Born: February 9, 1957 in Kokomo, IN
High School: Kokomo (Kokomo, IN)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.
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Debut: May 31, 1979
Final Game: June 21, 1983
Relatives: Brother of Tom Underwood
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| 1979 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 | 1979-06-04 | Dan Meyer | SEA | DET | ahead 6-1 | b 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1% | 99% | Home Run | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1979-06-04 | Larry Cox | SEA | DET | ahead 7-1 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1979-06-04 | Ruppert Jones | SEA | DET | ahead 8-1 | b 8 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Mendoza Scores; Milbourne Scores | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1979-07-02 | Dave Rosello | CLE | @ | DET | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10% | 67% | Home Run | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1979-07-24 | Gorman Thomas | MIL | @ | DET | ahead 3-2 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12% | 75% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1979-07-24 | Buck Martinez | MIL | @ | DET | ahead 4-2 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 9 | 2 | 9% | 88% | Home Run | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1979-07-29 | Rico Carty | TOR | DET | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11% | 55% | Home Run | ||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1979-08-03 (1) | Darrell Porter | KCR | @ | DET | behind 1-2 | t 4 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16% | 62% | Home Run; Cowens Scores | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1979-08-03 (1) | Hal McRae | KCR | @ | DET | ahead 4-2 | t 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9% | 87% | Home Run | |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1979-08-08 (1) | Eric Soderholm | TEX | @ | DET | ahead 3-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7% | 80% | Home Run | |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1979-08-10 (2) | Frank White | KCR | DET | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10% | 64% | Lead-Off,IPHR | Inside-the-park Home Run to LF | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1979-08-21 | Jeff Newman | OAK | DET | ahead 5-0 | b 4 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3% | 99% | Home Run; Essian Scores; Revering Scores | ||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1979-08-26 (2) | Bill Stein | SEA | @ | DET | behind 2-3 | t 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 35% | 71% | Home Run; Paciorek Scores; Valentine Scores | |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1979-09-01 | Wayne Gross | OAK | @ | DET | tied 1-1 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16% | 63% | Home Run | |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1979-09-01 | Dave Revering | OAK | @ | DET | ahead 2-1 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12% | 75% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1979-09-08 | Graig Nettles | NYY | @ | DET | ahead 4-3 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14% | 83% | Home Run | |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1979-09-26 | Doug DeCinces | BAL | DET | ahead 12-2 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 1980 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1980-05-03 | Tony Armas | OAK | DET | ahead 4-3 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12% | 83% | Home Run | ||
| 19 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1980-05-20 | Graig Nettles | NYY | @ | DET | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21% | 68% | Home Run; Piniella Scores; Brown Scores | |
| 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1980-05-20 | Willie Randolph | NYY | @ | DET | ahead 3-1 | t 4 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14% | 86% | Home Run; Cerone Scores | |
| 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1980-05-25 | Ken Singleton | BAL | DET | behind 1-2 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13% | 51% | Home Run | ||
| 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1980-05-31 | Tom Donohue | CAL | @ | DET | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 2 | 18% | 75% | Home Run; Harlow Scores | |
| 23 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1980-06-06 | Gorman Thomas | MIL | DET | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14% | 56% | Home Run | ||
| 24 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1980-06-12 | John Castino | MIN | @ | DET | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10% | 60% | Lead-Off | Home Run |
| 25 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1980-06-23 | Alan Bannister | CLE | DET | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13% | 73% | Home Run; Dilone Scores | ||
| 26 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1980-08-01 (2) | Leon Roberts | SEA | @ | DET | behind 1-5 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2% | 3% | Home Run | |
| 27 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 1980-08-18 | Ben Oglivie | MIL | DET | ahead 11-3 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0% | 100% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 1980-08-31 | Gorman Thomas | MIL | @ | DET | ahead 9-6 | t 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2% | 99% | Home Run; Cooper Scores | |
| 29 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 1980-09-03 | Wayne Nordhagen | CHW | @ | DET | ahead 3-1 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7% | 93% | Home Run | |
| 1982 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 30 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1982-04-21 | Greg Pryor | KCR | @ | DET | behind 0-2 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10% | 39% | Home Run | |
| 31 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1982-05-21 | Bobby Grich | CAL | @ | DET | ahead 2-1 | t 3 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15% | 78% | Home Run; Carew Scores/unER | |
| 32 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1982-05-21 | Bob Boone | CAL | @ | DET | ahead 4-2 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 9 | 2 | 15% | 86% | Home Run; Foli Scores | |
| 33 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1982-05-30 (2) | Dwayne Murphy | OAK | DET | ahead 4-2 | b 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8% | 88% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1982-06-13 | Gorman Thomas | MIL | DET | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18% | 72% | Home Run; Yount Scores | ||
| 35 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1982-06-13 | Ben Oglivie | MIL | DET | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8% | 80% | Home Run | ||
| 36 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1982-06-13 | Don Money | MIL | DET | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 0 | --3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4% | 94% | Home Run; Yount Scores | ||
| 37 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1982-06-19 | Cecil Cooper | MIL | @ | DET | ahead 8-0 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1% | 99% | Home Run; Yount Scores | |
| 38 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1982-07-02 | Cal Ripken | BAL | @ | DET | tied 4-4 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18% | 62% | Home Run | |
| 39 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 1982-07-18 | Tom Brunansky | MIN | DET | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10% | 61% | Home Run | ||
| 40 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1982-07-18 | Gary Gaetti | MIN | DET | ahead 4-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4% | 95% | Home Run | ||
| 41 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 1982-07-25 (2) | Lee Mazzilli | TEX | @ | DET | behind 0-4 | t 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11% | 19% | Home Run; Sample Scores | |
| 42 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 1982-08-03 | Frank White | KCR | DET | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15% | 74% | Home Run; Wilson Scores | ||
| 43 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 1982-08-03 | Hal McRae | KCR | DET | tied 3-3 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18% | 72% | Home Run | ||
| 44 | 44 | 15 | 1 | 1982-08-08 (1) | Tony Johnson | TOR | @ | DET | tied 2-2 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 45 | 45 | 16 | 1 | 1982-08-28 | Jim Essian | SEA | DET | behind 1-3 | b 9 | 0 | --3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 41% | 64% | Home Run; Gray Scores | ||
| 46 | 46 | 17 | 1 | 1982-10-01 (2) | Bill Nahorodny | CLE | DET | behind 0-2 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 2 | 20% | 56% | Home Run; Thornton Scores | ||
| 1983 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 47 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1983-06-21 | Cecil Cooper | MIL | @ | DET | ahead 6-1 | t 9 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Yount Scores |
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