Born: May 6, 1954 in Laguna De Perlas, Nicaragua
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1975.
(All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1980
Final Game: September 26, 1984
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| 1980 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 | 1980-05-07 | Terry Crowley | BAL | MIN | ahead 2-1 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10% | 79% | Home Run | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1980-05-13 | Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | MIN | behind 1-4 | b 3 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17% | 41% | Home Run; Rice Scores | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1980-08-07 | Rod Carew | CAL | MIN | tied 2-2 | b 15 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 3 | 39% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run; Patek Scores | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1980-09-01 | Ron Hassey | CLE | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17% | 67% | Home Run; Harrah Scores | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1980-09-01 | Jorge Orta | CLE | @ | MIN | ahead 3-0 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6% | 88% | Home Run | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1980-09-19 | Harold Baines | CHW | @ | MIN | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1980-09-24 | Buddy Bell | TEX | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18% | 65% | Home Run; Oliver Scores | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1980-09-24 | Pat Putnam | TEX | @ | MIN | behind 4-9 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1% | 2% | Home Run | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1980-10-02 (2) | Al Oliver | TEX | MIN | behind 0-1 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14% | 56% | Home Run | ||
| 1981 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1981-04-17 | Dan Ford | CAL | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1981-04-17 | Tom Brunansky | CAL | MIN | ahead 1-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10% | 73% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1981-04-27 | Richie Zisk | SEA | @ | MIN | behind 2-3 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 25% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1981-05-02 | Dwight Evans | BOS | MIN | behind 1-11 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1981-05-14 | Tony Perez | BOS | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 31% | 80% | Home Run; Yastrzemski Scores; Rice Scores | |
| 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1981-05-14 | Carney Lansford | BOS | @ | MIN | ahead 3-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7% | 87% | Home Run | |
| 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1981-05-14 | Dave Stapleton | BOS | @ | MIN | ahead 4-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4% | 94% | Home Run | |
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1981-08-21 | Ted Simmons | MIL | MIN | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13% | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 18 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1981-08-31 | Oscar Gamble | NYY | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 19 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1981-09-25 | Pat Putnam | TEX | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 3 | 24% | 85% | Home Run; Oliver Scores; Bell Scores | |
| 20 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1981-09-29 | George Brett | KCR | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10% | 57% | Home Run | |
| 1982 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1982-05-02 | Ted Simmons | MIL | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19% | 82% | Home Run; Cooper Scores; Oglivie Scores | |
| 22 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1982-05-07 | Gorman Thomas | MIL | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 23 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1982-05-07 | Ted Simmons | MIL | MIN | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22% | 78% | Home Run; Cooper Scores | ||
| 24 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1982-05-07 | Cecil Cooper | MIL | MIN | ahead 3-1 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7% | 92% | Home Run | ||
| 25 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1982-05-12 | Jim Rice | BOS | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12% | 62% | Home Run | |
| 26 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1982-05-18 | John Lowenstein | BAL | MIN | behind 2-3 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12% | 56% | Home Run | ||
| 27 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1982-05-30 | Oscar Gamble | NYY | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12% | 79% | Home Run; Griffey Scores | |
| 28 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1982-05-30 | John Mayberry | NYY | @ | MIN | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6% | 86% | Home Run | |
| 29 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1982-06-05 | John Lowenstein | BAL | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11% | 73% | Home Run | |
| 30 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1982-06-09 | Amos Otis | KCR | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 3 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 8 | 24% | 84% | Home Run; Wathan Scores; Brett Scores | |
| 31 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 1982-06-21 | Bill Almon | CHW | MIN | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12% | 56% | Home Run | ||
| 32 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 1982-06-21 | Harold Baines | CHW | MIN | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13% | 69% | Home Run | ||
| 33 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 1982-07-19 | Robin Yount | MIL | @ | MIN | behind 0-5 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4% | 8% | Home Run | |
| 34 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 1982-07-25 | Carney Lansford | BOS | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13% | 58% | Home Run | |
| 35 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 1982-08-10 | Don Baylor | CAL | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 10 | 10% | 60% | Home Run | |
| 36 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 1982-09-01 | Jerry Mumphrey | NYY | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10% | 58% | Home Run | |
| 37 | 37 | 17 | 1 | 1982-09-18 | Amos Otis | KCR | @ | MIN | behind 0-6 | t 4 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9% | 19% | Home Run; Washington Scores; Brett Scores | |
| 38 | 38 | 18 | 2 | 1982-09-18 | Frank White | KCR | @ | MIN | behind 3-10 | t 7 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1% | 1% | Home Run | |
| 1983 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 39 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1983-04-13 | Davey Lopes | OAK | MIN | behind 1-3 | b 7 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 4 | 36% | 52% | Home Run; Phillips Scores | ||
| 40 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1983-04-19 | Steve Henderson | SEA | @ | MIN | behind 0-1 | t 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 41 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1983-05-01 | Robin Yount | MIL | @ | MIN | ahead 3-2 | t 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15% | 98% | Home Run; Gantner Scores; Molitor Scores | |
| 42 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1983-05-07 | Rick Cerone | NYY | @ | MIN | behind 4-5 | t 8 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 2 | 39% | 86% | Home Run; Kemp Scores; Gamble Scores | |
| 43 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 1983-05-11 | Cecil Cooper | MIL | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11% | 62% | Home Run | ||
| 44 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 1983-05-17 | Jeff Burroughs | OAK | @ | MIN | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 10 | 25% | 74% | Home Run; Gross Scores; Murphy Scores | |
| 45 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 1983-05-17 | Bob Kearney | OAK | @ | MIN | ahead 6-3 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6% | 91% | Home Run | |
| 46 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 1983-05-22 | Jim Rice | BOS | MIN | behind 0-2 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17% | 53% | Home Run; Remy Scores | ||
| 47 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 1983-05-22 | Jim Rice | BOS | MIN | tied 2-2 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14% | 70% | Home Run | ||
| 48 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 1983-05-28 | Chet Lemon | DET | MIN | tied 1-1 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18% | 73% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 1983-06-24 | Ron Kittle | CHW | MIN | behind 0-3 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10% | 29% | Home Run | ||
| 50 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 1983-07-04 | Greg Walker | CHW | @ | MIN | behind 3-5 | t 5 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20% | 47% | Home Run; Fisk Scores/unER | |
| 51 | 51 | 13 | 1 | 1983-07-10 | Alan Bannister | CLE | @ | MIN | tied 3-3 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14% | 64% | Home Run | |
| 52 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 1983-07-14 | Bill Schroeder | MIL | MIN | ahead 2-0 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8% | 86% | Home Run | ||
| 53 | 53 | 15 | 1 | 1983-07-23 | Gorman Thomas | CLE | MIN | behind 0-1 | b 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19% | 64% | Home Run; Tabler Scores/unER | ||
| 54 | 54 | 16 | 1 | 1983-07-27 | Jim Gantner | MIL | @ | MIN | behind 2-4 | t 3 | 0 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15% | 50% | Home Run; Molitor Scores | |
| 55 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 1983-08-17 | Dave Henderson | SEA | MIN | behind 0-7 | b 4 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8% | 13% | Home Run; Roenicke Scores; Chambers Scores | ||
| 56 | 56 | 18 | 1 | 1983-08-23 | Tony Armas | BOS | @ | MIN | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10% | 50% | Home Run | |
| 57 | 57 | 19 | 1 | 1983-08-27 | Cal Ripken | BAL | MIN | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6% | 89% | Home Run | ||
| 58 | 58 | 20 | 1 | 1983-09-27 | Buddy Bell | TEX | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9% | 70% | Home Run | |
| 59 | 59 | 21 | 1 | 1983-10-02 | Jesse Barfield | TOR | MIN | behind 2-9 | b 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0% | 0% | Home Run | ||
| 1984 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | Batter | @Bat | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | R | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 60 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1984-04-08 | Wayne Gross | BAL | @ | MIN | behind 0-1 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10% | 46% | Home Run | |
| 61 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 1984-04-24 (1) | Chet Lemon | DET | MIN | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 8 | 12% | 67% | Home Run | ||
| 62 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 1984-04-28 | Dwayne Murphy | OAK | MIN | ahead 3-0 | b 2 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9% | 92% | Home Run; Henderson Scores | ||
| 63 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 1984-04-28 | Dave Kingman | OAK | MIN | ahead 5-0 | b 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5% | 97% | Home Run; Morgan Scores | ||
| 64 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 1984-05-02 | Alvin Davis | SEA | MIN | behind 1-2 | b 3 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 3 | 3 | 28% | 76% | Home Run; Owen Scores; Perconte Scores | ||
| 65 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 1984-06-23 | Greg Walker | CHW | @ | MIN | tied 1-1 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16% | 66% | Home Run | |
| 66 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 1984-07-04 | John Lowenstein | BAL | @ | MIN | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15% | 81% | Home Run; Murray Scores | |
| 67 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 1984-09-14 | Gary Ward | TEX | MIN | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16% | 65% | Home Run; Bannister Scores | ||
| 68 | 68 | 9 | 1 | 1984-09-26 | Marc Hill | CHW | MIN | ahead 7-3 | b 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Dybzinski Scores |
Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.
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