Born: October 14, 1948 in San Diego, CA
High School: San Diego (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (June Secondary).
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Debut: July 31, 1972
Final Game: May 17, 1977
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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 | 1972-08-19 | Johnny Bench | CIN | @ | NYM | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12% | 62% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1972-08-28 | Bobby Tolan | CIN | NYM | ahead 1-0 | b 6 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14% | 96% | Home Run; Rose Scores; Morgan Scores | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1972-08-28 | Denis Menke | CIN | NYM | ahead 4-0 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1972-09-02 | Lee May | HOU | NYM | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 21% | 73% | Home Run; Wynn Scores | ||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1972-09-06 | Ron Woods | MON | @ | NYM | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1972-09-16 | Jose Cardenal | CHC | NYM | ahead 8-1 | b 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1% | 99% | Home Run; Kessinger Scores | ||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1972-09-16 | Jose Cardenal | CHC | NYM | ahead 11-1 | b 4 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Hendricks Scores | ||
| 1973 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1973-04-22 (1) | Rico Petrocelli | BOS | @ | CLE | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17% | 69% | Home Run; Cepeda Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1973-04-22 (1) | Reggie Smith | BOS | @ | CLE | ahead 3-1 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9% | 86% | Home Run | |
| 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1973-05-02 | George Mitterwald | MIN | CLE | ahead 2-0 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10% | 92% | Home Run; Thompson Scores | ||
| 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1973-05-06 (2) | Deron Johnson | OAK | @ | CLE | behind 2-3 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22% | 58% | Home Run; Jackson Scores | |
| 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1973-05-06 (2) | Gene Tenace | OAK | @ | CLE | ahead 4-3 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11% | 74% | Home Run | |
| 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1973-05-11 | John Kennedy | BOS | CLE | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17% | 55% | Home Run; Cater Scores | ||
| 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1973-05-15 | Dave May | MIL | CLE | tied 1-1 | b 17 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 43% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run | |
| 15 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1973-05-20 (2) | Jim Ray Hart | NYY | @ | CLE | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22% | 72% | Home Run; Murcer Scores | |
| 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1973-05-20 (2) | Roy White | NYY | @ | CLE | ahead 3-0 | t 4 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14% | 97% | Home Run; Moses Scores; Lanier Scores; Clarke Scores | |
| 17 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1973-06-06 (2) | Jim Holt | MIN | @ | CLE | ahead 5-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4% | 91% | Home Run | |
| 18 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1973-06-18 | Dick Sharon | DET | @ | CLE | tied 1-1 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14% | 64% | Home Run | |
| 19 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1973-06-18 | Bill Freehan | DET | @ | CLE | ahead 2-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12% | 82% | Home Run | |
| 20 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 1973-06-18 | Aurelio Rodriguez | DET | @ | CLE | ahead 3-1 | t 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 5 | 13% | 94% | Home Run; Brinkman Scores | |
| 21 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 1973-06-26 | Graig Nettles | NYY | @ | CLE | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11% | 74% | Home Run | |
| 22 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 1973-07-05 | Frank Howard | DET | CLE | behind 0-4 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14% | 28% | Home Run; Freehan Scores | ||
| 23 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 1973-07-12 (2) | Tony Oliva | MIN | CLE | behind 1-2 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 30% | 61% | Home Run | ||
| 24 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 1973-07-12 (2) | Joe Lis | MIN | CLE | tied 2-2 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 30% | 86% | Home Run | ||
| 25 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 1973-09-09 (1) | Don Baylor | BAL | @ | CLE | behind 0-2 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10% | 39% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |
| 1975 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1975-06-20 | Steve Garvey | LAD | @ | SDP | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12% | 62% | Home Run | |
| 27 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1975-06-29 (2) | George Foster | CIN | SDP | behind 1-4 | b 8 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13% | 19% | Home Run; Perez Scores | ||
| 28 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1975-07-13 | Duffy Dyer | PIT | SDP | behind 3-7 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | PH | 3% | 5% | Home Run | ||
| 29 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1975-07-17 | Rick Monday | CHC | @ | SDP | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12% | 62% | Home Run | |
| 30 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1975-09-11 | Dusty Baker | ATL | @ | SDP | behind 1-3 | t 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 32% | 50% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF); Office Scores | |
| 31 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1975-09-16 | Jimmy Wynn | LAD | SDP | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14% | 70% | Home Run | ||
| 1976 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 32 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1976-04-18 (1) | Cesar Cedeno | HOU | SDP | behind 0-2 | b 8 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 8 | 73% | 87% | Home Run; Howard Scores; Cabell Scores | ||
| 33 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1976-05-01 | Richie Zisk | PIT | @ | SDP | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 0 | -23 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6% | 96% | Home Run; Stargell Scores; Parker Scores | |
| 34 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1976-05-05 | Pete Mackanin | MON | SDP | behind 0-2 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11% | 43% | Home Run (Fly Ball) | ||
| 35 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1976-05-23 | Bob Bailey | CIN | @ | SDP | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21% | 71% | Home Run; Foster Scores | |
| 36 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 1976-06-01 | Earl Williams | ATL | SDP | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 2 | 28% | 72% | Home Run; Gilbreath Scores; Wynn Scores | ||
| 37 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1976-06-10 | Dave Kingman | NYM | @ | SDP | ahead 3-0 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5% | 94% | Home Run | |
| 38 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1976-06-14 | Barry Foote | MON | @ | SDP | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18% | 75% | Home Run; Mackanin Scores/unER | |
| 39 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1976-06-23 (1) | Gary Thomasson | SFG | SDP | tied 1-1 | b 2 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 26% | 82% | Home Run; Evans Scores; Dressler Scores | ||
| 40 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 1976-07-09 | Mike Schmidt | PHI | SDP | tied 2-2 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18% | 75% | Home Run | ||
| 41 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 1976-07-23 | Bill Buckner | LAD | SDP | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13% | 68% | Home Run | ||
| 42 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 1976-07-23 | Steve Yeager | LAD | SDP | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10% | 78% | Home Run | ||
| 43 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 1976-07-31 | Ed Armbrister | CIN | SDP | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 44 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 1976-07-31 | Ed Armbrister | CIN | SDP | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10% | 78% | Home Run | ||
| 45 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 1976-08-24 | Richie Zisk | PIT | @ | SDP | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 19% | 70% | Home Run (LF-CF); Moreno Scores | |
| 46 | 46 | 15 | 1 | 1976-09-14 | Bobby Murcer | SFG | @ | SDP | ahead 3-0 | t 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9% | 95% | Home Run; Matthews Scores | |
| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 47 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1977-04-08 | Joe Morgan | CIN | SDP | ahead 2-0 | b 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14% | 96% | Home Run; Rose Scores; Griffey Scores | ||
| 48 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1977-04-15 | Joe Morgan | CIN | @ | SDP | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7% | 92% | Home Run; Griffey Scores | |
| 49 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1977-05-14 | Garry Maddox | PHI | SDP | behind 0-3 | b 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17% | 41% | Home Run; Sizemore Scores | ||
| 50 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 1977-05-14 | Davey Johnson | PHI | SDP | behind 2-3 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 51 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 1977-05-14 | Ted Sizemore | PHI | SDP | tied 3-3 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 8 | 4 | 23% | 76% | Home Run; Boone Scores |
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