Born: November 10, 1953 in San Francisco, CA
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1971.
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Debut: April 10, 1977
Final Game: September 8, 1979
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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 | 1977-04-15 | Rob Picciolo | OAK | @ | MIN | behind 0-1 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 6 | 14% | 47% | Home Run | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1977-05-01 | Ben Oglivie | DET | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1977-05-01 | Steve Kemp | DET | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10% | 68% | Home Run | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1977-05-01 | Tom Veryzer | DET | @ | MIN | ahead 2-0 | t 2 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 9 | 6 | 16% | 89% | Home Run; May Scores; Mankowski Scores | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1977-05-30 | Lee May | BAL | @ | MIN | ahead 2-1 | t 5 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18% | 83% | Home Run (LF-CF); Singleton Scores/unER | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1977-06-08 | John Mayberry | KCR | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19% | 66% | Home Run; Brett Scores | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1977-06-08 | Freddie Patek | KCR | @ | MIN | behind 2-3 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1977-06-20 | Toby Harrah | TEX | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13% | 80% | Home Run | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1977-06-24 | Jim Essian | CHW | @ | MIN | behind 2-5 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8% | 22% | Home Run | |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1977-06-24 | Lamar Johnson | CHW | @ | MIN | behind 3-6 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8% | 19% | Home Run | |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1977-06-24 | Oscar Gamble | CHW | @ | MIN | behind 4-6 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11% | 30% | Home Run | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1977-06-28 | Steve Brye | MIL | @ | MIN | behind 1-8 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0% | 1% | Home Run | |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1977-07-08 | Bill Stein | SEA | @ | MIN | ahead 5-2 | t 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10% | 90% | Home Run; Meyer Scores | |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1977-07-22 | Bobby Bonds | CAL | @ | MIN | tied 1-1 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 26% | 77% | Home Run; Remy Scores | |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1977-08-09 | Roy Howell | TOR | MIN | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6% | 89% | Home Run | ||
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1977-08-14 | Ben Oglivie | DET | MIN | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9% | 75% | Home Run | ||
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1977-08-14 | Ben Oglivie | DET | MIN | behind 2-4 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20% | 56% | Home Run; Thompson Scores | ||
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1977-08-22 | Fred Lynn | BOS | @ | MIN | behind 1-4 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4% | 7% | Home Run | |
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 1977-08-22 | Butch Hobson | BOS | @ | MIN | behind 2-4 | t 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 36% | 40% | Home Run; Scott Scores | |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1977-08-31 | Wayne Gross | OAK | @ | MIN | behind 1-2 | t 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23% | 64% | Home Run; Sanguillen Scores | |
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1977-09-13 | Jim Essian | CHW | MIN | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 2 | 15% | 81% | Home Run; Bannister Scores | ||
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 1977-09-13 | Oscar Gamble | CHW | MIN | ahead 3-1 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7% | 91% | Home Run | ||
| 23 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 1977-09-18 (1) | Toby Harrah | TEX | MIN | ahead 3-1 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7% | 84% | Home Run | ||
| 24 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 1977-09-25 (1) | Sixto Lezcano | MIL | @ | MIN | ahead 4-2 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9% | 83% | Home Run | |
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1977-09-30 | Cecil Cooper | MIL | MIN | tied 5-5 | b 5 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20% | 81% | Home Run; Money Scores | ||
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1978-04-17 | Gary Alexander | OAK | @ | MIN | behind 0-2 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10% | 39% | Home Run | |
| 27 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1978-04-17 | Jim Essian | OAK | @ | MIN | ahead 4-2 | t 3 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15% | 85% | Home Run; Revering Scores | |
| 28 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1978-04-25 (1) | Gary Thomasson | OAK | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 9 | 17% | 70% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 29 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1978-05-09 | Graig Nettles | NYY | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12% | 63% | Home Run (Deep RF) | ||
| 30 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1978-05-09 | Reggie Jackson | NYY | MIN | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11% | 79% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 31 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1978-05-14 | Carlton Fisk | BOS | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | |
| 32 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1978-05-24 | Bump Wills | TEX | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12% | 76% | Home Run (Deep RF) | |
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 33 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1979-09-08 | Pat Putnam | TEX | @ | MIN | ahead 5-1 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4% | 93% | Home Run |
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