Born: April 18, 1948 in Catharine, KS
High School: Hayes (Catherine, KS)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed February 3, 1967.
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Debut: April 16, 1972
Final Game: July 4, 1979
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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 | 1972-05-21 (1) | Chris Arnold | SFG | ATL | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15% | 56% | Home Run | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1972-05-21 (1) | Ed Goodson | SFG | ATL | tied 1-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16% | 72% | Home Run | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1972-05-21 (1) | Dave Kingman | SFG | ATL | behind 2-3 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25% | 58% | Home Run | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1972-06-13 | Duffy Dyer | NYM | @ | ATL | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 2 | 34% | 63% | Home Run; Garrett Scores | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1972-06-13 | Tom Seaver | NYM | @ | ATL | ahead 3-2 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12% | 83% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1972-06-13 | Ken Boswell | NYM | @ | ATL | ahead 4-2 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8% | 90% | Home Run | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1972-06-28 (1) | Mike Corkins | SDP | ATL | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 14% | 55% | Home Run | ||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1972-07-02 | Dave Roberts | HOU | ATL | behind 1-2 | b 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 1 | 22% | 65% | Home Run; Edwards Scores | ||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1972-07-12 | Bob Gibson | STL | ATL | ahead 3-0 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6% | 92% | Home Run | ||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1972-07-12 | Lou Brock | STL | ATL | ahead 4-0 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3% | 95% | Home Run | ||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1972-07-17 | Willie Stargell | PIT | ATL | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20% | 82% | Home Run; Davalillo Scores; Oliver Scores | ||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1972-07-22 | Ted Simmons | STL | @ | ATL | behind 5-7 | t 9 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 2 | 35% | 44% | Home Run; Carbo Scores | |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1972-07-28 | Al Gallagher | SFG | @ | ATL | behind 2-4 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5% | 8% | Home Run | |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1972-08-01 (1) | Nate Colbert | SDP | @ | ATL | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22% | 76% | Home Run; Roberts Scores; Stahl Scores | |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1972-08-05 | Johnny Bench | CIN | ATL | ahead 3-2 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1972-08-15 | Ed Kranepool | NYM | ATL | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 1973 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1973-05-20 (2) | Joe Ferguson | LAD | @ | ATL | ahead 6-3 | t 9 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3% | 99% | Home Run; Buckner Scores | |
| 18 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1973-06-05 | Ron Fairly | MON | ATL | tied 6-6 | b 11 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 47% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run | |
| 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1973-06-17 (2) | Carmen Fanzone | CHC | @ | ATL | behind 4-5 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 26% | 42% | Home Run | |
| 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1973-06-23 (2) | Nate Colbert | SDP | ATL | ahead 5-3 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7% | 90% | Home Run | ||
| 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1973-07-01 (1) | Bobby Bonds | SFG | @ | ATL | behind 3-4 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14% | 47% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1973-07-01 (1) | Dave Rader | SFG | @ | ATL | tied 4-4 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 20% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 23 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1973-07-11 | Greg Luzinski | PHI | ATL | behind 2-5 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9% | 21% | Home Run | ||
| 24 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1973-07-15 | John Boccabella | MON | @ | ATL | t 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 25 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1973-07-21 | Bill Robinson | PHI | @ | ATL | behind 1-2 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 1973-07-21 | Bob Boone | PHI | @ | ATL | ahead 5-4 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10% | 92% | Home Run | |
| 27 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 1973-07-26 (1) | Dan Driessen | CIN | ATL | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17% | 84% | Home Run; Rose Scores | ||
| 28 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1973-07-30 | Tommie Agee | HOU | ATL | behind 0-2 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10% | 44% | Lead-Off | Home Run | |
| 29 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 1973-07-30 | Bob Watson | HOU | ATL | behind 1-4 | b 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19% | 38% | Home Run; Metzger Scores/unER; Watson Scores/unER | ||
| 30 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 1973-08-03 | Dave Winfield | SDP | @ | ATL | behind 0-3 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 8% | 21% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 31 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 1973-08-03 | Gene Locklear | SDP | @ | ATL | behind 1-3 | t 6 | 0 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24% | 66% | Home Run (CF-RF); Roberts Scores; Colbert Scores | |
| 32 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 1973-08-22 | Ted Sizemore | STL | @ | ATL | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 33 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 1973-08-28 | Rico Carty | CHC | @ | ATL | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18% | 66% | Home Run; Monday Scores | |
| 34 | 34 | 18 | 1 | 1973-09-02 (1) | Bobby Bonds | SFG | ATL | ahead 2-1 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12% | 79% | Home Run | ||
| 35 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 1973-09-02 (1) | Bobby Bonds | SFG | ATL | tied 3-3 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 24% | 76% | Home Run | ||
| 36 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 1973-09-11 | Willie McCovey | SFG | @ | ATL | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16% | 50% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 37 | 37 | 21 | 2 | 1973-09-11 | Garry Maddox | SFG | @ | ATL | ahead 3-2 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14% | 79% | Home Run (CF-RF) | |
| 38 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 1973-09-20 | Willie Crawford | LAD | ATL | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | ||
| 39 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 1973-09-20 | Willie Crawford | LAD | ATL | behind 2-3 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20% | 57% | Home Run | ||
| 40 | 40 | 24 | 1 | 1973-09-26 | Steve Garvey | LAD | @ | ATL | behind 3-6 | t 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 29% | 45% | Home Run; Joshua Scores; Paciorek Scores | |
| 1974 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 41 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1974-05-07 | Derrel Thomas | SDP | @ | PHI | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 4 | 20% | 68% | Home Run; Kendall Scores | |
| 42 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1974-05-12 | Al Oliver | PIT | @ | PHI | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 43 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1974-05-18 | Willie Stargell | PIT | PHI | behind 1-8 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1% | 2% | Home Run | ||
| 44 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 1974-05-22 | Jose Cruz | STL | PHI | behind 0-4 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5% | 13% | Home Run | ||
| 45 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 1974-05-31 | Ed Goodson | SFG | @ | PHI | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 46 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 1974-06-04 | Mike Lum | ATL | @ | PHI | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 47 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 1974-06-09 | Terry Crowley | CIN | @ | PHI | behind 1-3 | t 6 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 26% | 44% | Home Run; Perez Scores | |
| 48 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 1974-06-18 | Tommy Helms | HOU | @ | PHI | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 49 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 1974-06-22 (1) | Rusty Staub | NYM | @ | PHI | behind 0-5 | t 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6% | 9% | Home Run; Millan Scores | |
| 50 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 1974-06-30 (2) | Richie Zisk | PIT | PHI | behind 1-2 | b 8 | 0 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 31% | 88% | Home Run; Parker Scores | ||
| 51 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 1974-07-04 (1) | John Milner | NYM | PHI | ahead 4-1 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6% | 90% | Home Run | ||
| 52 | 52 | 12 | 1 | 1974-07-08 | Steve Yeager | LAD | @ | PHI | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 2 | 24% | 71% | Home Run; Garvey Scores | |
| 53 | 53 | 13 | 1 | 1974-08-14 | Gary Matthews | SFG | @ | PHI | behind 2-4 | t 8 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 32% | 42% | Home Run; Bonds Scores | |
| 54 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 1974-08-20 | Johnny Bench | CIN | PHI | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15% | 91% | Home Run; Rose Scores; Morgan Scores | ||
| 55 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 1974-08-20 | Joe Morgan | CIN | PHI | ahead 4-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 56 | 56 | 16 | 1 | 1974-09-02 (2) | Richie Zisk | PIT | PHI | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18% | 94% | Home Run; Hebner Scores; Oliver Scores; Stargell Scores | ||
| 57 | 57 | 17 | 1 | 1974-09-29 | Ken Singleton | MON | PHI | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22% | 86% | Home Run; Foli Scores; Davis Scores; Jorgensen Scores | ||
| 1975 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 58 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1975-05-05 | Mike Tyson | STL | PHI | ahead 9-2 | b 5 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Cater Scores | ||
| 59 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1975-05-17 | Darrell Evans | ATL | @ | PHI | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18% | 77% | Home Run; Garr Scores; Gilbreath Scores | |
| 60 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 1975-05-17 | Dusty Baker | ATL | @ | PHI | ahead 3-0 | t 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7% | 83% | Home Run | |
| 61 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 1975-07-05 (1) | John Stearns | NYM | @ | PHI | behind 1-8 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 62 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 1975-07-25 (2) | Reggie Smith | STL | PHI | behind 0-1 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 63 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 1975-09-20 | Rusty Staub | NYM | PHI | ahead 6-5 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 1976 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 64 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 1976-05-07 | Ron Cey | LAD | @ | PHI | behind 2-5 | t 5 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 26% | 47% | Home Run; Buckner Scores; Baker Scores | |
| 65 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 1976-06-15 | Gary Matthews | SFG | @ | PHI | behind 1-10 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | |
| 66 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 1976-06-22 | Pat Scanlon | MON | @ | PHI | ahead 5-2 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5% | 95% | Home Run | |
| 67 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 1976-09-04 | Dave Kingman | NYM | PHI | ahead 5-3 | b 7 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6% | 98% | Home Run; Milner Scores | ||
| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 68 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 1977-04-09 | Earl Williams | OAK | MIN | tied 4-4 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18% | 72% | Home Run | ||
| 69 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 1977-04-26 | Craig Reynolds | SEA | @ | MIN | tied 2-2 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 6 | 19% | 69% | Home Run | |
| 70 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 1977-05-30 | Lee May | BAL | @ | MIN | tied 4-4 | t 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 36% | 85% | Home Run; Bumbry Scores; Singleton Scores | |
| 71 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 1977-06-14 | Joe Rudi | CAL | @ | MIN | behind 4-5 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 72 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 1977-06-14 | Joe Rudi | CAL | @ | MIN | ahead 6-5 | t 4 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 24% | 86% | Home Run; Torres Scores; Remy Scores | |
| 73 | 73 | 6 | 1 | 1977-06-22 | Claudell Washington | TEX | @ | MIN | ahead 7-5 | t 8 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11% | 98% | Home Run; Sundberg Scores; Campaneris Scores | |
| 74 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 1977-06-25 | Jim Essian | CHW | @ | MIN | ahead 5-1 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4% | 95% | Home Run | |
| 75 | 75 | 8 | 1 | 1977-07-07 | Mario Guerrero | CAL | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 76 | 76 | 9 | 1 | 1977-07-24 (2) | Tony Armas | OAK | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16% | 68% | Home Run; Page Scores | |
| 77 | 77 | 10 | 1 | 1977-08-15 | Lee May | BAL | MIN | behind 8-13 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1% | 2% | Home Run | ||
| 78 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 1977-08-27 | Bob Montgomery | BOS | MIN | tied 3-3 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 2 | 13% | 70% | Home Run | ||
| 79 | 79 | 12 | 2 | 1977-08-27 | George Scott | BOS | MIN | ahead 4-3 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12% | 81% | Home Run | ||
| 80 | 80 | 13 | 1 | 1977-09-07 | Willie Horton | TEX | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 81 | 81 | 14 | 2 | 1977-09-07 | Mike Hargrove | TEX | @ | MIN | tied 2-2 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15% | 62% | Home Run | |
| 82 | 82 | 15 | 1 | 1977-09-21 | Darrell Porter | KCR | MIN | ahead 4-3 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15% | 94% | Home Run; Cowens Scores | ||
| 83 | 83 | 16 | 1 | 1977-09-25 (2) | Jim Gantner | MIL | @ | MIN | behind 3-5 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11% | 30% | Home Run | |
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 84 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 1978-04-08 | Rick Burleson | BOS | @ | CHW | ahead 3-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7% | 87% | Home Run | |
| 85 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 1978-05-13 | Ben Oglivie | MIL | @ | CHW | ahead 4-0 | t 7 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4% | 98% | Home Run; Bando Scores | |
| 86 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 1978-05-18 | Don Baylor | CAL | @ | CHW | ahead 2-1 | t 3 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14% | 91% | Home Run (Deep LF); Chalk Scores; Fairly Scores; Solaita Scores | |
| 87 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 1978-06-09 | Al Oliver | TEX | CHW | ahead 2-1 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10% | 76% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 88 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 1978-06-14 | John Lowenstein | TEX | @ | CHW | behind 0-4 | t 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2% | 4% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to CF |
| 89 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 1978-06-26 | Julio Cruz | SEA | CHW | ahead 6-3 | b 8 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1% | 100% | IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF); Stein Scores | |
| 90 | 90 | 7 | 1 | 1978-07-02 (2) | Rob Wilfong | MIN | CHW | ahead 3-2 | b 2 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 9 | 4 | 12% | 83% | Home Run (Deep RF); Wolfe Scores | ||
| 91 | 91 | 8 | 1 | 1978-07-15 | Larry Hisle | MIL | CHW | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19% | 72% | Home Run; Oglivie Scores | ||
| 92 | 92 | 9 | 1 | 1978-07-28 | Bobby Bonds | TEX | @ | CHW | ahead 2-0 | t 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12% | 83% | Home Run (Deep CF); Oliver Scores | |
| 93 | 93 | 10 | 1 | 1978-09-01 (2) | Eddie Murray | BAL | CHW | ahead 4-0 | b 2 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7% | 97% | Home Run; Belanger Scores; DeCinces Scores | ||
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 94 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 1979-05-08 | Jerry Morales | DET | CHW | tied 4-4 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20% | 76% | Home Run (Deep LF); Parrish Scores | ||
| 95 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 1979-05-12 | George Brett | KCR | @ | CHW | ahead 3-1 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10% | 84% | Home Run | |
| 96 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 1979-06-30 | Roy Smalley | MIN | CHW | ahead 12-1 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (Deep RF); Powell Scores |
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