Born: December 15, 1948 in Columbus, TX
High School: Columbus (Columbus, TX)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (June Secondary).
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Debut: September 2, 1972
Final Game: May 26, 1981
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| 1972 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 | 1972-09-07 | Earl Williams | ATL | @ | LAD | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 2 | 26% | 73% | Home Run; Millan Scores | |
| 1973 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1973-04-29 (1) | Willie Stargell | PIT | LAD | behind 7-8 | b 10 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 49% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1973-05-01 | Billy Williams | CHC | @ | LAD | ahead 5-1 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5% | 96% | Home Run; Beckert Scores | |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1973-05-01 | Ron Santo | CHC | @ | LAD | ahead 7-1 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1973-05-01 | Jose Cardenal | CHC | @ | LAD | ahead 8-1 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1973-08-10 | Mike Schmidt | PHI | @ | LAD | ahead 4-3 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8% | 93% | Home Run | |
| 1974 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1974-04-17 | George Foster | CIN | LAD | behind 0-2 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12% | 36% | Home Run | ||
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1974-04-23 | Greg Luzinski | PHI | @ | LAD | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 20% | 68% | Home Run; Bowa Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1974-05-03 | Willie Montanez | PHI | LAD | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11% | 78% | Home Run | ||
| 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1974-05-11 | Nate Colbert | SDP | LAD | behind 0-7 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3% | 5% | Home Run; Tolan Scores | ||
| 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1974-05-21 | Joe Morgan | CIN | @ | LAD | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1974-05-26 | Garry Maddox | SFG | LAD | behind 0-5 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5% | 14% | Home Run | ||
| 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1974-06-15 | Rusty Staub | NYM | LAD | ahead 2-1 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11% | 79% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1974-06-29 | Dave Kingman | SFG | LAD | behind 0-5 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4% | 11% | Home Run | ||
| 15 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1974-07-03 (2) | Pete Rose | CIN | LAD | tied 0-0 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15% | 72% | Home Run | ||
| 16 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1974-07-31 | Fred Kendall | SDP | LAD | behind 0-6 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6% | 9% | Home Run; Colbert Scores | ||
| 17 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1974-07-31 | Nate Colbert | SDP | LAD | behind 3-15 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0% | 0% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 18 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1974-08-05 | George Foster | CIN | @ | LAD | behind 0-2 | t 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 31% | 44% | Home Run; Perez Scores | |
| 19 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1974-08-23 | Ted Simmons | STL | @ | LAD | behind 0-1 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18% | 47% | Home Run | |
| 20 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 1974-08-27 | Jose Cardenal | CHC | @ | LAD | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17% | 70% | Home Run; Kessinger Scores | |
| 21 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1974-08-27 | Jerry Morales | CHC | @ | LAD | behind 2-4 | t 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 20% | 48% | Home Run; Cardenal Scores | |
| 22 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 1974-08-30 | Richie Zisk | PIT | @ | LAD | behind 0-3 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7% | 15% | Home Run | |
| 23 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 1974-09-03 | Gary Matthews | SFG | @ | LAD | behind 2-4 | t 2 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 37% | 69% | Home Run; Rudolph Scores; Montefusco Scores; Bonds Scores | |
| 24 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 1974-09-08 | Tony Perez | CIN | LAD | behind 0-3 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9% | 26% | Home Run | ||
| 25 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 1974-09-08 | Dan Driessen | CIN | LAD | behind 1-3 | b 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 5 | 24% | 56% | Home Run; Geronimo Scores | ||
| 26 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 1974-09-13 | Tony Perez | CIN | @ | LAD | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 1975 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 27 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1975-04-10 | George Foster | CIN | LAD | behind 0-5 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5% | 13% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1975-04-18 | Garry Maddox | SFG | @ | LAD | behind 0-1 | t 3 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 23% | 59% | Home Run; Ontiveros Scores | |
| 29 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1975-04-18 | Gary Matthews | SFG | @ | LAD | ahead 2-1 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12% | 74% | Home Run | |
| 30 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1975-04-26 | Bobby Murcer | SFG | LAD | behind 0-4 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13% | 32% | Home Run; Phillips Scores | ||
| 31 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1975-04-30 | Larvell Blanks | ATL | @ | LAD | behind 0-3 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17% | 32% | Home Run; Correll Scores | |
| 32 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1975-05-24 | Keith Hernandez | STL | @ | LAD | tied 1-1 | t 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 3 | 36% | 81% | Home Run; Hahn Scores | |
| 33 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1975-06-07 | Dick Allen | PHI | LAD | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 64% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1975-06-07 | Dick Allen | PHI | LAD | ahead 1-0 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 84% | Home Run | ||
| 35 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1975-06-15 | Dave Cash | PHI | @ | LAD | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11% | 61% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 36 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1975-06-24 | Doug Rader | HOU | LAD | behind 1-4 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9% | 27% | Home Run | ||
| 37 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1975-06-24 | Doug Rader | HOU | LAD | behind 2-7 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4% | 10% | Home Run | ||
| 38 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 1975-07-18 | Al Oliver | PIT | @ | LAD | behind 0-2 | t 8 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 29% | 50% | Home Run; Sanguillen Scores | |
| 39 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 1975-07-18 | Richie Zisk | PIT | @ | LAD | tied 2-2 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 29% | 75% | Home Run | |
| 40 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 1975-08-03 | Dave Concepcion | CIN | @ | LAD | ahead 2-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12% | 84% | Home Run | |
| 41 | 41 | 15 | 1 | 1975-08-12 | Dick Allen | PHI | LAD | behind 0-3 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9% | 33% | Home Run | ||
| 42 | 42 | 16 | 1 | 1975-08-17 | Gary Carter | MON | LAD | behind 1-4 | b 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17% | 29% | Home Run; Foli Scores | ||
| 43 | 43 | 17 | 1 | 1975-08-22 | Nate Colbert | MON | @ | LAD | behind 0-1 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 35% | 50% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 44 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 1975-09-04 | George Foster | CIN | LAD | behind 0-3 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9% | 29% | Home Run | ||
| 1976 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 45 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1976-05-09 | Greg Luzinski | PHI | LAD | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10% | 72% | Home Run | ||
| 46 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 1976-05-15 | Bill Robinson | PIT | LAD | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11% | 80% | Home Run | ||
| 47 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 1976-05-15 | Al Oliver | PIT | LAD | ahead 2-0 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11% | 94% | Home Run; Sanguillen Scores | ||
| 48 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 1976-06-05 | Dave Kingman | NYM | @ | LAD | ahead 1-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12% | 80% | Home Run | |
| 49 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 1976-06-10 | Mike Schmidt | PHI | @ | LAD | behind 0-2 | t 6 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 5 | 34% | 68% | Home Run; Cash Scores; Bowa Scores | |
| 50 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 1976-06-21 | Ken Griffey | CIN | LAD | tied 1-1 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18% | 75% | Home Run | ||
| 51 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 1976-06-21 | George Foster | CIN | LAD | ahead 2-1 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11% | 86% | Home Run | ||
| 52 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 1976-06-26 | Gary Matthews | SFG | @ | LAD | tied 2-2 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 35% | 85% | Home Run | |
| 53 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 1976-06-26 | Bobby Murcer | SFG | @ | LAD | ahead 3-2 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8% | 94% | Home Run | |
| 54 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 1976-07-01 | Fred Kendall | SDP | LAD | ahead 4-3 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12% | 82% | Home Run | ||
| 55 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 1976-07-06 | Mike Schmidt | PHI | LAD | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 56 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 1976-07-11 | Willie Crawford | STL | LAD | ahead 2-0 | b 5 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12% | 97% | Home Run; Kessinger Scores; Simmons Scores | ||
| 57 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 1976-07-15 | Jerry Morales | CHC | @ | LAD | behind 0-4 | t 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12% | 22% | Home Run; Trillo Scores | |
| 58 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 1976-07-31 | Bobby Murcer | SFG | LAD | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15% | 81% | Home Run; Matthews Scores | ||
| 59 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 1976-08-25 | Ellis Valentine | MON | @ | LAD | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11% | 61% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 60 | 60 | 16 | 1 | 1976-08-31 | Andre Thornton | MON | LAD | behind 0-2 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 14% | 35% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 61 | 61 | 17 | 1 | 1976-09-12 (1) | Jimmy Wynn | ATL | @ | LAD | ahead 1-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12% | 80% | Home Run | |
| 62 | 62 | 18 | 1 | 1976-09-21 | Bobby Murcer | SFG | LAD | behind 1-2 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 24% | 58% | Home Run | ||
| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 63 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 1977-04-27 | Dave Winfield | SDP | LAD | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 21% | 77% | Home Run; Rettenmund Scores | ||
| 64 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 1977-05-02 | Mike Vail | NYM | @ | LAD | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 65 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 1977-05-19 | Phil Garner | PIT | LAD | behind 1-5 | b 4 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20% | 43% | Home Run; Stargell Scores; Stennett Scores | ||
| 66 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 1977-05-25 | Enos Cabell | HOU | @ | LAD | behind 2-4 | t 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 23% | 50% | Home Run; Ferguson Scores | |
| 67 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 1977-05-25 | Art Howe | HOU | @ | LAD | tied 4-4 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17% | 64% | Home Run | |
| 68 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 1977-06-05 | Mike Ivie | SDP | @ | LAD | tied 1-1 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 69 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 1977-06-21 | Keith Hernandez | STL | @ | LAD | ahead 2-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8% | 80% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 70 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 1977-07-01 | Bill Madlock | SFG | LAD | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 27% | 83% | Home Run; Hill Scores; Andrews Scores | ||
| 71 | 71 | 9 | 2 | 1977-07-01 | Bill Madlock | SFG | LAD | behind 3-7 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6% | 15% | Home Run | ||
| 72 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 1977-07-07 | Jose Cruz | HOU | @ | LAD | behind 0-5 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5% | 15% | Home Run | |
| 73 | 73 | 11 | 2 | 1977-07-07 | Bob Watson | HOU | @ | LAD | behind 1-5 | t 3 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17% | 36% | Home Run; Cabell Scores; Howard Scores | |
| 74 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 1977-07-17 | Gene Tenace | SDP | LAD | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 2 | 21% | 65% | Home Run; Hendrick Scores | ||
| 75 | 75 | 13 | 1 | 1977-08-09 | Pete Rose | CIN | @ | LAD | ahead 1-0 | t 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17% | 93% | Home Run (LF-CF); Geronimo Scores | |
| 76 | 76 | 14 | 1 | 1977-08-20 | George Mitterwald | CHC | LAD | behind 0-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15% | 57% | Home Run | ||
| 77 | 77 | 15 | 1 | 1977-09-10 | Tom Seaver | CIN | LAD | ahead 2-1 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10% | 72% | Home Run | ||
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 78 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 1978-04-10 | Joe Ferguson | HOU | LAD | behind 0-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 18% | 56% | Home Run | ||
| 79 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 1978-04-26 | Joe Morgan | CIN | LAD | behind 2-14 | b 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Griffey Scores | ||
| 80 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 1978-05-03 | Dave Kingman | CHC | LAD | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18% | 66% | Home Run; Ontiveros Scores | ||
| 81 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 1978-05-09 | Ken Reitz | STL | @ | LAD | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 82 | 82 | 5 | 1 | 1978-05-14 | Dave Kingman | CHC | @ | LAD | behind 0-3 | t 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17% | 32% | Home Run (Fly Ball); Buckner Scores | |
| 83 | 83 | 6 | 1 | 1978-05-20 | Darrell Evans | SFG | @ | LAD | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11% | 73% | Home Run | |
| 84 | 84 | 7 | 1 | 1978-05-26 | Willie McCovey | SFG | LAD | ahead 3-0 | b 5 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5% | 98% | Home Run; Evans Scores; Clark Scores | ||
| 85 | 85 | 8 | 1 | 1978-06-06 | Willie Montanez | NYM | LAD | behind 1-4 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10% | 28% | Home Run | ||
| 86 | 86 | 9 | 1 | 1978-06-22 | Joe Ferguson | HOU | @ | LAD | behind 0-2 | t 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 27% | 44% | Home Run; Watson Scores | |
| 87 | 87 | 10 | 1 | 1978-07-02 | Rick Auerbach | CIN | LAD | behind 3-5 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 4 | 15% | 34% | Home Run | ||
| 88 | 88 | 11 | 1 | 1978-07-07 | Jose Cruz | HOU | LAD | behind 1-2 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 30% | 67% | Home Run; Watson Scores | ||
| 89 | 89 | 12 | 1 | 1978-07-19 | Dave Parker | PIT | LAD | ahead 4-3 | b 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17% | 88% | Home Run; Taveras Scores | ||
| 90 | 90 | 13 | 1 | 1978-08-04 | Bill Madlock | SFG | LAD | tied 1-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16% | 72% | Home Run | ||
| 91 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 1978-09-06 | Hector Cruz | SFG | @ | LAD | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 92 | 92 | 15 | 2 | 1978-09-06 | Darrell Evans | SFG | @ | LAD | behind 1-5 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6% | 14% | Home Run | |
| 93 | 93 | 16 | 1 | 1978-09-11 | Jack Clark | SFG | LAD | behind 0-4 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6% | 14% | Home Run | ||
| 94 | 94 | 17 | 1 | 1978-09-22 | Dave Winfield | SDP | @ | LAD | ahead 4-1 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6% | 91% | Home Run | |
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 95 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 1979-05-06 | Mike Schmidt | PHI | @ | LAD | tied 0-0 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 27% | 78% | Home Run; Luzinski Scores | |
| 96 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 1979-06-02 | Garry Templeton | STL | LAD | ahead 5-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3% | 95% | Home Run | ||
| 97 | 97 | 3 | 2 | 1979-06-02 | Steve Swisher | STL | LAD | ahead 7-3 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 1981 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 98 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 1981-05-16 | Lou Whitaker | DET | CAL | tied 1-1 | b 2 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 25% | 81% | Home Run; Parrish Scores; Brookens Scores | ||
| 99 | 99 | 2 | 1 | 1981-05-26 | Barry Bonnell | TOR | @ | CAL | behind 1-2 | t 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 8 | 28% | 71% | Home Run (LF-CF); Whitt Scores; Griffin Scores |
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