Born: August 25, 1954 in Glendale, CA
High School: Sylmar (Sylmar, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).
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Debut: May 15, 1976
Final Game: September 5, 1982
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| 1976 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 | 1976-05-15 (2) | Bobby Bonds | CAL | MIN | behind 0-13 | b 6 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Jackson Scores; Remy Scores; Chalk Scores | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1976-06-15 | Thurman Munson | NYY | @ | MIN | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1976-06-23 (2) | Jorge Orta | CHW | @ | MIN | tied 2-2 | t 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 25% | 75% | Home Run; Garr Scores | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1976-06-27 | Sal Bando | OAK | MIN | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13% | 90% | Home Run; Baylor Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1976-08-25 | Graig Nettles | NYY | MIN | behind 0-4 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6% | 19% | Home Run | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1976-09-29 | Tom Grieve | TEX | @ | MIN | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1977-04-10 (1) | Wayne Gross | OAK | MIN | ahead 6-3 | b 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8% | 96% | Home Run; Sanguillen Scores/unER; Gross Scores/unER | ||
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1977-04-14 | Ruppert Jones | SEA | MIN | ahead 2-1 | b 8 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10% | 97% | Home Run; Collins Scores | ||
| 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1977-04-19 | Frank White | KCR | MIN | tied 3-3 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14% | 71% | Home Run | ||
| 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1977-04-24 | Ken Henderson | TEX | MIN | behind 0-12 | b 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Alomar Scores | ||
| 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1977-05-31 | Lee May | BAL | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1977-05-31 | Lee May | BAL | @ | MIN | behind 1-8 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Singleton Scores | |
| 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1977-07-06 | Tony Solaita | CAL | @ | MIN | behind 0-1 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 17% | 47% | Home Run | |
| 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1977-07-31 (1) | Andre Thornton | CLE | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 15 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1977-08-04 | Rusty Staub | DET | @ | MIN | ahead 2-1 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12% | 78% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1977-08-12 | Jason Thompson | DET | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 24% | 78% | Home Run; Fuentes Scores; Kemp Scores | ||
| 17 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1977-08-20 | Ken Singleton | BAL | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 21% | 85% | Home Run (Fly Ball); Skaggs Scores | |
| 18 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1977-08-24 | Chris Chambliss | NYY | MIN | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 27% | 71% | Home Run; Rivers Scores; Jackson Scores | ||
| 19 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1977-09-25 (2) | Charlie Moore | MIL | @ | MIN | tied 2-2 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 2 | 14% | 64% | Home Run | |
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1978-04-07 | Ruppert Jones | SEA | MIN | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11% | 41% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 21 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1978-04-07 | Bruce Bochte | SEA | MIN | behind 1-2 | b 3 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 23% | 64% | Home Run (Deep RF); Stinson Scores | ||
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1979-05-15 | Johnny Grubb | TEX | @ | MIN | behind 1-3 | t 5 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 7 | 22% | 45% | Home Run; Blanks Scores | |
| 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1979-05-15 | Al Oliver | TEX | @ | MIN | behind 3-4 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 24 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1979-05-21 | Pat Putnam | TEX | MIN | ahead 5-4 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1979-07-22 | Otto Velez | TOR | @ | MIN | behind 0-5 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2% | 4% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1979-08-14 | Carlton Fisk | BOS | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 27 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1979-08-14 | Fred Lynn | BOS | MIN | ahead 1-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9% | 71% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1979-08-14 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | MIN | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8% | 77% | Home Run | ||
| 29 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1979-08-27 (1) | Gary Roenicke | BAL | @ | MIN | tied 2-2 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16% | 63% | Home Run | |
| 1980 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 30 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1980-05-12 | Fred Lynn | BOS | MIN | behind 1-3 | b 5 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 24% | 52% | Home Run; Evans Scores | ||
| 31 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1980-05-18 | Gorman Thomas | MIL | @ | MIN | behind 1-8 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1% | 3% | Home Run | |
| 32 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1980-05-23 | Robin Yount | MIL | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15% | 74% | Home Run; Molitor Scores | ||
| 33 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1980-05-23 | Ben Oglivie | MIL | MIN | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6% | 89% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1980-05-28 | Harold Baines | CHW | @ | MIN | behind 2-3 | t 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 31% | 61% | Home Run; Nordhagen Scores | |
| 35 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1980-06-02 | Jim Dwyer | BOS | @ | MIN | tied 2-2 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12% | 59% | Home Run | |
| 36 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1980-06-12 | Champ Summers | DET | MIN | behind 2-4 | b 4 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18% | 56% | Home Run; Cowens Scores | ||
| 37 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1980-06-17 | John Mayberry | TOR | MIN | behind 0-3 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16% | 41% | Home Run (CF-RF); Howell Scores | ||
| 38 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1980-06-17 | Al Woods | TOR | MIN | behind 5-7 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12% | 36% | Home Run | ||
| 39 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 1980-06-27 | Pat Putnam | TEX | MIN | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13% | 86% | Home Run (Deep RF); Staub Scores | ||
| 40 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 1980-09-28 | George Brett | KCR | @ | MIN | behind 3-4 | t 6 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 8 | PH | 34% | 84% | Home Run; Aikens Scores; Porter Scores; McRae Scores | |
| 1981 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 41 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1981-04-18 | Butch Hobson | CAL | MIN | behind 1-6 | b 7 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 9 | 5 | 11% | 14% | Home Run; Downing Scores; Grich Scores | ||
| 42 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1981-04-25 | Rick Burleson | CAL | @ | MIN | behind 3-4 | t 7 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 33% | 81% | Home Run; Grich Scores; Carew Scores/unER | |
| 43 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1981-04-28 | Richie Zisk | SEA | @ | MIN | behind 0-3 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8% | 24% | Home Run | |
| 44 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 1981-05-15 | Ken Singleton | BAL | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12% | 77% | Home Run; Dauer Scores | |
| 45 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 1981-05-21 | Gorman Thomas | MIL | MIN | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19% | 91% | Home Run; Gantner Scores; Cooper Scores | ||
| 46 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 1981-05-26 | Pat Putnam | TEX | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 47 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 1981-06-06 | Champ Summers | DET | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 9 | 22% | 80% | Home Run; Trammell Scores; Kemp Scores | ||
| 48 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 1981-06-11 | Tom Brookens | DET | @ | MIN | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 42% | 76% | Home Run; Trammell Scores; Summers Scores | |
| 49 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 1981-08-12 | Wayne Gross | OAK | @ | MIN | ahead 2-0 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9% | 82% | Home Run | |
| 50 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 1981-08-27 | Kirk Gibson | DET | @ | MIN | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9% | 85% | Home Run | |
| 51 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 1981-09-23 | Willie Aikens | KCR | MIN | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 23% | 69% | Home Run; Brett Scores | ||
| 52 | 52 | 12 | 1 | 1981-10-02 | Chet Lemon | CHW | MIN | behind 1-3 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14% | 34% | Home Run | ||
| 1982 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 53 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1982-04-06 | Jim Maler | SEA | @ | MIN | ahead 3-1 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9% | 79% | Home Run | |
| 54 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 1982-04-28 | Howard Johnson | DET | @ | MIN | behind 0-4 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5% | 11% | Home Run | |
| 55 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 1982-05-09 | Ben Oglivie | MIL | MIN | tied 2-2 | b 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 21% | 82% | Home Run; Cooper Scores | ||
| 56 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 1982-05-09 | Jim Gantner | MIL | MIN | ahead 4-2 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7% | 91% | Home Run | ||
| 57 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 1982-05-20 | Ken Singleton | BAL | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 58 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 1982-05-24 | Andre Thornton | CLE | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21% | 75% | Home Run; Dilone Scores; Hargrove Scores | |
| 59 | 59 | 7 | 2 | 1982-05-24 | Rick Manning | CLE | @ | MIN | ahead 3-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6% | 84% | Home Run | |
| 60 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 1982-06-19 | Lamar Johnson | TEX | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11% | 73% | Home Run | |
| 61 | 61 | 9 | 2 | 1982-06-19 | Buddy Bell | TEX | @ | MIN | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8% | 86% | Home Run | |
| 62 | 62 | 10 | 3 | 1982-06-19 | Dave Hostetler | TEX | @ | MIN | ahead 3-0 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6% | 91% | Home Run | |
| 63 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 1982-07-06 | Lou Whitaker | DET | MIN | tied 1-1 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 64 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 1982-08-15 | Todd Cruz | SEA | @ | MIN | ahead 3-1 | t 6 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18% | 97% | Home Run; Zisk Scores/unER; Revering Scores/Team unER; Henderson Scores/Team unER; Cruz Scores/Team unER | |
| 65 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 1982-08-18 | John Lowenstein | BAL | @ | MIN | tied 4-4 | t 10 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | PH | 38% | 82% | Home Run | |
| 66 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 1982-08-25 | Ken Griffey | NYY | MIN | ahead 4-1 | b 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9% | 92% | Home Run; Mazzilli Scores | ||
| 67 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 1982-08-25 | Graig Nettles | NYY | MIN | ahead 6-1 | b 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4% | 97% | Home Run; Gamble Scores | ||
| 68 | 68 | 16 | 1 | 1982-08-30 | Graig Nettles | NYY | @ | MIN | ahead 7-2 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2% | 98% | Home Run |
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