Born: April 25, 1956 in Lincoln Park, MI
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1979.
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Debut: April 10, 1982
Final Game: June 19, 1984
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| 1982 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 | 1982-04-12 | Willie Upshaw | TOR | DET | ahead 8-3 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1% | 99% | Home Run (CF-RF) | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1982-04-19 | Jerry Martin | KCR | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1982-04-29 | Ron LeFlore | CHW | DET | ahead 1-0 | b 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14% | 89% | Home Run; Almon Scores | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1982-05-04 | George Wright | TEX | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1982-05-04 | Pat Putnam | TEX | @ | DET | behind 2-3 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 17% | 47% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1982-05-16 | Randy Johnson | MIN | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17% | 67% | Home Run; Milbourne Scores | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1982-05-16 | Tom Brunansky | MIN | @ | DET | ahead 2-0 | t 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8% | 75% | Home Run | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1982-05-16 | John Castino | MIN | @ | DET | ahead 3-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7% | 81% | Home Run | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1982-05-31 | Brian Downing | CAL | DET | ahead 1-0 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12% | 79% | Home Run | ||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1982-05-31 | Bobby Grich | CAL | DET | ahead 2-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7% | 91% | Home Run | ||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1982-07-09 (2) | Bill Sample | TEX | DET | ahead 1-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1982-07-18 | Gary Ward | MIN | DET | ahead 5-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1982-08-02 | Willie Aikens | KCR | DET | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11% | 64% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1982-08-07 | Rance Mulliniks | TOR | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 21% | 69% | Home Run; Griffin Scores | |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1982-08-17 (2) | Gary Gray | SEA | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 58% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1982-08-17 (2) | Todd Cruz | SEA | @ | DET | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10% | 67% | Home Run | |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1982-08-31 | Brian Downing | CAL | @ | DET | ahead 5-0 | t 5 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3% | 99% | Home Run; Baylor Scores; Grich Scores; Boone Scores | |
| 1983 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1983-08-01 | Willie Aikens | KCR | @ | DET | ahead 1-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12% | 79% | Home Run | |
| 19 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1983-08-05 | Dave Winfield | NYY | DET | ahead 10-2 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Mattingly Scores | ||
| 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1983-08-09 | Greg Walker | CHW | @ | DET | behind 0-4 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4% | 8% | Home Run | |
| 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1983-08-15 | Willie Aikens | KCR | DET | behind 2-4 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12% | 43% | Home Run | ||
| 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1983-09-07 (1) | Gorman Thomas | CLE | DET | ahead 5-0 | b 8 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Hassey Scores | ||
| 1984 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 23 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1984-04-18 | Reggie Jackson | CAL | @ | MIN | ahead 4-1 | t 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10% | 90% | Home Run; DeCinces Scores | |
| 24 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1984-04-27 | Dwayne Murphy | OAK | MIN | ahead 2-1 | b 5 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 8 | 22% | 93% | Home Run; Hill Scores; Henderson Scores | ||
| 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1984-06-19 | George Vukovich | CLE | @ | MIN | ahead 4-0 | t 3 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8% | 93% | Home Run; Willard Scores |
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