Born: August 5, 1956 in Grand Rapids, MI
High School: Central (Grand Rapids, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
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Debut: April 11, 1977
Final Game: April 30, 1986
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Kirk Gibson
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| 1977 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 | 1977-04-26 | Richie Zisk | CHW | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10% | 60% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1977-05-01 | Rob Wilfong | MIN | DET | behind 0-5 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4% | 9% | Home Run | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1977-05-07 | Sixto Lezcano | MIL | @ | DET | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1977-05-07 | Sal Bando | MIL | @ | DET | behind 1-2 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12% | 47% | Home Run | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1977-05-12 | Don Money | MIL | DET | behind 0-4 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6% | 16% | Home Run | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1977-05-22 | Oscar Gamble | CHW | DET | behind 1-9 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1% | 1% | Home Run; Gamble Scores | ||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1977-05-22 | Richie Zisk | CHW | DET | behind 2-13 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Zisk Scores | ||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1977-05-28 | Ruppert Jones | SEA | @ | DET | tied 1-1 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12% | 62% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1977-06-02 | Ray Fosse | CLE | @ | DET | behind 0-3 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5% | 10% | Home Run | |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1977-07-23 | George Brett | KCR | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9% | 59% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1977-07-23 | Amos Otis | KCR | @ | DET | behind 2-3 | t 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 8 | 31% | 61% | Home Run; Mayberry Scores | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1977-07-29 | Juan Beniquez | TEX | DET | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20% | 72% | Home Run; Wills Scores | ||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1977-07-29 | Mike Hargrove | TEX | DET | behind 3-12 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1977-07-29 | Bump Wills | TEX | DET | behind 4-13 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1977-07-29 | Juan Beniquez | TEX | DET | behind 5-13 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1977-08-09 (1) | Cecil Cooper | MIL | @ | DET | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12% | 45% | Home Run | |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1977-08-14 | Larry Hisle | MIN | @ | DET | behind 1-2 | t 3 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 29% | 68% | Home Run; Bostock Scores; Carew Scores | |
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1977-08-19 | Ruppert Jones | SEA | DET | behind 0-3 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9% | 31% | Home Run | ||
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 1977-08-19 | Dan Meyer | SEA | DET | behind 2-4 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13% | 28% | Home Run | ||
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1977-08-24 (1) | Jerry Tabb | OAK | DET | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1977-09-04 | Mitchell Page | OAK | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10% | 56% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 1977-09-04 | Mitchell Page | OAK | @ | DET | ahead 3-2 | t 5 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21% | 88% | Home Run; Jorgensen Scores; Scott Scores | |
| 23 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 1977-09-04 | Jerry Tabb | OAK | @ | DET | ahead 6-5 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13% | 84% | Home Run | |
| 24 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 1977-09-09 (1) | Jim Rice | BOS | DET | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15% | 74% | Home Run; Yastrzemski Scores | ||
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 1977-09-09 (1) | Jim Rice | BOS | DET | ahead 4-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 3% | 97% | Home Run | ||
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1978-04-11 | Richie Zisk | TEX | DET | behind 1-6 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0% | 1% | Home Run | ||
| 27 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1978-04-16 | John Mayberry | TOR | DET | ahead 2-1 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 78% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1978-04-23 (2) | Bump Wills | TEX | @ | DET | behind 0-1 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 25% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 29 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1978-05-13 | Dave Revering | OAK | @ | DET | behind 0-2 | t 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 30% | 50% | Home Run; Guerrero Scores | |
| 30 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1978-06-22 | Reggie Jackson | NYY | @ | DET | behind 0-1 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 35% | 44% | Home Run | |
| 31 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1978-07-07 | Bobby Bonds | TEX | DET | behind 2-12 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 32 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1978-07-07 | John Lowenstein | TEX | DET | behind 4-12 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 33 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1978-07-13 | Leon Roberts | SEA | DET | behind 1-4 | b 8 | 0 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 34% | 60% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF); Paciorek Scores; Bochte Scores | ||
| 34 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 1978-07-18 | Mitchell Page | OAK | DET | ahead 2-0 | b 2 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16% | 93% | Home Run; Armas Scores; Duncan Scores | ||
| 35 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1978-08-03 | Eric Soderholm | CHW | @ | DET | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13% | 45% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | |
| 36 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 1978-08-23 (1) | Al Woods | TOR | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21% | 82% | Home Run; Horton Scores; Mayberry Scores | |
| 37 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 1978-08-28 | Robin Yount | MIL | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19% | 79% | Home Run; Thomas Scores; Moore Scores | |
| 38 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 1978-09-03 | Hal McRae | KCR | DET | tied 2-2 | b 5 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 10 | 32% | 88% | Home Run; Terrell Scores; Brett Scores | ||
| 39 | 39 | 14 | 1 | 1978-09-20 | Jim Rice | BOS | @ | DET | behind 0-12 | t 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Remy Scores | |
| 40 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 1978-09-26 | Jim Rice | BOS | DET | ahead 3-0 | b 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6% | 96% | Home Run; Remy Scores | ||
| 41 | 41 | 16 | 1 | 1978-10-01 | Pat Kelly | BAL | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 42 | 42 | 17 | 2 | 1978-10-01 | Pat Kelly | BAL | @ | DET | tied 2-2 | t 8 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 36% | 85% | Home Run; Singleton Scores | |
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 43 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1979-04-07 | Johnny Grubb | TEX | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15% | 68% | Home Run; Wills Scores | |
| 44 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1979-04-22 | Roy Howell | TOR | @ | DET | behind 0-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12% | 35% | Home Run | |
| 45 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1979-05-07 | Ralph Garr | CHW | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17% | 71% | Home Run (Deep RF); Foley Scores | |
| 46 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 1979-05-07 | Eric Soderholm | CHW | @ | DET | ahead 2-0 | t 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12% | 84% | Home Run (Deep LF); Washington Scores | |
| 47 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 1979-05-12 | Sixto Lezcano | MIL | @ | DET | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16% | 58% | Home Run (Deep LF); Oglivie Scores | |
| 48 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 1979-05-27 (2) | Pat Kelly | BAL | @ | DET | behind 2-10 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 49 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 1979-06-09 | Willie Aikens | CAL | DET | ahead 2-1 | b 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18% | 97% | Home Run; Lansford Scores/unER; Baylor Scores/unER; Aikens Scores/unER | ||
| 50 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1979-06-15 | Bobby Grich | CAL | @ | DET | behind 0-1 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 51 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 1979-06-15 | Bobby Grich | CAL | @ | DET | ahead 3-2 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19% | 78% | Home Run; Harlow Scores | |
| 52 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 1979-09-05 | Andre Thornton | CLE | DET | tied 1-1 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15% | 68% | Home Run | ||
| 53 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 1979-09-05 | Cliff Johnson | CLE | DET | ahead 2-1 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11% | 80% | Home Run | ||
| 54 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 1979-09-16 | Chris Chambliss | NYY | DET | ahead 2-1 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 77% | Home Run | ||
| 1980 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 55 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 1980-05-07 | Leon Roberts | SEA | DET | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9% | 75% | Home Run | ||
| 56 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 1980-05-23 | Ken Singleton | BAL | DET | tied 3-3 | b 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 27% | 94% | Home Run; Dauer Scores | ||
| 57 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 1980-06-11 | Mike Cubbage | MIN | @ | DET | ahead 3-1 | t 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14% | 89% | Home Run; Sofield Scores/unER | |
| 58 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 1980-06-16 (2) | Gorman Thomas | MIL | @ | DET | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8% | 86% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | |
| 59 | 59 | 5 | 2 | 1980-06-16 (2) | Cecil Cooper | MIL | @ | DET | ahead 3-0 | t 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6% | 97% | Home Run; Money Scores | |
| 60 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 1980-06-28 | Damaso Garcia | TOR | DET | behind 1-6 | b 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5% | 9% | Home Run; Griffin Scores/unER; Garcia Scores | ||
| 61 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 1980-07-03 | Barry Bonnell | TOR | @ | DET | behind 1-2 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 62 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 1980-07-25 | Tony Armas | OAK | @ | DET | tied 2-2 | t 5 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 9 | 27% | 82% | Home Run; Henderson Scores; Essian Scores | |
| 63 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 1980-08-20 | Ben Oglivie | MIL | DET | behind 3-8 | b 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5% | 8% | Home Run (CF-RF); Thomas Scores | ||
| 64 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 1980-09-08 (1) | Al Bumbry | BAL | @ | DET | ahead 4-2 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8% | 89% | Home Run | |
| 65 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 1980-09-10 | Pat Kelly | BAL | @ | DET | behind 3-4 | t 6 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26% | 86% | Home Run; Singleton Scores; Murray Scores; Roenicke Scores | |
| 1981 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 66 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1981-04-20 | Reggie Jackson | NYY | DET | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20% | 72% | Home Run; Mumphrey Scores | ||
| 67 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 1981-04-20 | Oscar Gamble | NYY | DET | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8% | 80% | Home Run | ||
| 68 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 1981-04-25 | Chet Lemon | CHW | @ | DET | ahead 2-0 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5% | 99% | Home Run; Squires Scores | |
| 69 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 1981-05-05 | Dwayne Murphy | OAK | DET | tied 1-1 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 18% | 69% | Home Run | ||
| 70 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 1981-05-05 | Wayne Gross | OAK | DET | ahead 2-1 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 71 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 1981-05-16 | Rod Carew | CAL | @ | DET | behind 1-4 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8% | 25% | Home Run | |
| 72 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 1981-05-16 | Dan Ford | CAL | @ | DET | behind 2-4 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10% | 34% | Home Run | |
| 73 | 73 | 8 | 3 | 1981-05-16 | Butch Hobson | CAL | @ | DET | behind 3-4 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 5 | 25% | 59% | Home Run; Harlow Scores | |
| 74 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 1981-05-23 | Doug DeCinces | BAL | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21% | 68% | Home Run; Lowenstein Scores | |
| 75 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 1981-05-23 | Eddie Murray | BAL | @ | DET | ahead 4-1 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5% | 93% | Home Run | |
| 76 | 76 | 11 | 1 | 1981-05-29 | Doug DeCinces | BAL | DET | ahead 5-2 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3% | 97% | Home Run | ||
| 77 | 77 | 12 | 1 | 1981-08-28 | Tim Laudner | MIN | DET | ahead 2-0 | b 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7% | 97% | Home Run; Ward Scores | ||
| 1982 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 78 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 1982-04-11 | George Brett | KCR | DET | behind 0-2 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13% | 32% | Home Run | ||
| 79 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 1982-05-07 | Jim Morrison | CHW | @ | DET | ahead 4-0 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4% | 95% | Home Run | |
| 1983 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 80 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 1983-05-14 | George Brett | KCR | DET | behind 9-11 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13% | 35% | Home Run | ||
| 81 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 1983-05-18 | Jerry Mumphrey | NYY | @ | DET | ahead 5-0 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3% | 94% | Home Run | |
| 82 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 1983-05-22 | Larry Parrish | TEX | @ | DET | behind 2-3 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 83 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 1983-06-01 | Damaso Garcia | TOR | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 84 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 1983-06-06 | Dwight Evans | BOS | DET | behind 1-3 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11% | 41% | Home Run | ||
| 85 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 1983-06-10 | Mike Hargrove | CLE | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 86 | 86 | 7 | 1 | 1983-07-11 | Brian Downing | CAL | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18% | 77% | Home Run; Carew Scores; Burleson Scores | |
| 87 | 87 | 8 | 1 | 1983-07-26 | Tony Bernazard | SEA | @ | DET | ahead 2-1 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10% | 72% | Home Run | |
| 88 | 88 | 9 | 1 | 1983-07-31 (1) | Willie Aikens | KCR | @ | DET | behind 2-6 | t 5 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21% | 30% | Home Run; Brett Scores; McRae Scores | |
| 89 | 89 | 10 | 1 | 1983-10-02 | Cecil Cooper | MIL | @ | DET | ahead 6-4 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4% | 97% | Home Run | |
| 1984 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 90 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 1984-04-08 | Ron Kittle | CHW | DET | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10% | 40% | Home Run | ||
| 91 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 1984-04-26 | Bob Jones | TEX | DET | behind 0-4 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6% | 23% | Home Run | ||
| 92 | 92 | 3 | 2 | 1984-04-26 | Marv Foley | TEX | DET | behind 1-4 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9% | 34% | Home Run | ||
| 93 | 93 | 4 | 3 | 1984-04-26 | Pete O'Brien | TEX | DET | behind 2-6 | b 5 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22% | 38% | Home Run; Wilkerson Scores; Sample Scores | ||
| 94 | 94 | 5 | 1 | 1984-06-11 | Dave Collins | TOR | DET | behind 0-3 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 7 | 25% | 53% | Home Run; Whitt Scores; Garcia Scores | ||
| 95 | 95 | 6 | 1 | 1984-06-22 | Jim Gantner | MIL | @ | DET | behind 0-5 | t 3 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9% | 20% | Home Run; James Scores | |
| 96 | 96 | 7 | 2 | 1984-06-22 | Ben Oglivie | MIL | @ | DET | behind 2-5 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8% | 19% | Home Run | |
| 97 | 97 | 8 | 1 | 1984-06-27 | Don Mattingly | NYY | DET | behind 1-3 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14% | 38% | Home Run | ||
| 98 | 98 | 9 | 1 | 1984-07-02 | Harold Baines | CHW | DET | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17% | 72% | Home Run; Fletcher Scores | ||
| 99 | 99 | 10 | 2 | 1984-07-02 | Ron Kittle | CHW | DET | ahead 2-0 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12% | 90% | Home Run; Walker Scores | ||
| 100 | 100 | 11 | 1 | 1984-07-25 | Pat Tabler | CLE | DET | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 101 | 101 | 12 | 1 | 1984-07-31 (2) | Pat Tabler | CLE | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17% | 76% | Home Run; Franco Scores; Hall Scores | |
| 102 | 102 | 13 | 1 | 1984-08-05 (1) | Frank White | KCR | @ | DET | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9% | 86% | Home Run | |
| 1985 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 103 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 1985-04-08 | Eddie Murray | BAL | TEX | tied 2-2 | b 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 27% | 94% | Home Run; Ripken Scores | ||
| 104 | 104 | 2 | 1 | 1985-04-14 | Paul Householder | MIL | @ | TEX | ahead 4-0 | t 5 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7% | 98% | Home Run; Simmons Scores; Loman Scores | |
| 105 | 105 | 3 | 1 | 1985-04-24 | Mike Young | BAL | @ | TEX | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18% | 68% | Home Run; Sheets Scores | |
| 106 | 106 | 4 | 1 | 1985-05-12 | Brett Butler | CLE | @ | TEX | ahead 3-0 | t 9 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2% | 99% | Home Run; Tabler Scores | |
| 107 | 107 | 5 | 1 | 1985-06-29 | Bruce Bochte | OAK | @ | TEX | behind 4-5 | t 7 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 3 | 42% | 80% | Home Run; Collins Scores; Lansford Scores | |
| 108 | 108 | 6 | 1 | 1985-07-06 | Lance Parrish | DET | @ | TEX | behind 2-3 | t 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 2 | 39% | 65% | Home Run; Gibson Scores | |
| 109 | 109 | 7 | 1 | 1985-07-09 | Andre Thornton | CLE | TEX | ahead 5-2 | b 7 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4% | 99% | Home Run; Fischlin Scores | ||
| 110 | 110 | 8 | 1 | 1985-07-12 | Dan Pasqua | NYY | TEX | ahead 4-0 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2% | 98% | Home Run | ||
| 111 | 111 | 9 | 1 | 1985-09-20 | Phil Bradley | SEA | @ | TEX | ahead 7-4 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6% | 91% | Home Run | |
| 112 | 112 | 10 | 1 | 1985-09-23 | Gorman Thomas | SEA | @ | TEX | behind 3-11 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 1986 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 113 | 113 | 1 | 1 | 1986-04-19 | Eddie Murray | BAL | TEX | tied 1-1 | b 5 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 33% | 92% | Home Run; Dempsey Scores; Bonilla Scores; Wiggins Scores |
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