | @ | OAK | tied 4-4 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 38 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1968-08-20 (2) | Brant Alyea | WSA | @ | OAK | behind 0-3 | t 8 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 8 | PH | 38% | 43% | Home Run; Epstein Scores; French Scores | |
| 1969 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 39 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1969-05-21 | Joe Pepitone | NYY | OAK | behind 3-4 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 32% | 60% | Home Run | ||
| 40 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1969-06-14 | Reggie Smith | BOS | OAK | behind 4-15 | b 7 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Jones Scores; Yastrzemski Scores | ||
| 41 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1969-08-08 (1) | Frank Fernandez | NYY | OAK | behind 2-5 | b 10 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | ||
| 42 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1969-08-17 | Al Kaline | DET | @ | OAK | ahead 6-3 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; Tresh Scores | |
| 43 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 1969-08-17 | Mickey Stanley | DET | @ | OAK | ahead 8-3 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 44 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 1969-08-22 | Curt Motton | BAL | @ | OAK | tied 3-3 | t 10 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 35% | 85% | Home Run | |
| 45 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1969-08-31 | Frank Howard | WSA | OAK | ahead 2-0 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7% | 98% | Home Run; Maye Scores | ||
| 46 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 1969-08-31 | Ken McMullen | WSA | OAK | ahead 4-0 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; Epstein Scores | ||
| 1970 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 47 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1970-04-30 | George Scott | BOS | OAK | ahead 5-4 | b 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18% | 87% | Home Run; Petrocelli Scores | ||
| 48 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 1970-04-30 | Billy Conigliaro | BOS | OAK | ahead 7-4 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5% | 92% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1970-05-07 | Roy White | NYY | @ | OAK | ahead 4-3 | t 8 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17% | 97% | Home Run; Clarke Scores; Murcer Scores | |
| 50 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 1970-05-17 (1) | Alex Johnson | CAL | @ | OAK | ahead 4-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3% | 96% | Home Run | |
| 51 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 1970-06-11 | Roy Foster | CLE | OAK | behind 4-5 | b 10 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 72% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Pinson Scores | |
| 52 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 1970-06-13 | Merv Rettenmund | BAL | OAK | behind 6-10 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | ||
| 53 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 1970-07-12 (1) | Dave May | MIL | @ | OAK | tied 2-2 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 35% | 85% | Home Run | |
| 1971 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 54 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 1971-05-02 (2) | Roy Foster | CLE | @ | OAK | behind 0-2 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | PH | 12% | 28% | Home Run | |
| 55 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 1971-06-28 | Rico Petrocelli | BOS | WSA | ahead 8-3 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Yastrzemski Scores | ||
| 56 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 1971-07-11 | Norm Cash | DET | @ | WSA | behind 1-3 | t 8 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 34% | 43% | Home Run; Freehan Scores | |
| 57 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 1971-07-27 | Tony Oliva | MIN | WSA | tied 2-2 | b 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 30% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Killebrew Scores | |
| 58 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 1971-08-26 | Tommie Reynolds | CAL | WSA | behind 1-3 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | PH | 43% | 52% | Home Run; O'Brien Scores | ||
| 59 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 1971-09-07 | Jim Northrup | DET | @ | WSA | tied 2-2 | t 11 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 36% | 86% | Home Run | |
| 60 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 1971-09-17 | Carlton Fisk | BOS | @ | WSA | ahead 8-5 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5% | 93% | Home Run | |
| 1972 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 61 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1972-06-06 | Rusty Torres | NYY | @ | TEX | behind 2-6 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3% | 5% | Home Run | |
| 62 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 1972-06-30 | Andy Kosco | CAL | @ | TEX | behind 2-5 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7% | 14% | Home Run | |
| 63 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 1972-07-06 (2) | Jerry Moses | CLE | TEX | behind 2-5 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12% | 17% | Home Run; Nettles Scores | ||
| 64 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 1972-07-11 | Mickey Stanley | DET | TEX | tied 5-5 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19% | 76% | Home Run | ||
| 65 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 1972-08-27 | Carlton Fisk | BOS | TEX | ahead 6-3 | b 8 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Smith Scores; Petrocelli Scores | ||
| 66 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 1972-08-29 (2) | Johnny Callison | NYY | TEX | behind 3-7 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4% | 7% | Home Run | ||
| 67 | 67 | 7 | 1 | 1972-09-19 | Cesar Tovar | MIN | TEX | tied 3-3 | b 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 7 | 44% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Mitterwald Scores | |
| 1973 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 68 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 1973-04-13 | Larry Hisle | MIN | OAK | ahead 4-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4% | 92% | Home Run | ||
| 69 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 1973-04-13 | Bobby Darwin | MIN | OAK | ahead 5-0 | b 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5% | 96% | Home Run; Oliva Scores | ||
| 70 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 1973-04-19 | Amos Otis | KCR | OAK | ahead 9-3 | b 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2% | 99% | Home Run; Rojas Scores/unER | ||
| 71 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 1973-05-29 | Graig Nettles | NYY | OAK | ahead 5-1 | b 3 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6% | 96% | Home Run; Blomberg Scores | ||
| 72 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 1973-07-14 | Ollie Brown | MIL | OAK | ahead 4-0 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 73 | 73 | 6 | 1 | 1973-07-29 (1) | Jim Fregosi | TEX | @ | OAK | ahead 1-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12% | 80% | Home Run | |
| 74 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 1973-08-02 | Bobby Darwin | MIN | @ | OAK | tied 1-1 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17% | 67% | Home Run | |
| 75 | 75 | 8 | 1 | 1973-08-12 | Graig Nettles | NYY | OAK | ahead 7-4 | b 4 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8% | 95% | Home Run; Murcer Scores | ||
| 1974 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 76 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 1974-05-12 | Bobby Darwin | MIN | @ | OAK | behind 1-8 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 77 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 1974-05-19 | Brian Downing | CHW | OAK | behind 0-8 | b 9 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Melton Scores/unER; Henderson Scores/unER; Downing Scores/unER | ||
| 78 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 1974-05-25 | Joe Lahoud | CAL | OAK | ahead 7-2 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 79 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 1974-08-07 | Jeff Burroughs | TEX | OAK | behind 1-8 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1% | 2% | Home Run | ||
| 1975 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 80 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 1975-04-11 | Jeff Burroughs | TEX | OAK | behind 2-3 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20% | 54% | Home Run | ||
| 81 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 1975-04-15 | Al Cowens | KCR | OAK | behind 1-3 | b 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | PH | 37% | 61% | Home Run; Pinson Scores/unER | ||
| 82 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 1975-04-21 | Toby Harrah | TEX | @ | OAK | behind 4-8 | t 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5% | 7% | Home Run; Hargrove Scores | |
| 83 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 1975-05-18 | Thurman Munson | NYY | OAK | ahead 3-1 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8% | 84% | Home Run | ||
| 84 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 1975-05-25 (1) | Buddy Bell | CLE | OAK | ahead 2-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8% | 86% | Home Run | ||
| 85 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 1975-05-31 | George Hendrick | CLE | @ | OAK | ahead 3-0 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6% | 90% | Home Run | |
| 1976 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 86 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 1976-04-17 | Andres Mora | BAL | @ | OAK | ahead 4-1 | t 7 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5% | 97% | Home Run; Grich Scores | |
| 87 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 1976-06-09 | Jim Rice | BOS | OAK | ahead 5-4 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 88 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 1976-07-22 | Graig Nettles | NYY | OAK | behind 3-5 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14% | 37% | Home Run | ||
| 89 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 1976-07-28 | Jim Spencer | CHW | @ | OAK | tied 1-1 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 20% | 65% | Home Run | |
| 90 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 1976-09-29 | Amos Otis | KCR | @ | OAK | ahead 3-0 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6% | 91% | Home Run | |
| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 91 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 1977-04-19 | Dan Meyer | SEA | TEX | behind 0-3 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3% | 4% | Home Run (Deep CF-RF) | ||
| 92 | 92 | 2 | 1 | 1977-04-21 | Butch Wynegar | MIN | @ | TEX | ahead 10-4 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 93 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 1977-05-01 | Chet Lemon | CHW | TEX | ahead 9-1 | b 2 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1% | 100% | Home Run (LF-CF); Soderholm Scores; Gamble Scores | ||
| 94 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 1977-05-21 | Otto Velez | TOR | @ | TEX | ahead 8-4 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3% | 96% | Home Run | |
| 95 | 95 | 5 | 1 | 1977-05-30 (1) | Dave Collins | SEA | @ | TEX | ahead 5-4 | t 9 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11% | 96% | Home Run; Jutze Scores | |
| 96 | 96 | 6 | 1 | 1977-06-23 | Larry Hisle | MIN | TEX | ahead 8-1 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 97 | 97 | 7 | 1 | 1977-07-29 | John Wockenfuss | DET | @ | TEX | ahead 8-3 | t 7 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2% | 100% | Home Run; Thompson Scores; Oglivie Scores | |
| 98 | 98 | 8 | 1 | 1977-08-13 | Richie Zisk | CHW | @ | TEX | ahead 5-3 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7% | 93% | Home Run | |
| 99 | 99 | 9 | 1 | 1977-08-14 | Ralph Garr | CHW | @ | TEX | behind 6-9 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7% | 15% | Home Run | |
| 100 | 100 | 10 | 1 | 1977-08-19 | Reggie Jackson | NYY | @ | TEX | ahead 6-0 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | |
| 101 | 101 | 11 | 2 | 1977-08-19 | Roy White | NYY | @ | TEX | ahead 7-1 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | |
| 102 | 102 | 12 | 1 | 1977-09-11 | Dan Meyer | SEA | TEX | ahead 5-4 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 103 | 103 | 13 | 1 | 1977-09-18 (2) | Bob Gorinski | MIN | @ | TEX | behind 5-9 | t 8 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13% | 16% | Home Run; Kusick Scores; Wolfe Scores | |
| 104 | 104 | 14 | 1 | 1977-09-20 | Dave Chalk | CAL | TEX | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 105 | 105 | 15 | 2 | 1977-09-20 | Ron Jackson | CAL | TEX | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 22% | 78% | Home Run; Guerrero Scores | ||
| 106 | 106 | 16 | 3 | 1977-09-20 | Bobby Bonds | CAL | TEX | ahead 3-1 | b 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10% | 94% | Home Run; Chalk Scores | ||
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 107 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 1978-05-24 | Craig Kusick | MIN | TEX | behind 1-2 | b 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | PH | 49% | 53% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 108 | 108 | 2 | 1 | 1978-06-01 | Dan Ford | MIN | @ | TEX | behind 3-6 | t 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 8 | 32% | 44% | Home Run (Deep CF); Chiles Scores; Morales Scores | |
| 109 | 109 | 3 | 1 | 1978-08-03 | Fred Lynn | BOS | @ | NYY | ahead 4-1 | t 7 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8% | 99% | Home Run; Rice Scores; Yastrzemski Scores | |
| 110 | 110 | 4 | 2 | 1978-08-03 | Bob Bailey | BOS | @ | NYY | ahead 7-1 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | |
| 111 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 1978-09-04 (2) | Aurelio Rodriguez | DET | @ | NYY | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10% | 71% | Home Run | |
| 112 | 112 | 6 | 1 | 1978-09-22 | Dan Briggs | CLE | NYY | ahead 5-3 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7% | 87% | Home Run |
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